Notice in the photo the two women looking down on Santa as he climbs up the ladder on his annual visit to the Bon-Ton and downtown York, Pa.
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Continuing the series of photos that capture York County, Pa.'s, history:
Max Samuel "Tom" Grumbacher, who died in 2006, was an integral part of his family's Bon-Ton Department Stores for 65 years. He was the son of Bon-Ton founder Max Grumbacher and his wife, Daisy. Background posts:
In the middle part of the 20th century, Bon-Ton's downtown store served as one of York's big three. Bear's and Wiest's made up the primary retail attractions in the heart of York.
When suburbia beckoned, the Bon-Ton expanded to the York Mall, the North York Mall and Queensgate.
Today, the retail chain has about 275 stores in more than 20 states... .
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