Shane Confectionery · A two-minute story

Shane Confectionery — What They Kept.

Behind a Philadelphia candy counter, a restoration preserved more than a room: it kept the tools and recipes working.

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The sweetest part of the story is what survived.

1863 / 1911Chapter 01

A Philadelphia address for sweetness.

Confectionery making at this address dates to 1863. The Shane family took over in 1911 and kept the business for 99 years, giving the shop its name and generations of memories.

01 / Film stillThe candy counter, photographed in 2018 by Mary Mark Ockerbloom / Science History Institute. CC BY-SA 3.0; cropped film frame.

2010Chapter 02

Restoring a working place.

Ryan and Eric Berley bought the business from Barry Shane in 2010. An eighteen-month restoration closed the shop while its next chapter took shape. The purpose was to preserve a place that could keep doing its work.

02 / Film stillShane Confectionery, photographed in 2012 by Banfield. CC BY-SA 2.5 ar; cropped film frame.

Tools, recipes, handsChapter 03

What they kept.

The buttercream machine and its recipe were part of what survived. Molds, counters and practiced hands connect the finished candy to the work behind it. Keeping a tradition means putting it back into use.

03 / Film stillCandy demonstration, photographed in 2012 by Conrad Erb / Science History Institute. CC BY-SA 3.0; cropped film frame.

The story continues

Continue the story.

Explore the people, products and history behind the film on the business’s official website.

01Visit Shane ConfectioneryThe official business website.