BLUEFIELD & PRINCETON - MERCER COUNTY - WEST VIRGINIA
Ahavath Sholom Synagogue
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Right Photo: former Ahavath Sholom Synagogue on Scott Street
Center Photo: Ahavath Sholom Synagogue on Albemarle Street built in 1948, photo ca. 1950
Photos from: "West Virginia Jewry: Origins & History 1850-1958"
Left Photo: Sanctuary facing Ark ca. 1950
Photo Courtesy American Jewish Archives Collections
Exterior Color Photographs - Courtesy of Robert Perry of Bluefield
Photos: Stained Glass Windows on front of Synagogue
from: Congregation Ahavath Sholom website
Nelson's Dress Shop
855 Mercer Street, Princeton, West Virginia - Est. in 1934 by Jewish resident Frank Nelson
Tomchin's Furniture Company
423 Mercer St - Princeton, West Virginia. Established ca. 1911, closed after 1999
Samuel Turk Department Store
Princeton Avenue - Bluefield, West Virginia
"the above images are taken from vintage postcards and ads"
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