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Lit Brothers Building
Philadelphia's landmark department store opened by Samuel and Jacob Lit at Eighth and Market Streets in 1893, was the home of the Enchanted Colonial Village. The Village was designed by Philadelphian display designer Thomas Comerford, and built by German toy manufacturer Christian Hofmann (located in Bad Rodach, W. Germany). The Village was a 3/4 life size display depicting eighteen animated scenes of workshops, buildings and clusters of people in a small hamlet at Christmastime including such favorites as the Toymaker, the Bakery and the Blacksmith. When they were built, the Village`s motorized dolls were state of the art. The Village was first displayed on the second floor of Lit Brothers in 1962 and remained a seasonal fixture, viewed by approximately 4,000,000 visitors while at Lit`s until 1975. Lit Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 1977 and soon after closed its stores.
Lit Brothers Building
Philadelphia's landmark department store opened by Samuel and Jacob Lit at Eighth and Market Streets in 1893, was the home of the Enchanted Colonial Village. The Village was designed by Philadelphian display designer Thomas Comerford, and built by German toy manufacturer Christian Hofmann (located in Bad Rodach, W. Germany). The Village was a 3/4 life size display depicting eighteen animated scenes of workshops, buildings and clusters of people in a small hamlet at Christmastime including such favorites as the Toymaker, the Bakery and the Blacksmith. When they were built, the Village`s motorized dolls were state of the art. The Village was first displayed on the second floor of Lit Brothers in 1962 and remained a seasonal fixture, viewed by approximately 4,000,000 visitors while at Lit`s until 1975. Lit Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 1977 and soon after closed its stores.