Preserving Upper Merion's Past To Enlighten Its Future
King of Prussia Historical Society

Do You Remember?

  • Tic Tac Tie
  • Max For Snacks, later The Pickle Barrel
  • The Valley Forge Drive In
  • The Valley Forge Diner
  • The Valley Fore Home Center
  • The Valley Forge Inn
  • Pete-Za-Rama
  • The Piccadilly Arcade then re-named The Continental Arcade
  • Ej Korvette
  • Brookmeade’s Valley Forge Dairy Cottage, Maplecroft Farm’s Dairy Bar, The Betsy Ross Restaurant (Best Ice Cream In Town), later The Sting, The Baron’s Inn, and now Creed’s
  • Wt Grant
  • The Viking Hut
  • Wally Whopper (Burger King’s less than happy manager)
  • All You Can Eat Fish Fry At Ho Jo’s
  • The Purple Cow
  • The Big Chicken At Nor-View Farm
  • Perry’s Deli, now Michael’s Deli
  • Brooks Sporting Goods, later Herman’s
  • Wilson’s Exxon
  • Tommy’s Texaco
  • Ambrose Sunoco
  • Cummins Atlantic, Exxon
  • Bill & Dave’s Getty
  • Victoria Station, later Rib-It
  • Adult Gifts
  • Queen Tv
  • Eric King Theatre
  • Bonnie Barn
  • So Fro Fabrics
  • Plaza Pets
  • Dieckhaus
  • Wanamaker, Gimbels
  • Wanamaker’s Tire Center
  • Lafayette Radio & Electronics
  • Record Revolution
  • Eddie’s Barber Shop
  • Pat’s Barber Shop
  • Valley’s Restaurant, later Casa Maria, an ugly Computer Store, then Petsmart, and now…
  • Gaudio’s
  • Slax N’ Jacks
  • Fw Woolworth’s
  • Jackmans
  • Spa Vita Nova, later Queen Tv And Appliance
  • Dutch Pantry, later Alfalfa’s, later Pastabilities, and then Hooters
  • Food Fair
  • The Chemist Shop
  • Open Pantry
  • The Happy Viking
  • Wicks N Sticks
  • Gino’s
  • Horn & Hardart, later Steak ‘N Brew, later Aspen, then Sportsters
  • Morris Weisbaum’s Drug Store
  • Supplee Dairy
  • Walker’s Farm And Meats
  • The Sticky Bun
  • The Pickle Barrel
  • Florsheim Shoes And Barber Shop
  • Peoples National Bank, Later American Bank, Meridian, Core States, First Union, Wachovia, Wells Fargo…whew!
  • Western Savings Bank
  • Bill Ding’s Home Center
  • Burt’s Shoe Store
  • Bakers Shoes
  • Flagg Bros.
  • Shoes
  • The Door For Happy Children
  • Thom Mcann
  • Italian Delight
  • Yankee Doodle Restaurant
  • Beefsteak Charlie’s, later Tgi Friday
  • The Inn Of The Four Falls
  • Robert E. Lee Hardware
  • The Escalator Ramp and the Santa Claus House at The Valley Forge Shopping Center
  • Beck’s (On The Boulevard)
  • Donut Land
  • Hanscom’s Bakery
  • The Inn, The Shoe Repair and The Laundromat
  • King Of Prussia Lanes
  • Wolfsohn Memorial Library
  • The Tac House At Walker Field