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Defunct Retail => Defunct Department Stores => Topic started by: MikeRa on February 13, 2009, 10:56:25 PM

Title: Lit Brothers
Post by: MikeRa on February 13, 2009, 10:56:25 PM
I don't know if anyone started a topic about Lit Brothers Department store (1893 to 1977), so I started one just in case.  Here are the final known locations of Lit's:

Center City Philadelphia-8th and Market St(1893)
Upper Darby-69th and Ludlow
Far Northeast Philadelphia-Cottman and Castor(1950)
South Philadelphia-24th and Oregon(1962)
Broomall-Lawrence Park and Sproul (62)
Willow Grove-Willow Grove S.C. York and Easton(1962)
Atlantic City, NJ-Atlantic and Carolina(62)
Morrisville-N Pa and E Trenton (1958)
Plymouth Meeting-Plymouth Meeting Mall(66)
Voorhees NJ-Echelon Mall(1970)
Bensalem-Neshimany Mall(1974)
Camden, NJ-Broadway and Market(1955-76)
Trenton, NJ-S Broad and Front(1949-70)
Title: Re: Lit Brothers
Post by: MikeRa on June 14, 2011, 04:13:37 PM
Most Lit's used the Wide Times New Roman "LIT BROTHERS" or "LITS" on the stores at the time of closing.  The Center City store also had the cursive 1960's style as well.