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I highly suspect that is Liberty Blvd.  And those building are on what is now the Legion and park/ball fields.

Also not the roof and "dormers" of the building to the right of the one I pointed out.   Pretty much the same between then and now.

Mom would just roll them on the counter to crack the shell and it would usually would peel off in one piece.

Coins, and sometimes small stones, are often left to let friends and family members know that the deceased was visited by someone who cared.

Other reasons also include:

1.  so that the deceased can pay the ferryman to cross the River Styx.

2.  as a "down payment" to buy the fallen friend/family/comrade a beer in heaven, or where ever they ended up.

3.  and I'm sure there are other reasons

I asked my grandmother a weekend ago about where that hospital was.  She was born in 1923 and lived in the Brockway area.

She said she thinks it might have been the Snyder Twp building as mentioned by MIM307 above.

 

I used to love this bridge when I was a kid.  We would go out to the middle and jump to make it shake.  

I personally liked the old park/picnic area better than the new one.  

 

I was just down at the park the past week to look at a house on Mabon St.   Its all baseball fields now. lol   When I was a kid in the '70s there was a playground and pavilions down near the Dawn grocery store where they would hold a small kids fair.  It wasn't all baseball fields then.

I took my first and only helicopter ride at one of those fairs.

The reason we thought it was up by hilltop was because of the position of the route signs and the position of the way the picture is taken.. MMMM  wonder where it is?

I believe that is at the end of Main St at the intersection of Franklin St. down town looking towards the Litch House in the distance.

The house on the right is still there.  But the house on the left is gone now.  That tree appears to be the same one in the Google Street View.   If you look at the indentations on the chimney to the right, it matches the chimney on street view in the second picture.

If it isn't there as I believe, its on Main St starting to head up the hill towards Hilltop, looking northward towards Short St.

Thank you all!

Columbia Theater was probably it then by general consensus..   I saw Pinocchio, one of the Witch Mountain movies, and maybe a couple others there in the late '70s.   Those memories were starting to fade some, so I needed a refresh of the theater there.

Thanks again!

Does anyone have any old photos or can provide info on the old theater in Brookville?   It was located up the alley behind the old Harmon's Music Shop(now something else).   I remember going to it 2-3 times when I was a kid in the '70s, parking on Main St, the walking up the alley to a door from the alley.   I have foggy images in my head of the interior - snack counter to the right, a short set of steps to seats on the left.

Yeah, I wasn't a happy camper when I pulled into the driveway. I may go invest in some Miracle Grow to make them come in a little faster!

Or invest in a crossbow, or $200 for a NFA tax stamp for a suppressor. lol

Check St.Mary's and Brookville the old buildings they have there, they restore their buildings, not us we tear them down.

Thats not always a blessing though, if your house or building is one of Brookville's "historical" buildings it makes it a turd to do anything with it even if you are trying to fix it up.

My family has owned two such houses, including the one I live in now.  Doing anything that takes from the historical appeal is heavily frowned upon with a certified letter and a visit to your front door.