The Children's Shop: Difference between revisions

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The Children’s Shop was located next to the Berkeley House. It was owned by Mrs. E. B. Hay, whose husband owned the Adirondack Art Company. It was at 18 Broadway in 1934. It hay have merged with the Cinderella Shop sometime before 1940.

Lake Placid News, March 23, 1923

A Pleasant Place
To do your Easter shopping,
and many charming things
for children, little and big.

The Children’s Shop, Saranac Lake. N. Y.

Lake Placid News, May 4, 1923

May 7 to 12 is National Baby Week
“Come let us pull together and make easy the feet of little children”. A splendid booklet by Dr. L. Emmett Holt and Dr. Henry L. K. Shaw, free to all who wish it, THE CHILDREN’S SHOP, Saranac Lake.
Please Cut This Out
And bring to The Children’s Shop any time until May 12, and it will count as a 20% coupon on any purchase made. Next to Berkeley Hotel, Saranac Lake,

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+[[File:Children's Shop ad 2.jpg|thumb|499x499px|<em>Lake Placid News</em>, January 18, 1924]]
+[[File:The Children's Shop.jpg|thumb|300px|Courtesy of Leslie Hoffman’s Collection|left]]
+The Children’s Shop was located next to the [[Berkeley House]]. It was owned by Mrs. [[E. B. Hay]], whose husband owned the [[Adirondack Art Company]]. It was at [[Fair Store|18 Broadway]] in 1934. It hay have merged with the [[Cinderella Shop]] sometime before 1940.
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+<em>Lake Placid News</em>, March 23, 1923
-Very little is know about The Children's Shop, other than what this Advertisement Blotter says.  It does say that it is "Opposite Hotel Saranac" that would date it sometime after 1927.  It really wasn't opposite [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Hotel_Saranac|Hotel Saranac]] though, it was diagonal to it.
+<strong>A Pleasant Place</strong><br />
+To do your Easter shopping,<br />
+and many charming things<br />
+for children, little and big.
-The shop was located in the [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Berkeley_House|Berkeley House]]. On that page (in this HSL wiki), there is an article from the ''Adirondack Record - ''''Elizabethtown Post''<span style=""> dated January 8, 1925 titled "'''BERKELEY HOUSE IS GUTTED BY FIRE New Year's Day Blaze Practically Wipes Out Saranac Lake Tubercular Resort".  '''The article mentions several of the shops located in the [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Berkeley_House|Berkeley House]] that suffered heavy water damage. The article mentions the children's shop but in lower case.  Most likely the reporter probably thought it was a description of the shop, not realizing that this was indeed its name.
+The Children’s Shop, Saranac Lake. N. Y.
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-[[File:The Children's Shop.jpg|thumb|Courtesy of Leslie Hoffman's Collection]]
+[[File:The Children's Shop ad.jpg|thumb|300px|<em>Lake Placid News</em>, December 13, 1940]]
+[[File:The Children's Shop ad 3.jpg|thumb|347x347px|<em>Lake Placid News</em>, December 14, 1934|left]]<em>Lake Placid News</em>, May 4, 1923
+<strong>May 7 to 12 is National Baby Week</strong><br />
+“Come let us pull together and make easy the feet of little children”. A splendid booklet by Dr. L. Emmett Holt and Dr. Henry L. K. Shaw, free to all who wish it, THE CHILDREN’S SHOP, Saranac Lake.<br />
+<strong>Please Cut This Out</strong><br />
+And bring to The Children’s Shop any time until May 12, and it will count as a 20% coupon on any purchase made. Next to Berkeley Hotel, Saranac Lake,