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Postcard: "Ardrey Float, Halloween Parade"
Man in car unidentified.
This image was taken in front of Bristol High School building on Wood Street at Mulberry Street. The reverse side indicates that it was a float for a Halloween Parade, dated 1912 or 1913 (illegible). -
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[World War I victory parade]
Beaver Street between Prospect and Buckley Streets. PJM or PSM is written below a sailor holding a flag. -
[World War I victory parade]
Beaver Street between Prospect and Buckley Streets. -
[The “Pride of Baltimore I” sails up the Delaware River to Bristol]
The smoke stacks in the background are at the Public Services of New Jersey at Burlington.
Stamped on back: "Sircely Jun 19 1980." -
[The "Pride of Baltimore I” sailing ship]
Crew member on board firing a salute to shore.
Stamped on back: "Sircely Jun 19 1980." -
[The "Pride of Baltimore I” sailing ship]
The second ship and its occupants are unidentified.
Stamped on back: "Sircely Jun 19 1980" -
[Robert W. Bracken American Legion Post #382, Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps]
Marching on Pond Street at Wilson Avenue -
[Robert W. Bracken American Legion Post #382, Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps, Memorial Day Parade]
Marching on Pond Street at Wilson Avenue toward War Memorial at Pond and Fillmore Streets. -
[Robert W. Bracken American Legion Post #382, Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps, Memorial Day Parade]
Marching on Pond Street at Wilson Avenue. -
[Robert W. Bracken American Legion Post #382, Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps, Memorial Day Parade]
Marching on Pond Street at Wilson Avenue toward War Memorial at Pond and Fillmore Streets. -
[Reenactors for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown]
Alan Vogenburg (far right) offers cornbread to group who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. The photo was taken in front of 311 Radcliffe Street (which pre-dated the American Revolution), Alan represented the BCHF. -
[Reenactors for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown on Radcliffe Street]
Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. The group is traveling by 319 Radcliffe Street.
Men unidentified -
[Reenactors for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown at 910 Radcliffe Street]
Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. The group is stopping at the oldest known house (910 Radcliffe Street) in Bristol to eat.
Men unidentified -
[Reenactors at BCHF for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown]
Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. They are in front of the Borough sign adjacent to the “Villas at Riverview” house. They camped on the property of the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation (BCHF) at 321 Cedar Street for those nights. The society provided their meals.
Men unidentified. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad at Bristol during a blizzard]
Photo believed to have been taken opposite the present Harriman Station of Bristol near Taft and Barry Place. This storm was the worst since the blizzard of 1888. There were 127 poles blown across the tracks between Bristol and North Philadelphia. Telephone service was off, and river and trolley service stopped. The former Bristol Patent Leather Company would have been located behind the trains in the picture. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad at Bristol during a blizzard]
From Harold & Carol Mitchener: "This was probably the blizzard on March 14, 1914. Transportation was paralyzed. Eighty mile-per-hour winds caused havoc. There were 127 poles blown across the tracks between Bristol and North Philadelphia. Telephone service was off, and river and trolley service stopped. Note the stalled train." -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” located at Spurline Park. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” in Bristol, PA opposite the Municipal Building at Pond and Mulberry Streets. Pennsylvania Railroad’s main route between 1834 and 1910 passed here. In 1910-1911, the line was moved and elevated through the town. This is now about ½ mile north of this spot. The area behind had been the freight yard. In the distance is the town’s public elementary school. There is an approximately 30-50 feet of track left as part of the memorial. Spurline Park runs the length of the town on the ground occupied the last spur line of the railroad at street level. The Lincoln Sign” is along that route. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” along Spurline Park, located opposite the town municipal building--Pond and Mulberry Streets. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” at Bristol, PA. From this view, Grundy Tower, a senior citizen housing apartment complex is visible. -
[Parade, Radcliffe Street]
Stamp on back reads: "Never-Fade Panel Art Prints, reg., Photo Art Co., Inc. Trenton, N.J., July 26, 1939." -
[Parade, Radcliffe Street]
Stamp on back reads: "Never-Fade Panel Art Prints, reg., Photo Art Co., Inc. Trenton, N.J., July 26, 1939." -
[Parade, Radcliffe Street]
Stamp on back reads: "Never-Fade Panel Art Prints, reg., Photo Art Co., Inc. Trenton, N.J., July 26, 1939." -
[On back of photograph]: "This painting is on the side of the van that accompanied the reenactors from Rhode Island to Virginia via Bristol"
Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. -
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