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[Aerial photograph of Bath Street]
Bath Street, Bristol. #528 Bath Street is behind large clump of trees in center. This is opposite Leedom & Son Coal Yard, which became occupied by Bristol Fuel, owned as of 1998 by the Quattrochi family. Coal yard entrance is on the right of the picture. In 1998 Bristol Fuel had a hardware store where a row of houses perpendicular to Bath Street once stood. -
[Aerial photograph of Bath Street]
Different angle than photograph 7.1.006, but taken at the same time with identification information similar. Canal passing across top of the photograph indicates it might have been taken in the early 1940s. -
"Birds Eye View of West Bristol, Bristol, Pa."
600 block of Swain Street, row of houses called “Berks Row.” Bath Street (Bath Street School) built in 1881 and Silver Lake before the elevated part in 1919. Photo taken during cooler seasons--no leaves on the trees. -
[Aerial photograph of Bristol Borough]
View of Bristol showing Mill, Bath and Otter Streets in lower portion; Beaver Street, elevated railroad tracks, and U.S. Route 13. -
[Photograph taken at the Bath Road home of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Robbins by E. Tomlinson of 339 Hayes Street, Bristol]
From left to right: Row 1: Mrs. Britton, Mrs. Burton, Clara Robbins, Alice Simon, Nan Herman, Margaret Milnor, Samuel Robbins, Sr.
Row 2: Nettie Thompson, Mrs. Machehon, Mrs. Moss, Jennie Townsend, Hilda Albright, Wilhemenia Mummly, Ethel Carson, Sophia Lovett.
Row 3: Emma Booz, Frances Doheen, Emma Pfaffenrath. -
[Group of people sitting on the sidewalk in front of 587 Bath Street, Bristol]
Photograph was taken in front of 587 Bath Street circa 1966. The store was that of Charles & Anna Thompson. One of their daughters, Dora Colville, is seated third from left. The man to her right may have been George, Dora’s husband. Dora’s sister Mable Nichols may be seated to her left. The female on the right may be Margaret Bartnick, daughter of Mable Nichols. In 2002, Dora was age 94. -
[Photograph of items belonging to and a portrait of Charles R. Thompson holding a bicycle]
Charles R. Thompson was a member of the Bristol Wheelman Club and had a bicycle shop at 611-613 Bath Street. Thompson’s home was at 587 Bath Street. Charles R. Thompson lived between 1865 and 1953. The family operated a neighborhood store at 587 Bath Street. -
Postcard: "Mill Street, looking North, Bristol, Pa."
Mill Street facing north toward Otter & Bath streets. On the left is Whitaker’s Shoe and Foot Wear store. They were there between (1905-1921). Their address was 218-222 Mill Street. In the middle of the street are electric trolley tracks. They operated (1900-1932). The car appears to have a chauffeur with uniform in the front seat. -
"Mill St. Bristol"
Photograph taken from the corner of Cedar and Mill Streets looking towards Bath Street. Keystone Hall/Chase House Hotel is in view at the end of Mill Street. Trolley tracks date the picture between 1900-1932, when the trolley was in use. -
[Mill Street looking northwest towards the canal bridge leading to Otter and Bath Street]
The trolley wires had not yet been installed. Visible at the end of the street is the Clossen House Hotel (later the Keystone Hotel). The three story brick building on the right is at Mill and Wood Streets. -
Photocard: "Mill Street, Bristol, Pa."
View of Cedar & Mill Streets, looking toward Bath and Otter Streets. Visible in the distance is a trolley car. -
[Trolley line to Doylestown taken at Bath Street and Otter Street in front of Clossen Hotel]
Line charted in 1895 at Newtown. Line reached Bristol in 1899 and closed operations about 1932. -
"Bath and Otter Street, Bristol, PA, Aug. 23, 1905"
On the right is the Closson House Hotel, later called the Keystone Hotel. Electric trolley tracks extended north to Doylestown. Tracks on Otter Street connected Philadelphia and Morrisville via Bristol. -
[Closson Hotel on Bath Street at Otter Street]
Trolley in view begins at Closson Hotel and runs to Doylestown. Hotel Closson was later called Keystone Hotel. Presently (1998) the hotel side is now the District Justice Office. -
"Clossen [sic] House, Bath & Otter St., Bristol, PA."
Closson House Hotel at the corner of Bath and Otter Streets. The proprietor was Wilson Closson. Later it was called the Keystone Hotel. A fire destroyed it in the 1980s. A new building was erected and it is now the location of the local judge. -
"Otter and Bath Streets, Bristol, Pa. 1909"
Hotel Closson at Otter and Bath Streets. Later it was called the Keystone Hotel. The trolley in the picture went to Doylestown. -
Postcard: "Bath St., Bristol, PA."
Bath Street at Buckley Street looking north. The elevated railroad is not in the picture, which dates the picture before 1910. Trolley tracks connected Bristol and Doylestown. -
Postcard: "Clossen House, Bath & Otter St., Bristol PA."
This is the center of Bath and Otter Streets. The trolley visible on the left was a line that began in Bristol and connected with Doylestown. The trolley line from Philadelphia to Morrisville via Bristol stopped here and passengers were required to cross the PA railroad tracks on foot and meet at the trolley on the other side to continue the journey. The Clossen Hotel was originally called the Exchange Hotel. Its final name was Keystone Hotel. Following a fire in 1980, it was demolished. A District Court Justice replaced it. -
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[Innkeeper Arthur Townsend, owner of the Keystone Hotel located at Bath and Otter Streets]
The hotel was formerly called the Hotel Closson. The building was destroyed in November 1980 by fire. In the late 1970s it was renamed Mari’s Closson House. -
[Keystone Hotel]
Closson House Hotel at the corner of Bath and Otter Streets--proprietor was Wilson Closson. Between 1900 and 1932 this was the terminus of an electric trolley line that connected Doylestown with Bristol. Later it was called the Keystone Hotel. A fire destroyed it in the 1980s. A new building was erected and it is now the location of the local judge. -
Postcard: "Bath St., Bristol, PA."
Bath Street facing north at corner of Buckley Street. Wear’s Grocery store is located where the roof is over the sidewalk. Trolley tacks are in the middle of the street. This trolley went to Doylestown (1900-1932). The elevated railroad line is in the background. It was moved there circa 1910-1911. The house and wagon are at the corner of Bath and Mill Streets. Sewer pipes are on the side of the road. Sewer pipes started from this corner in September of 1911. -
Postcard: "Bath St., Bristol, PA."
This is a photograph of Bath Street's 500 block looking north. The electric railroad which was built in (1910-1911) is in the background. Trolley tracks are in the street (1900-1932). Sewer pipes are along the edge of the roadway. Sewers were started on this street in September of 1911. -
[Bath Street near the corner of Bath and Buckley Streets (east side)]
The delivery truck belonged to Francis Wear who had a grocery store on the corner. The middle building has been removed, but it is the side of a drug store (fist owned by Mr. Watson and then Alan Vogenberg). -
[Bath Street looking north just above Buckley Street, on right and Mifflin Street on left]
Building left of center was Kay’s Bakery. It has been removed. The trolley tracks to Newtown/Doylestown are visible on the street. -
[Photograph approximated to be Bath Street near the corner of Buckley Street]
At the corner of Bath and Buckley Street was a local grocery store owned by J. F. Wear--the name which appears on the delivery truck to the left. The business behind the tree was occupied by several drug stores. Presently the former grocery and drug store buildings were removed and a lot with landscaping is on that site (as of 2014). -
Postcard: "Birds Eye View of West Bristol, Bristol, Pa."
Row of houses in foreground is on Swain Street and was known as Berke’s Row. Bath Street School is in center. Photograph taken before 1910 as railroad has not been built--Silver Lake is larger.
Inscription on back of postcard reads: "See you next Saturday." Addressed to "Miss Elizabeth [Hartzell], Salfordville, Pa., Montg. Co." Stamped on August 4, Bristol. -
[Corner of Bath Road in Bristol Township and Bath Street in Bristol Borough, as well as US Route 13]
The bridge with railroad tracks connects Philadelphia and New York. -
Illustration: "Bath Chalybeate Mineral Springs, Bristol, Pa. Presbyterian Church"
This illustration is of the hotel and bath houses at the Bath Spring, which formerly was located on the north side of the railroad embankment on Bath Street. Presently, two gas stations, a restaurant-diner, and the Lower Bucks Hospital occupies the site. It was a spa of national importance recognized by the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. Dr. Benjamin Rush was one of its main supporters. Dr. Joseph DeNormandie of Bristol was the attendant physician. Eventually the spa, which was popular between the end of the Revolutionary War and 1821, declined when the Saratoga Springs in New York became the main spa. At this zenith, the spa had a race track, thirty-room hotel and other entertainment. Patrons came from the West Indies and various states. Bristol’s other hotel also housed guests. Patrons usually stayed a month or more in summer. -
[Silver Lake with bridge]
Bath Road bridge over the Otter Creek, which flows from Silver Lake to the Delaware River. -
Postcard: "Silver Lake, Bristol, PA"
This photo was taken of Silver Lake from the Bath Road bridge, facing the dam overflow area where Otter Creek begins. Note the growth in the lake. This was before the lake was dredged. -
"Bristol, PA"
This is the Otter Creek as it passes under the former bridge on Bath Road. The creek has overflowed its banks in the picture. This is the south side of the bridge. Opposite side of the bridge is Silver Lake. -
Postcard: "Bristol, PA"
The bridge is on Bath Road at Silver Lake where Otter Creek flows from the lake. It appears that the creek has been overflowing. In 1911, the lake did overflow and flood adjacent areas on Bath Street and farms along Bath Road. -
"Silver Brook Bridge, Bristol, PA, August, 1906"
Bridge over water from Silver Lake. Photograph taken at Bath Road. The water here becomes Otter Creek, which flows to the Delaware River. The electric trolley from Bristol to Doylestown (circa 1900-1932) passed over this bridge. -
[Bath Street School, opened 1881]
Located on the north side of Bath Street, four houses from the railroad. It closed when the Snyder School on Buckley and Beaver Streets was opened at an unknown date. The building was used as a furniture warehouse by Dries Furniture Store (Mill and Pond Streets) and burned in 1973. Houses have been built on the site. -
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Postcard: "Bath St. School, Bristol, PA."
Erected in 1881. This was the fourth public school opened in Bristol. Between 1881 and 1894, the upper floor was used as high school classroom. When a new school was opened in 1894 on Wood Street, high school classes moved there. Warren Snyder school opened on Buckley Street in 1956. This school closed and became a warehouse for Dries Furniture Store at Mill and Pond Streets. A fire destroyed the building in 1973 and it was torn down. Three duplex houses occupy the site as of 2002. Photo is pre-1910 as the railroad is not yet visible beyond the school. -
[Class photograph at the Bath Street School]
Taken on the back steps of Bath Street School. It opened in 1881 and closed in 1955. Following a fire in 1973, the building was demolished. Students unidentified. -
[Bath Street School]
Students unidentified.
"(me)" written on front of photograph in ink over top of one female student. -
[Postcard: Bath Street School]
Students unidentified.
"(me)" written on front of photograph in ink over top of one female student. "J. Gross" written in ink over top of one male student in front row. -
[Bicycle Shop at 613 Bath Street]
The house section remains a private residence, the shop building has been removed.
This bicycle shop was formerly owned by Charles R. Thompson, Sr. -
[Thompson Store, 587 Bath Street]
Dora Thompson Colville (husband George Colville) was the daughter of Charles R. and Annis T. Thompson, who operated this store. Dora was a teacher in Tullytown and later in Bristol schools. -
[Ford car parked next to the former Keystone Hotel which stood at Bath and Otter Streets]
Across the street is the Acme Grocery Market on Bath Street at Otter Street. It appears that a cook and five waitresses are posing outside the hotel (all unidentified). The Keystone Hotel was formerly called the Hotel Closson. -
[Hotel Closson (Keystone Hotel)]
“For: Ralph Radcliffe” inscribed on back. -
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"McCoy's Catering Service" [advertisement]
599 Bath Street, Bristol, PA -
[Pharmacist John K. Young (1848-1927) inside Young’s Pharmacy, 559 Bath Street, Bristol, PA]
Pharmacist Young practiced pharmaceuticals in Bristol from 1882-1927. Age 72 at death. Pharmacy originally located at 555 Bath Street, then moved to 559 Bath Street around World War I. -
[Gilbert Lovett, retiree from Rohm & Haas, crossing guard at Bath and Buckley Streets, Bristol, PA]
Photograph looking toward Route 13. -
[Bristol’s 285th celebration parade]
Alan Vogenberg, RPH and Pearl Paleofica in front of Alan’s Pharmacy 595 Bath Street. -
