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"Bristol Carpet Mills, T. L. Leedom & Co., Bristol, Pa., Manufacturers of ingrain carpets, art squares, and Smyrna rugs"
Originally constructed by the Bristol Improvement Company and Joshua Peirce, the mill was later owned by Thomas L. Leedom and Co. Location was at Beaver Street and Canal Street. Buildings have since been removed. -
"Bristol B.B.C. 1908"
It appears that this baseball team was not part of the public school teams. It may have been a boy’s club team in 1908. Location and individuals not identified. -
"Bridge Crossing Neshaminy Creek, Bridgewater, PA. 1909"
This image was cut from the original sheet compiled by Furman Miles. In this image, a bridge is across the Neshaminy Creek from Croydon to Bensalem Township. Bridgetown was a portion of Bensalem Township. The trolley on the bridge traveled from Philadelphia to Morrisville via Bristol. The road is US Route 13. The trolley was renamed in 1932 and a Neubauer Bus Route was established. The old bridge pictured was renamed and by the 1940s a new Bridge was constructed. -
"Boats arriving at Island Beach, N.J. (Burlington Island)"
Island Beach Park on Burlington Island, opposite Bristol, was used until a fire destroyed much of the park in 1928. Another fire in 1934 finished the operation of the Park. -
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"Birds Eye View of West Bristol, Bristol, Pa."
600 block of Swain Street, row of houses called “Berks Row.” Bath Street (Bath Street School) built in 1881 and Silver Lake before the elevated part in 1919. Photo taken during cooler seasons--no leaves on the trees. -
"Big Bristol Fire"
Fire on 400 block of Mill Street. Photo shows east side of street. -
"Best Designed Float Hallowene Parade 1910, Winner A.H.H & L Co. No. 2, Bristol, PA."
American Hose Hook and Ladder Fire Co. No. 2 wagon float. This hose wagon was used in a Halloween parade in 1910 and was the winner of the “Best Designed Float” contest. [This is likely the carriage from fire company records that state in 1875 a carriage was built for them by Wilson and Randall Carriage Makers of Bath Street and was often used in parades.] The fire company was located at the corner of Pond and Mulberry Street. -
"Benj. Lantell. Merchant Tailor. BRISTOL, PA. 1887"
Benjamin Lantell was the great-grandfather of Albert DeVoe. He lived at 334 Dorrance Street. At that time, the numbering system was different and the number was 54 Dorrance Street. His tailor shop was at his home. -
"Bath Street Terminus, Langhorne, Newtown, & Doylestown Trolley"
Bath Street Terminus, Langhorne, Newtown and Doylestown Trolley line called Bucks County Electric Railroad Company. Original Company chartered 1895. The trolley reached Bristol in October 1899. This photograph was taken on Bath Street, where it intersects with Otter Street. The building on the right is the Closson Hotel, later called the Keystone Hotel. Trolley lines ceased operation about 1932. -
"Bath St., Crosing [sic] P.R.R. Bristol PA."
Bath Street looking north. Photograph taken during the construction of elevated railroad embankment in 1910-1911. Trolley tracks connected Doylestown, Newtown, Langhorne, and Bristol between 1900-1932. -
"Bath St. Crosing [sic] P.R.R. Bristol Pa."
Bath Street underpass of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad was elevated in 1910-1911. The trolley underneath connected Bristol with Newtown and Doylestown (1900-1932). Beyond the underpass was the Bath Springs and Silver Lake. -
"Bath and Otter Street, Bristol, PA, Aug. 23, 1905"
On the right is the Closson House Hotel, later called the Keystone Hotel. Electric trolley tracks extended north to Doylestown. Tracks on Otter Street connected Philadelphia and Morrisville via Bristol. -
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"Aerial view of Bristol, looking down toward Mill Street"
Photo taken between 1940s and 1950s based on the fact that the Railroad Freight Station is visible, center left, opposite of water tower. The freight station stood where the Grundy Towers high rise is located. The former canal basin is now the Mill Street parking lot. The last canal barge operated in October 1931. -
"Able Answering Service" [advertisement]
121 Pond Street, Bristol, PA -
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"A look back..." [Bracken Post American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps taken on Beaver Street at Leedom’s Carpet Mill.]
This is where the Grundy Ice Rink stands (as of 1998). Insert is on Radcliffe Street at the Kaiser Fleetwings plant, formerly the Emergency Fleet Merchant “Harriman” Shipyard. -
"7th War Loan Drive, Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Fleetwings Division" [billboard]
Sign reads: "Let's put the heat on, the boys over there sure did!"
Russell Stanton was Union President. He is on the right in the light jacket. -
"53515 Falls of the Canal Dam, Bristol, Pa."
Overflow went back into Maple Beach. Located behind Grand Theater building on Mill Street. -
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"3374--Hotel Victory, Harriman, PA."
"Victory Hotel” was located in Harriman between Harriman and Garfield Streets. -
"3373--Administration Bldg., Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Shipyard building faced Farragut Avenue at Monroe Street, opposite the Commissary building -
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"300 Block of Mill Street, Bristol, PA. 1908"
Mill Street at Wood Street. For many years it had been Winter’s Appliance Store. -
"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. -
"#10 Trolley from Trenton to Bristol"
Original Company chartered 1895. The trolley reached Bristol in October 1899. Trolley lines ceased operation about 1932. -
"[Illegible] & N. Co. Basen. Bristol, PA."
Ruins of John Dorrance’s Mills, once located at the end of Pond Street and the edge of the canal basin [as of 2019, the Mill Street parking lot]. The mill was first started by Samuel Carpenter in 1701 as a saw and grist mill. The Dorrance family acquired the mills in the early 1800s. In 1879, William Rogers of Bristol Township became the owner. During the 1950s – 1960s, the building was owned by Auto Boys (Plavin Family) as an auto parts store, which also sold appliances and electronic equipment. The mill building burned in 1980s and was removed. -
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"New P.R.R. Bridge over Otter Creek Bristol, Pa."
Construction of the arched bridge over Otter Creek when the Pennsylvania Railroad through Bristol was being elevated (1910-1911). The bridge is located parallel between Otter Street and present (2019) U.S. Route 13.