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"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. -
"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 -
"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. -
Triboro Stadium, Randalls Island, American Legion National Convention
A digitized photograph, New York August 24, 1952 Triboro Stadium, Randalls Island, American Legion National Convention. -
Bracken Cadets 1939
A digitized framed collection of portraits of the Bracken Cadets in 1939. -
"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.