| . E. McMeen & Co. Department Store 111-117 E.
Market St., Lewistown, Pa. - 1941 Over the years, window shopping was a popular pastime in downtown Lewistown. Window displays provided a street-level method of commercial advertising, too. This display, featuring Mifflin County's oldest radio station, WMRF, appeared in one of the Market Street windows of the McMeen store in 1941. Generations of local shoppers ventured to the establishment at Christmas-time so their children could sit on the knee of McMeenís Santa Claus. The department store was eventually acquired by a York firm in 1957. WMRF sent out its first broadcast June 1, 1941, just a few months prior to this display, and was found at 1490 on the dial. That initial broadcast day lasted from 10:30 a.m. to sign-off at 2:15 p.m. |
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