Cool pix and stories, SV.... its just too bad you don't have more details.

To make a guess at some locations: the Yuengling Beer you pointed out in one of the pix was a locally brewed beer in Pennsylvania (and PROBABLY not sold much beyond PA); with that in mind, and guessing that the Department Store pic is from a fairly big town I'd say it was Pittsburgh - the 1845 reference could be noting when the area was rebuilt after a big fire.