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[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. -
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[Three unidentified girls in a schoolyard]
"Old Harriman HS? Bristol" written on back of photograph. -
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[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. -
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[Theodore B. Wallin on his 90th birthday, April 8, 1987, with Judith]
Woman's surname unknown. -
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[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. -
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[The Jefferson condominium building]
It was originally opened in 1909 as the Jefferson Avenue School. In the 1960s it was divided into apartments called ‘The Jefferson.’ -
[The Jefferson condominium building]
It was originally opened in 1909 as the Jefferson Avenue School. In the 1960s it was divided into apartments called ‘The Jefferson.’ -
[The Grundy Museum, taken from property ramp bordering southern property line]
English plane tree in foreground. -
[The Girl Reserves, Bristol High School, 1925]
“D. Colville,” handwritten center of photograph. Dora Thompson [Colville] is seated second from the left. Seventh from the left is Winifred Tracy Korz, Class of 1928. -
[The former Grundy Mill office of William Grundy and later his son Joseph R. Grundy]
From left: Harold Mitchener and Carol Mitchener. -
[The first Grundy Skating Rink located on Jefferson Avenue at Prospect Street]
Built in 1970 and enclosed circa 1975. It burned in 1995 and a new skating rink was opened in 1997 at Beaver and Canal Streets. A second rink is being constructed adjacent to the 1997 rink extending along Canal Street to Dorrance Street (as of 1999). The rink is now a recreation center with community room, game room, snack area and an outside playground.
“Jeninngs” hand written in ink with a penciled ? above it on back of photograph. -
[The ferry “Elwood Doron” at Bristol]
Elwood Doron lived from 1827-1890. His son William inherited the business. William’s boat was called the “William E. Doron” and William lived from 1852-1930. Elwood appears to be the central figure in this photograph. The Burlington Bristol Bridge opened in 1931 and replaced all ferry service. -
[The Delaware River looking toward Burlington, NJ from the Mill Street Parking lot]
This was prior to the placement of the monuments at the Lions Park. The automobile in the foreground was that of William Grow, whose family donated the photograph. -
[The corner of Mill and Wood Streets]
It formerly was a restaurant called Castanea Dairy Company located at 300 Mill Street. William Mack was the manager. -
[The Burlington & Bristol Steamboat Ferry Company ticket]
"This special ticket, issued on account of U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Entitles the holder to One Passage between Burlington and Bristol. Redeemable upon holder paying full single fare rate for used portion of entire ticket."
Signed "Wm. E. Doron, Sec., Treas., and Gen'l Manager." -
[The Bristol Theater]
The Bristol Theater is listed as being where the Italian Mutual Aid building is located on Wood Street. Trolley tracks did not run on that street. Doron Green’s 1911 "History of Bristol" identifies a theater called "The Bristol" as having occupied the site of the Post Office at Radcliffe & Market Street (currently 200 Radcliffe Street). Eventually became the sit of Willen's Hardware as well. -
[The Board of Directors, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Radcliffe and Market Street]
The Board is on the outside steps of the atrium.
Left to right are Charles Richmond, Carol Mignoni Ferguson, William Farell, unidentified, Jack Sirot, Ann Mar, unidentified, Robert Norman, unidentified, unidentified.
The theater opened in 1987 with the play “The Good Earth” based on a book by Pearl Buck who lived in Bucks County.