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[Bristol Ford Company located at Beaver and Prospect Streets]
This was located opposite of the post office. Elevated railroad tracks in background. -
[Parade float for Adams-Wildblood Inc., 1427 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA]
Young women on the float are advertising the first Kaiser Frazer 1947 car. -
[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. -
[Mannherz Barber Shop at 125 Radcliffe Street]
Pictured are Nicholas Mannherz (1911-1969), proprietor, and employee Joseph Cuttone. Patron is unidentified.
Nicholas purchased the shop from his father Peter’s estate in 1942. Peter died in 1941. Upon Nicholas’s death, Joe Cuttone took over the business in 1969. The building was then sold to an investor. Based on the Grand Theater poster in the photograph, this image was taken around 1946.
The Mannherz family had a farm in the Edgely section of Bristol Township. Peter originally had a barber shop in the main street in Tullytown, before moving to Bristol. Nicholas’s family moved to 283 West Circle in 1946 from an apartment at Farragut Avenue and Monroe Street. Mary Jane Mannherz was a previous director of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library and is the daughter of Nicholas and Jane Mannherz. -
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[Three barbers, Mike, Pete, and Joe Cuttone in front of the Mannherz Barber Shop at 125 Radcliffe Street in 1941]
There was a beauty shop next door at 127 Radcliffe Street where Nick Mannherz passed in 1969. Joe Cuttone operated the shop until he died in 2010. He had cut hair there for 70 years. -
[Gratz's Bakery at the corner of Dorrance and Wood Streets]
People unidentified. -
[McLees' Bakery cart]
John McLees was listed in the 1891-1892 Bristol Directory as being a baker with his house at 28 Mill Street. Thomas McLees appears to be the owner with his house and bakery at 28 Mill Street.
Horse cart lists 28 Mill Street, as well as 52 Wood Street on the side. -
[Robert Clark, Sr. shortly before his death]
This photograph won an award for the photographer. Robert lived from 1859-1946. [Identified by Bruce Clark]. -
[Clark family portrait taken in June 1918, behind 211 Market (or Wood) Streets, Bristol PA]
From left to right: Mary Clark, Robert Clark, Jr. (their son), Robert Clark, Sr., child Grace Clark in his arms, Andrew Hunter Clark, Sr., his wife Charlotte (known as “Lottie”) and their daughter Mary (baby in arms). Andrew lived from 1892-1964, Charlotte from 1893-1966. [Identified by Bruce Clark]. -
[Robert Clark, Sr. and Mary Clark standing in front of their shop at Wood & Market Streets in Bristol, PA]
The horse was named “Jim” and the dog was named “Bruce." [Identified by Bruce Clark]. -
[Furniture store on Radcliffe Street in Bristol, PA]
Robert Clark, Sr. is holding the horse, his wife Mary is in the doorway and their two children Robert Jr. and Andrew Hunter Clark, Sr. are sitting in the wagon.
Wagon says “ROBERT CLARK” on the side.
[Family members identified by Bruce Clark, great-grandson of Robert Clark, Sr.] -
[Max Slatoff’s Antique Store – 110 Radcliffe Street]
Pictured left to right: Chauffeur, Mr. Collins (an antique dealer from New York City who was representing the DuPonts of Delaware, purchasing antiques for Winterthur), and Mr. Slatoff. -
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[Bristol Ford Company donating a Driver Training Car to Bristol High School]
From left to right are Lester Michel (driver education instructor), two Bristol Ford Company men who are unidentified, Warren Snyder School Superintendent, David Hertzler, Bristol High School Principal. -
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[Bristol High School Track Team 1926-27]
Front row seated, second from left: Elwood Bilger. -
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"Interscholastic Champion Girl Relay Team, Bucks, Co., 1924, Left to Right Randolph, Chambers, Allen, Rittler"
Written on back: Alice Randolph, Chamberlain, Selma Allen, Grace Rittler. -
[Bristol High School 1976-77 Girls Basketball Team]
Left to right, standing: Michael Russo (coach), Doreen Landofi #5, April Van Wright #21, Deena Green #22, Maria Guerierro #45, Susan Weik #3, Kathleen George (manager), Chuck Long (coach).
Left to right, kneeling: Deborah Missanelli #31, Moreen McDonald #43, Shirley DeMarchis #25, Mary Jo Mama #23, Susanna Tortu #1, Thersea Keys #41. -
[Bristol High School Marching Band during a parade over the newly constructed Delaware River--Turnpike Toll Bridge]
Written on back of photograph: “Dedication of Turnpike Bridge, 1956, May 25.”
This is a photograph of the opening of the Turnpike Bridge over the Delaware River that was built to connect the Pennsylvania Turnpike with the New Jersey Turnpike. The band is marching from the Pennsylvania side to the middle of the bridge. The two people carrying the “Bristol High School Banner" (left to right) are Naomi Vandergrift and Betty Haines. Kenneth Bachman, band director, can be seen marching with the band. He is on the left side. -
[Bristol High School, Bristol Warrior Band]
Kenneth Bachman, director. -
[1943 Bristol Girls Basketball Team, Bristol High School]
Standing: Clifford ("Blackie") Blackwell, Eunice McIllvaine, Mildred Walterick, Betty Duffy, Theresa Elchenko, Juanita Hayes, Margaret Hunter, Sue Marrazzo, Fannie Carango.
Sitting: Frances DeGregorio, Betty Carnvale, Emily Sak, Rose Marrazzo, Mildred Gillenwater. -
[Bristol High School Girls Basketball Team 1943-44]
Some of the player’s names were written on the front of photograph. Seated, first row, second from left: “Gerry,” third from left: “Kay,” fourth from left: “Thersea,” eighth from left: Marie Bell, tenth from left: Mary.
Second row, kneeling, first on right: “Lil." Back row, standing middle: “Coach.” -
[Bristol High School field hockey team, 1943-44]
Young women unidentified. -
[Bristol High School Girls Basketball Team “Cardinalettes” of 1939]
“BHS Champs 1939” written on ball.
Standing, first from left is Elizabeth Delker, third from left is Ethel Linck (highest scorer for that year), fourth from left is Thersea Elcenko, fifth from left is Thelma Johnson, eighth from left is Betty Smoyer. Coach Royer is seventh from left.
Other seniors (not in order in the photograph, but mentioned on back): Julia Di Lorenzo, Grace Van Zant, Mary Yates.
Louise Smith, basketball manager kneeling in center behind ball. -
[Restroom for females on ground floor at Bristol High School, Wilson Avenue and Garfield Street]
Nichols Studio, 112 Wood Street, Bristol, PA. -
"Bristol High School Track Team, Interscholastic Champions, Bucks Co., PA 1924"
Standing, left: Coach Hoffman, students (left to right): Charles Johns, Evans Duemler, John Black, William White, Austin Brobst, Anthony Lombardo, J. Rago, Joseph Diamanti.
Seated girls, left to right: J. Johnson, Alice Randolph, M. Pope, Grace Rittler, Edythe Opdyke, S. Allen, B. Chamber. -
[Bristol High School Class of 1916 trip to Washington D.C.]
Class members, (in no particular order) were Eunice Winterstein, Nellie Dawson, Verne Moss, Rose Irwin, Lawrence Young, Grace Stackhouse, Lucy Scheffey, Verne Smyrl, Thomas Groom, Edward Turner, Mary Hibbs. -
[Bristol High School Class of 1920 trip to Washington, D.C.]
Members of the class (but not listed in the order of the photograph) were: Mary Lehman, Joseph Muligan, C. Stanley Swartz, Clara Woodward, Dorothy Case, Adele Myers, Lewis Myers, Francis Wear, Florence Wigglesworth, Lillian Weisblatt, Margaret Arnold. -
[Bristol High School Class of 1919 trip to Washington, D.C.]
Members of the class (but not in the order of photograph) were: Harriet Archer, Emma Pitzonka, Elizabeth Green, Leon Wenxel, Fred Rank, Earl Groom, Mabel Thompson, Olivia Highland, Walter Downing, William Thompson, Hilda Smith. -
[Members of the Class of 1919 standing in front of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., during a class trip]
Class members, listed on back of photograph in no particular order: Harriet Ancker, Emma Pitzonka, Elizabeth Green, Leon Wengel, Fred Rank, Earl Groom, Mable Thompson, Olivia Highland, Walter Downing, William Thompson, Hilda Smith. -
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[At Washington Monument, Bristol High School Class of 1920 trip to Washington D.C.]
Students unidentified. -
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"City of Washington from Wash. Monument" [Bristol High School Class of 1920 trip to Washington D.C.]
Photograph from collection of Margert Esterline (nee Arnold). -
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[Postcard: Bristol High School Football Team 1908]
Handwritten on back: “From Charlie, hoping yous are all well wich [sic] we are at the present time good by, [Amber]. Mr. Charlie [Schurman] Freeland, PA.” -
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[Children and teacher posing for class portrait in front of unidentified school]
Donated by Mary Jane Mannherz from her mother's collection (Jane McCauley Mannherz, former teacher). -
[Photograph of illustration: Bristol College located in the Croydon section of Bristol Township]
View of Bristol College found in Sabin Collection by Howard Porter. Print sold at auction at Rains Galleries, New York, Sunday, November 7, 1937. -
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[Laurel Bend School in 1916]
Teacher: Mr. Taylor.
Bottom Row, fifth from left is Jim Milnor; Frank Milnor is last in bottom row. -
[Class photograph was made outside the entrance of a one-room school]
It may have been located near the corner of Bloomsdale Road (presently Green Lane) and East Farragut Avenue. Presently a Wawa Convenience store occupies that location. There was a school in that location that belonged to Bristol Township. None of the students nor the teacher is identified. Clothing reflects the early part of the twentieth century. -
[Bloomsdale Public School]
Bloomsdale Public School, built in 1871 in Bristol Township. It was located on the north side of Green Lane (then called Bloomsdale Road) between the railroad and the canal. In 1999, a company called Loos and Dilworth occupied the site. It was reported by Charlotte Landreth Melville, the daughter of David Landreth, former owner of the Landreth Seed Company on the Bloomsdale estate. The company has in their possession the original stone which records the date. -
[St. Mark School on Radcliffe Street]
St. Mark School on Radcliffe Street opened in 1888. A fire in 1969 closed the school. In 1974 a new school opened across the street from St. Mark Church. -
[St. Mark’s School, Grade VIII. Class of 1949]
Sister Marie David, I.H.M.
Bottom row: Charlotte Heilman, Margaret Wolvin, Helen Bowe, Virginia Hickey, Anna Lautz, Claire Collins, Gloria Yuffrida, Jacqueline Connolly, Frances Dignam, Claire Bonner, Theresa Grimes, Patricia DiRenzo, Elizabeth Schrader, Eleanor Dugan.
Middle row: George Adams, Patrick Martin, George Rittler, Gerald Bills, Thomas Loughran, John Leydon, Joseph McHugh, Donald Burton, Edward McDevitt, Vincent Warscheski, Lawrence Murray.
Top row: William Klug, James Coffman, Joseph Wallick, John Coyle, Robert Stockett, Joseph Ferry, George Hoffman, Charles Anderson, John Gosline, Michael Ryan.