Parker White Metal & Machine Company was located on McKinley Avenue near East 23rd Street in Erie, PA. The illustration above shows the factory as it looked around 1915. The company was owned by William A. Parker. "Parker White Metal die castings. Made from a variety of alloys, hard as cast iron or tough as annealed brass. Our dies produce complete, smoothly finished castings, ready for assembly. They insure an exact duplication of any number of parts and do away with expensive machining. Our metals will surprise you."
I think Bargain Barn was located in the old Parker White Metal building in the mid-seventies. The building has since been demolished, but its footprint remains. The Eastside Bayfront Connector runs parallel to the train in the picture above.
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Congratulations to the students at Erie Day School on their latest issue of A Stroke of the Pen, which focuses on the history of Erie, PA.
Editors Livia and Zak did a great job of compiling stories about the Erie Zoo, the Watson-Curtze Mansion on West 6th Street and the history of Erie theaters and circuses. There are also articles about early Erie schools, industries, Erie politics and Civil War regiments raised in Erie County, PA.
The cover includes a postcard of State Street that the students discovered on Old Time Erie when they searched the Internet for background information about Erie. Very cool!
Keep up the great work and good luck on your future publications. You deserve a pat on the back!
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A lot has changed since this You'll Love Erie tourist guide was published by the Erie Area Chamber of Commerce in 1982.
Erie County, PA has gained 6,000 people.
The Flagship Niagara is no longer propped up on State St.
The Civic Center replaced the Erie County Fieldhouse.
Mercyhurst is now a University.
The Erie Art Center is now the Erie Art Museum.
The Greyhound bus station moved to the bayfront.
Doctors Osteopathic Hospital closed.
The Geriatric Center is now Pleasant Ridge Manor.
The Erie Blades no longer exist.
The Erie Cardinals no longer exist.
Commodore Downs is gone.
The Erie International Airport is now Tom Ridge Field.
Villa Maria College merged with Gannon University.
Lou Tullio is no longer the Mayor of Erie.
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Three U.S. Navy destroyers visited Erie in 1978 and I remember watching a sea of sailors dressed in white walking up State Street for shore leave. I had never seen so many men in uniform before, nor had I ever seen ships of that size.
The ships included the USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827), the USS Davis (DD-937) and the USS William C. Lawe (DD-763). The Davis, at 418 feet with a displacement of 4,000 tons, was the largest, followed by the Owens (390'6") and the Lawe (390'). The Owens, at 3,510 tons, was ten tons heavier than the Lawe.
"The transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway and operations in the Great Lakes provide the crew of these three U.S. Atlantic Fleet destroyers with superb training. To capitalize on these training opportunities, selected members of the Naval Reserve are assigned to the ships for two-week periods of active duty. This is the first cruise of Navy ships on the Great Lakes since 1963. The presence of these ships gives you a chance to view, first-hand, units of your Navy. The officers and men of the task unit welcome you aboard and are eager to answer your questions.
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