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[Bristol’s first Town Hall, 1831-1938, located in the center of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street]
Decorated with American flags, Bristol Borough Police force standing on steps. -
"Old Town Hall, Bristol, PA."
Bristol’s first Town Hall, 1831-1938, located in the center of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street
Three unidentified men standing in front. -
[Bristol Police Force on Town Hall steps]
Photograph taken on the steps of Bristol’s old town hall (1831-1938).
In the top row are officers Saxton (left) and Munchnuff (right). In front (from left to right) are officers Bloodgood, Tyse, Boise, and Sackville.
Clipping attached to back of photograph: "Officers from Bristol's police force posed for this picture outside the town hall in 1918. The building is gaily decorated, perhaps for a parade or holiday." -
[Bristol Borough Municipal Building at Mulberry and Pond Street]
This picture was taken at the Mulberry Street door which is the present Police Department entrance. The photographer was in the Fire Company No. 2 building across the street when taking the picture. The speaker is believed to be Leslie Kilcoyne, a lawyer whose office was in the Closson/Keystone Hotel building on Bath Street. In front of the speaker are members of the Rober W. Bracken Post No. 382 American Legion. The men on the platform wearing metal helmets are members of the American Legion.
Photograph Taken by Nichols Studio, based at 112 Wood Street, Bristol, PA. -
[Bristol Borough Police Department cards]
Cards featuring: Chief Arnold Porter, Robert Lebo, Dominic DiRenzo, Anthony Comuso, Alan Hankinson, Peter Faight, Barry Davis, James Ellis, Charles Palmer. -
[Bristol Borough Police Department cards]
Cards featuring: William Lutz, Randy Morris, Joseph Moors, Carlos Rivera, Ritchie Webb, William Davis, TJ Martin, Steve Reeves, Elifa Soto. -
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[Peoples Ambulance, Bristol, PA]
Operating as an ambulance by 1907, this wagon was sold to O’Boyle’s Ice Cream Company in 1922 and became their first ice cream wagon.
From left: S. Valentine, H. Stephens, the Rev. Johnson, H. Brooks, H. H. Headley, and Serrill Douglas. John Wear is the driver. (Identification from "The Bristol Courier," October 20, 1953). -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1]
Bristol Fire Company No. 1 was founded 1857 located on Wood Street at Market Street. It served as Bristol’s first fire company. In 1875, a third story was added to house meetings of the Borough Council until 1926-27 when the municipal building was constructed. Engine doors of the building were also altered (at around the same time). Photograph taken before 1875 as the fire plug had not yet been installed on the street corner. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1 truck and members, Walter Moore in driver's seat]
Bristol Fire Company No. 1 was founded 1857 located on Wood Street at Market Street. It was the first fire company in Bristol. In 1875, a third story was added to house meetings of the Borough Council until 1926-27 when the municipal building was constructed. [Truck believed to have been purchased in 1910]. Walter Moore, seated in driver seat, was killed answering a fire in the Bensalem “Bridgewater” section at Haunted Lane when the truck was destroyed by a train. -
[American Hose Hook and Ladder Company No. 2]
Founded in 1874, their first building was a one-story frame building located at Pond and Mulberry Streets and erected in 1876. That building was replaced in 1882 by a two-story brick structure. In 1906, the brick building was replaced by a stone structure. That building was used to house the company until they moved to a new location on Farragut Avenue off Green Lane in 1974. The building at Pond and Mulberry Streets was restored as an office building owned by local developer Bernard Mazzocchi.
Man in military uniform seated on truck is John Williams. Others unidentified. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1 steamer engine]
Archive contains three copies of this photograph. One copy reads on the back: "Lewis Loechner on right of picture."
Other copy reads: "Chas. E. Scott--in rear. Old cashier at Farmers Bank. Driver worked for John Tynne."
Man on left unidentified. -
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[Postcard: Believed to be the first building of the Beaver Fire Company No. 4]
Written on back of postcard: "Mrs. Lizzie Grow." [donor]. One cent stamp attached.
Prior to the construction of the elevated railroad, this fire company was located facing Beaver Street opposite the current post office building (as of 2018). When the railroad was constructed, the fire company moved to Mansion Street between Beaver Street and Jefferson Avenue. Beaver Fire Company No. 4 no longer exists. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1 on the corner of Wood Street and Market Street]
Friend’s Meeting House (1711) across the street with closed white shutters. [Photo was likely taken in 1926 when William Doron donated his car to the company. Franklin Gilkenson is likely the chief in the white hat. The other man is unidentified. The stable was added in 1886 with an arched door to match the other two doors. When this photo was taken the arch had been removed.] This information was supplied by Jerome Mead of Fire Company No. 1 in 2000. -
[Good Will Fire Company No. 3 located on Swain Street at Pond Street]
The fire company was chartered in 1895. -
"1909 2 cyl. Water-Cooled International Truck at corner of Wood and Mulberry Streets in Bristol, Pa."
Unidentified 2 cylinder water-cooled truck. Photograph taken in front of the then Bristol High School at the corner of Wood and Mulberry Streets that was built in 1894. The building currently (as of 2018) is used as the Lower Bucks County Senior Citizens’ Activity Center. -
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