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[Keystone Patrician, 20 passenger Tri-Motor Transport Model (discontinued)]
Color: wings- yellow, fuselage- green. Power Unit- 3 5v5 HP Wagner "Cyclones." -
[Keystone Patrician plane]
This was the largest, fastest, safest airliner of its day. Keystone Tri-Motored Patrician was owned by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Manufactured by Keystone Aircraft Company, Bristol, PA. 20 passenger.
Stamped on back: "From the Collection of Henry Liese."
Two newspaper clippings are attached to the back:
1. “50 years ago today” a new speed record for transport planes, over 151 miles per hour, was set by the 20-passenger “Patrician” over a measured course on the outskirts of Bristol.
2. “Remember When.. 50 years ago today” Fire seriously damaged the gigantic 20-passenger plane, “Patrician,” of the Keystone Aircraft Corporation as it stood part way into the hanger on the landing field in Bristol. -
[Keystone Patrician plane with National Aviation Reserve members]
On back of photograph: "Largest, Fastest, Safest 20 Passenger Air Liner of its day. 11-22-19 Mfg. by Keystone Aircraft Co. Bristol PA. Shown is the National Aviation Reserve, Queens Unit No. 1 of the National Aviation Reserve Assn., Jamaica, NY."
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Keystone Model NK-1-Five Purpose Training Biplane with land or water gear in production at Keystone Aircraft, Bristol, Pennsylvania]
From the collection of Henry A Liese.
Written on back of photograph: "Purposes: 1. Primary flight, 2. Bombing, 3. Fixed gunnery, 4. Flexible gunnery, 5. Spotting." -
[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. -
[Keystone Bomber used for advertising]
Lights under lower wing, which was extended to accommodate "billboard" information.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Keystone bomber LB-10, Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA]
Twin engine, single rudder bomber, U.S. Army.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Keystone bomber LB-10, Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA]
Twin engine, single rudder bomber, U.S. Army.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Keystone Airyacht. Originally designed at Loening Aero Engineer Corp. in service in China etc. built in Bristol]
Color: hull-silver + green, wings- silver. Type: amphibian. Power Unit- 5v5 HP Wright “Cyclone” air corp commercial radial. -
[Keystone Aircraft Corp. aerial photograph]
Note extra hangar added and ship ways brushed out by artist.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Keystone Aircraft and aircraft mechanics of the Assembly Department]
Keystone preceded Fleetwing Aircraft. Third from left standing is Frank Deluca. Kneeling second from left is Danny Graco. Others unidentified. -
[Keim House, Radcliffe Street]
This home was built in 1800. Several families owned the house including the Keim, Abbott and Webb. A fire destroyed the house and it was removed. The lot was subdivided and two new homes were erected in the 1900s. The person who donated the photographs had identified it as the "Keim Place." The photographs show part of the house from the street and from the Delaware River. -
[Keene House]
"Built by Major Lenox in 1816 and located at 722 Radcliffe Street. His niece Sarah Lukens Keene, was known, while visiting abroad as the 'American Beauty.'"
The Keene House was later owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Philadelphia which operated a home for elderly maiden ladies. They sold the home, due to a lack of funds in 1963. Part of the Grundy Library now occupies the site. The home was demolished in 1964. -
[Keene House, view from the Delaware River]
Radcliffe Street at Dorrance Street. This view from the river shows the home which was constructed in 1816. The home was built for Mr. & Mrs. Lenox whose nice inherited the home after their deaths. Sarah Keene’s will left the home as a residence for elderly women in need. The home was left in the care of the Episcopal Church Diocese of Philadelphia, The Grundy Foundation purchased the house in the early 1960s, removed it, and used the land for construction of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library. -
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[Keene Home, built in 1816]
Located on the Delaware River side of Radcliffe Street at Dorrance Street. When Sarah L. Keene died, the house became the property of the Episcopal Church Conference of Philadelphia and was used as a home for "gentlewomen, widows, or single women of respectability and decayed fortunes who had become destitute in old age." It was removed in 1964 and its contents sold. The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library now occupies the site. -
[Kaiser Cargo Incorporated Fleetwings Division, Bristol, Penna.]
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A Liese."
Written on back of photograph: "Joe Ferry -- Bristol, PA." -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #20.
Stamped on back of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #10.
Stamped on front of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #8.
Stamped on front of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #5.
Stamped on front of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
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[Junior Mechanics, Bristol, PA]
"1896 Political year" written on back of photograph in red pencil. -
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[Julian R. Bley, Sr. Memorial, on the grounds of Borough Hall]
This monument is in memory of all firefighters, police, and E.M.S. personnel who were killed in the line of duty. Presently there are three names on the monument, including Bley who died in 1984. -
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[Joseph R. Grundy bust on the grounds of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library]
This bronze bust of Joseph R. Grundy stands on the grounds of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library. Mr. Grundy was a M. S. Senator, Borough Councilman, wealthy industrialist, and philanthropist. Upon his death he established the Grundy Foundation giving back to his community by directing that his Bristol town house become a museum of local history. There is a library for public use in memory of his sister Margaret. Bristol artist Joseph E. Pavone created this sculpture. It was presented by the Lion’s Club of Bristol. -
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[Joseph Korz (right), American Legion Bracken Post No. 382]
Man on left unidentified -
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[Joseph and Kathryn Lanza]
Joseph and Kathryn Lanza, children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lanza were musical prodigies. Joseph distinguished himself in violin at the Italian Conservatory La Scala. The family emigrated from Sicily to Bristol circa 1905 with brothers Alessio, Paul and Mario. Mario became conductor of the Santa Monica Symphony in California and a teacher to numerous film stars. Paul started a barber shop in Bristol and Alessio founded Lanza’s Bakery in Bristol on Dorrance Street. -
[John Dorrance House]
Victorian Gothic house at the corner of Washington and Radcliffe Streets. Constructed in 1876 as a residence for John Dorrance. -
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[Jig transfer car]
On back: "Just as soon as the portable jig arrives at line’s end it is rolled onto a transfer car and returned via auxiliary tracks, to the assembly line’s start ---- ready for another trip. Transfer cars at each end of the line facilitate a rapid return" [information typed on a piece of paper attached to photo]. "Courtesy of Fleetwings, Inc." -
[Jewish National Fund (JNF) event]
Seated, from left to right: Olive Brody, Elaine Wright, State Representative James Wright, Alan Vogenberg, Audrey Vogenberg.
Standing, from left to right: Joseph Canta (Secretary of PA State Board of Pharmacy), priest from Our Lady of Fatima, Irv Brody, Israel Consul Nimad Barkan, JNF V.P. Allan Marmon, BJC [Bristol Jewish Center] Rabbi Bruce Adler.