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[Charles R. Thompson, Sr.]
Assumed to be Charles R. Thompson, Sr., first name was cut off from back of photograph from cropping (only "R. Thompson, Sr." visible). -
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[Charles or Thomas Scott, cashier of Farmer’s National Bank in horse-drawn sled]
The bank (white building with columns) is visible and to the left of the bank is the Scott home, number 220 Radcliffe Street. The photograph was taken when the Delaware River was frozen over, perhaps near the turn of the 20th century. -
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[Cesare’s Restaurant, 1407 Radcliffe Street]
Originally called Cesare’s Tomato Pies. Proprietors were John Petolillo and Louis J. Silvestro. Donald Petolillo, son of John Petolillo, is the owner as of 2003. -
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[Cargo ship passing along the Delaware River, view from the back grounds of the Grundy Library]
This image was taken behind the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library on Radcliffe Street in Bristol, PA. When Fairless Steel Company opened near Morrisville in the 1950s, large ships brought products for the steel industry and tug boats were needed to help with the docking of the ships. They dredged the river channel to 45 feet in depth. -
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[Cannon Monument]
This monument was presented by Burnet Landreth in memory of the 44 officers and 461 men from Bristol who fought in the Civil War. The cannon, made in France in 1762, was captured from the Confederate army in 1863. It stands at the Bristol Post Office. -
[Canal Works]
Formerly the Gledhill Wallpaper Company. -
[Canal Works]
Former location of Gledhill Wallpaper Company. -
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[Canal Works]
The building now called Canal Works was built circa 1877 as a wallpaper factory on Canal Street and Beaver Street next to what once was the Delaware Canal. The building housed several kinds of industry. Bernard Mazzocchi III restored the building and turned it into an office complex. -
[Canal Works professional office complex]
Located in previous Gledhill Wallpaper Company mill building. -
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[Canal Barge, “Walter Leedom” photographed on canal near Bristol]
The canal operated between Bristol and Easton from 1827-1931. -
[Calvary Baptist Church]
Calvary Baptist Church, originally part of the First Baptist church located on Wood and Cedar Street. The relocated briefly to Wood and Walnut Street before moving to their Green Lane location. -
[Calvary Baptist Church]
Calvary Baptist Church, constructed in 1961. The congregation started as a part of the First Baptist of Bristol. They separated and moved to Green Lane in 1948. The building they opened in 1946 is connected to this structure by an education building and is to the right of this structure. -
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[Business on the 100 block of Mill Street, west side]
This business is in the 100 block of Mill Street on the west side adjacent to the former Stocks Restaurant and bar. -
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[Burlington Island across from Bristol]
The back of this image says that it was taken on Burlington Island opposite Bristol. It is not determined exactly where on Radcliffe Street the houses in Bristol were located across the river. Burlington Island is part of New Jersey and owned by Burlington City. -
[Built for U.S. Army Air Corps. Type- LB-7 improved on the LB 5- 5A & 6]
Next type picture not available slight changes- type LB-10, B 3A-4A 5A y B4-5-6 Single Roller etc.
Color: Army standard #22 O.D., Wings- #4 yellow. Power Unit- two 5v5 H.P Wright "Cyclones" Air cooled radial.
Note- some engines were Wright "Cyclones" and some were Pratt + Whitney "Hornets"
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[Building with red siding was the former home/carriage rental business of Ellis Comfort, located at Dorrance & Cedar Streets]
There had been a livery stable behind the house. Their son Ellis ‘Speet’ Comfort, once operated an antique repair shop in the building boarded up in the photograph. The house now has new siding and a large fan-type window on the side third story where the two windows are located in this photograph. -
[Building number 2 on Green Lane]
Top secret area at competitor of Grummon Aircraft. Mock-up of XBQ2A (Experiment Bomber) 2A is power plant on aircraft. Aircraft testing Department. -
[Building at the corner of Wood and Market Streets opposite from Bristol Fire Company No. 1]
The building dates back before the American Revolutionary War. It has been said that American officers from that war stayed in this building for a while. We (Harold and Carol Mitchener) know that the Friends Meeting House (Quaker) at Market and Wood Streets was built in 1711 and served as a temporary hospital for American troops during that war. -
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