Jack and Rose, 1910

Jack Moore of Warminster sent me this 1910 photo of his grandfather’s general merchandise store in Doylestown, at State and Main streets. He writes, “Standing with my grandfather is one of the clerks, Rose Heavener. Today the store is the Paper Unicorn.” Jack’s grandfather, John F. Moore, spent a year and a half in the Klondike prospecting for gold before returning to Philadelphia. In 1900, he moved to Doylestown with his wife, Julia, and his children Bartram (Jack’s father), Vernon and Herbert. He eventually purchased the corner store at State and Main and the then-empty land down to the Doylestown Inn, and built the stores and apartments that are there today.