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[Tracy daughters at Christmas at 519 Buckley Street]
This photo was taken inside the house at 519 Buckley Street, which was built in 1891 for Clara and Samuel Appleton. The house stood at the corner of Buckley and Beaver Streets. Upon the death of the Appleton’s in 1894 and 1895, it became the property of the Robert Pearson family. Their daughter Laura Pearson inherited it. She had married Roy Tracy. They had a daughter Winifred Virginia Tracy. She is believed to be the smaller girl facing the camera. She was born on October 26, 1909 and was probably four years old when this photo was taken, which would make this photo date circa 1913. The other girl in the photo is unidentified. The photo was taken in one of the two living rooms and the dining room of the Tracy residence at 519 Buckley Street. Winifred Tracy (Korz) died on September 24, 1993. -
[Tracks marking the area near where President-elect Abraham Lincoln’s train stopped in 1861]
Lincoln was on his way to Washington D.C. for the inauguration. He addressed the crowd from the train’s observation platform. Four years later, a crown stood silently to watch his funeral train. The track is located opposite Borough Hall in Bristol Borough. -
[Tour of the former Grundy Mill Complex]
From left: Harold Mitchener and Carol Mitchener. -
[Tour of the former Grundy Mill Complex]
From left: Harold Mitchener and Carol Mitchener. -
[Top: Canal Lock #3, looking north, Bottom: Lock #2 looking south]
Top: Lock #3, looking north towards the site of the Warren Snyder Elementary School (circa the time of the school’s construction). In the distance, on the right, is Leedom’s Carpet Mill water tower and in the far distance (center) is the Grundy Mill clock tower and power house smoke stack.
Bottom: Canal Lock # 2 looking south toward Mill Street Bridge. This was in 1956 when the abandoned canal was being filled in. Photographs courtesy of Ed Levy. -
[Tools used in assembly]
Woman unidentified. -
[Tool Engineering Department]
Written on back of photograph: "second from right--'Slim' Titus."
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
[Tillie Van Aken, President of Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation at the “Reflective Mule” statue which was part of a county-wide collection]
This mule was purchased/sponsored by B.C.H.F. after being on display, it was given to the Canal Works on Beaver and Canal Street to be added to their display. -
[Tidal marsh adjacent to the Mill Street parking lot]
Platform is for visitors to observe the marsh where there are rare plants growing. They can be seen at lower tides. -
[Three-story white house with black shutters. In front are two people in a horse carriage]
This photograph is pasted to the back of image 7.12b.098. -
[Three young men and one older man with a camera, in a field of cows]
All unidentified. -
[Three unidentified women sitting in a yard of unknown farm]
Included with a series of photographs featuring Bolton Mansion and farm. -
[Three unidentified girls in a schoolyard]
"Old Harriman HS? Bristol" written on back of photograph. -
[Three unidentified Catholic Sisters sitting under wharf roof at Mill Street]
Photograph from an amateur photograph contest (1990), entitled "Where did she go?"
In the background is the Mill Street Municipal Parking Lot. -
[Three teachers at Warren Snyder Elementary School]
Left to right: unidentified, Helen Fine, Dora Thompson Colville. -
[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. -
[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. -
[This is the canal that was dug from Bristol to Easton (60 miles) starting in 1831]
The canal closed to barges October 1931. This image is after the canal was no longer in use. -
[This is part of the front lawn of a home built in 1800 by John Burroughs, purchased by Mary Klein in 1867 and sold to Dr. H. Doyle Webb in 1926]
The house eventually burned in a fire. To the left is the home of the Ratini family at 920 Radcliffe Street. The stone posts from the driveway are visible across the street (left) is a house built by John Reed in 1816. The last use of that house until its conversion to three condominiums, was the convent home for the sisters of St. Mark School. With the renewal of the original burned house, the lot was divided and two houses were constructed. -
[This entrance (901-13) leads to the original administration offices for the former Grundy Mill]
The window to the left of this entrance was the location of Joseph Grundy’s office. -
[Theodore B. Wallin on his 90th birthday, April 8, 1987, with Judith]
Woman's surname unknown. -
[The William E. Doron steam powered ferry boat]
This ferry crossed the Delaware River from Bristol to Burlington, carrying vehicles and people. It was named for its owner, who lived in Bristol. In the summer it also brought people to Burlington Island where there was an amusement park called Island Beach. The ferry stopped operation in 1930 when its owner retired and died that same year. -
[The two most visible properties are the Dorrance House (red brick) and the Kennedy House (white with two levels of porches)]
The Dorrance House was erected in 1863 by John Dorrance. The Kennedy house was built in 1831 by Thomas G. Kennedy, the first Superintendent of the Delaware Canal. This house is now law offices and the editor’s office of the Bristol Pilot newspaper (as of 2005). -
[The Steamboat “Burlington”, which was previously named the “John A. Warner”]
This boat was built for Captain Jonathan Cone at the cost of $60,000 and ran between Philadelphia and Trenton. The boat transported troops and army supplies during the Civil War. Captain Cone also had several other ships built on the river. Captain Joseph Quicksall, who lived at 242 Wood Street, was captain of this boat for many years. He lived from 1841-1913. He and his son Fred were in the hardware and furniture business on Mill Street. His son became a minister and left the business. -
[The Robert Clark Furniture Store on Radcliffe Street]
This furniture store was in a building that would become an office for Bertucci & Maron Associates at 211 Radcliffe Street. It is part of a hotel building once called the Cross Keys Hotel, circa 1785. -
[The Reverend Stanley Glafelter of St. James Episcopal Church at a reenactment of a Bristol Borough Council Meeting held at King George II Inn]
This Inn was the original meeting place of the Council. The event was sponsored by Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation. -
[The Rev. Edward G. Yeomans]
Presbyterian minister. -
[The one-hundred block of Mill Street, on the even numbered side]
The portion of Mill Street featured here is between the former Bristol House Hotel and the (former) First Federal Bank. -
[The Mill Street Wharf at Bristol, the primary Delaware River wharf in town]
It was this location where Samuel Clift came to Bristol in 1681 to establish the town, as well as the first landing for ferry services from Burlington, NJ. Small waiting room/ticket office was attached to the side of the wharf.