Lansdale may be battling to bring the borough back to a bustling shopping destination, but that was not the case in 1957, when these photos were snapped.

The town had lots of shops to offer and plenty of places to go.

Conny Hughan Tanis of Hatfield submitted these photos — and we’ll feature two more next week — of scenes from the borough in 1957.


The photo that features the Perfection Bakery and Seelig camera shop is noted as follows:

“This was taken by my dad, Jim Hughan. My mother Regina and little sister Margie, a friend Mrs. Spare and myself, Conny, are standing under the one-way sign at Susquehanna and Main streets.

“Cardinal Camera has this picture on their Web site, much to my surprise! But living above the bakery, of course, we took our film to the Seelig shop to have prints made.”

In the photo that shows cars on Main Street, with the “no parking” sign at the fore, also features women walking near the SunRay drugstore, packages in hand.

As Conny Tanis notes:

“Shopping in Lansdale was great then!”

Tune in next week for two more of her photos.