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Lisle and Millie Isaacs opened this shop from the early 1900s, and their son, Ralph joined them in business before closing the store in 1960. This building was […]
Barney Jacobson and Barney Everett owned Barneys on Main Street from 1930 to 1954 before moving the store to Union Street. This store boasted the widest storefront on […]
Max Kashetsky went into the antique business with the Loyalist Antique Shop in the late 1940s. His brother Hyman Kashetsky was also in the antique business.
Dreskin’s expanded to the Lancaster Mall from 1968 to 1976 under the management of Norman Hamburg. The store returned to a mall location in 1994.
Jack Levine and his wife, Anne operated their men’s store from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s. The second floor of their building had space for the Young Men’s […]
Lewis Selby immigrated to Canada from Cuba in 1929 and worked as a tailor in Montreal and Toronto before opening the Princess Shop in 1937. The store was […]
A.E. Smith (at left) managed Regal Films on Princess Street from the 1920s to the 1940s. They distributed films for MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Bill Guss (second from left) went […]
Max Sereisky came to Saint John from northern NB in 1914 and opened a butcher shop on Main Street. In 1936 he was on the executive of the […]
Moe Holtzman opened the Sun Ray Fruit Store in the 1930s. As the store was close to the city’s hospitals, many fruit baskets were ordered for patients. Although […]
Joseph Koven opened a laundromat on Main Street in the 1960s, one of the first laundromats in Saint John.
Abraham Freedman started his scrap metal business soon after arriving in Saint John. He collected and shipped scrap metal all over the world. His son, J.J. and grandson, […]
Morris Selick returned from the Royal Canadian Air Force after the Second World War to open his drug store on Princess Street. He remained in business for close […]
