Mike Jones A LOOK INTO THE PAST — Robert Stakeley of the Senator John Heinz History Center gives a presentation Nov. 1 to the Bethel Park Historical Society about the window displays at Kaufmann’s Department Store in Pittsburgh.

BETHEL PARK, Pa. — When thinking about the window displays at the old Kaufmann’s Department Store in downtown Pittsburgh, most people’s memories probably drift off to the Christmas season and gifts for sale.

“It’s November, so you’re starting to think about holiday gifts,” said Robert Stakeley of the Senator John Heinz History Center. “That’s what Kaufmann’s would want (us) to do. Sell. Sell. Sell.”

But despite that rich holiday sales history for Kaufmann’s at its prime location at Fifth and Smithfield in the heart of the Golden Triangle, Stakeley said the displ

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