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Commerce Ave - Longview, WA - 1923

As a company founded the same year as the town, 1923, JH Kelly is in the '23 Club and is the last remaining member!  Commerce Ave was the main street of the town and brought business and paying customers to the "new" downtown.  JH Kelly's first store in WA was on Commerce Ave.

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