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What's on this page:
- Links to business lists in directories, 1882-1940
- Links to business lists on Sanborn Fire Insurance maps,
1873-1946
- Freeland industries listed in Industrial Directory, 1922
- Link to business ads in the April 21, 1882 issue of The Freeland Progress
- Link to business ads in early Freeland directories, mostly
1895
- "The Leading Business Houses of Freeland," Freeland Tribune, December 1897
- 20th-century Freeland business pages
organized by kind of business, plus some people highlighted
- 19th-century Freeland business
pages
organized by kind of business
- Freeland address numbering, for deciphering old addresses
In the 19th-century Freeland business pages and 20th-century Freeland business pages, you'll find separate pages for particular kinds of businesses: bakeries, clothing stores, construction, etc. By contrast, on this page you have links to the full combined listings of all kinds of businesses from a number of directories and maps. Links to some ads from early directories and several early newspaper issues are also here.
Links to business lists in directories, 1882-1940
Businesses in 1882-1884 city
directory
Businesses in 1884-1886 city
directory
Businesses in 1886-1888 city
directory
Businesses in nearby towns in 1886-1888 city directory
Businesses listed in 1895 Barry's city directory
Businesses listed in 1897 city directory
Businesses listed in 1900-1901
Pruden's Wilkes-Barre - Scranton Business Directory (includes Freeland)
Businesses listed in 1912
telephone directory
Businesses listed in 1917
telephone directory
Businesses listed in 1917
telephone directory, alphabetical list
Businesses listed in 1921-1922
city directory
Businesses listed in 1928-1929
city directory
Businesses listed in 1940 city
directory
Links to business lists on
maps, 1873-1946
Business index from 1873 maps
of Freehold (later renamed Freeland) and Foster Township from the Atlas
of Luzerne County
Business index from 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Freeland
Business index from 1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Freeland
Business index from 1905
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Freeland
Business index from 1912
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Freeland
Business index from 1923
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Freeland
Business index from 1929
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Freeland
Business index from 1946
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Freeland
Freeland industries that were listed in the 1922 Fourth Industrial Directory of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Ira
Berger's construction, James
Boyle's planing mill, M. C.
Bressler's cigar factory, Julius A. Fox and Sons bakery, Freeland
Brewing Co., Freeland Garage, Freeland Overall Mfg. Co., Freeland Shirt
Co., Freeland Water Co., J. E. Griffith construction, George B. Hudock
soft drinks, Robert A. Lentz construction, Michael Lukac Jr. electrical
construction, Luzerne Silk Throwing Co., The Press, Christian Scholler
bakery, Tribune Printing Co., Ltd., and Washington Silk Co. More
details at left.
Link to a few business ads in the April 21, 1882 issue of The Freeland Progress
Business advertisements in the April 2, 1882 issue of The Freeland Progress
Link to business ads in a few early Freeland directories
Business advertisements in early city directories
The Leading Business Houses of Freeland - Freeland Tribune, December 1897
Business advertisements, just in time for the holidays