Category:W J Frederick & Brother

Owned by William J Frederick, along with his brothers Joseph and Charles. It was a late Nineteenth Century children's clothing store at 816 Hamilton street in Allentown PA.

Born in 1860, William Frederick began in business in 1876, working for C L Newhard in the children's clothing department. He opened his own store in 1884 with his brothers. The store closed in 1898 when W J became manager of the children's department at Koch Brothers on Center Square in Allentown. Frederick moved to Reading in 1903 and worked in the clothing business there before retiring in 1929. He passed in April 1934 in Reading.

Frederick was also, notably, one of the founders of the Allentown Young Men's Christian Association (Y M C A) in November 1881. The first Allentown YMCA was located on the second floor of the L H Yeager china shop at 20th North 7th Street.