[Philadelphia Electric Company building near Bristol’s raised train tracks]
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[Philip Reed’s Grocery Store and apartments (three) at 596 Bath Street]
Located at the corner of Bath and Mifflin Streets. Photograph taken by Profy, PA rep. of First Federal Savings & Loan.
Purchased by Alan J. Vogenberg in 1970 (owner of Alan’s Pharmacy, 595 Bath Street).
[Photo of illustration: St. James Episcopal Church]
Original building 1712, Walnut Street, Bristol. [The] present structure [built in] 1858 replaced [the] original. It’s built on the site of the original and was enlarged.
[Photo taken from the Grundy Clock Tower, view looking east]
[Photo taken from the Grundy Clock Tower, view looking northeast]
Note multi-story building, which was the former Delaware Valley Medical Center (Harriman Hospital). At the time of the photo it was the the Mill Run assisted living facility.
[Photo taken from the Grundy Clock Tower, view looking northwest]
Note Lagoon and train tracks with an Acela Running on the tracks.
[Photo taken from the Grundy Clock Tower, view looking south]
[Photo taken from the Grundy Clock Tower, view looking southeast towards New Jersey]
[Photograph approximated to be Bath Street near the corner of Buckley Street]
At the corner of Bath and Buckley Street was a local grocery store owned by J. F. Wear--the name which appears on the delivery truck to the left. The business behind the tree was occupied by several drug stores. Presently the former grocery and drug store buildings were removed and a lot with landscaping is on that site (as of 2014).
[Photograph of a child in crutches and and elderly man]
[Photograph of a portrait of Edith Burtonwood]
[Photograph of a portrait of Robert Bracken]
[Photograph of a portrait of Sarah Lukens Keene]
Portrait in her home which formerly stood on Radcliffe Street at Dorrance Street.
[Photograph of a store on Mill Street at the corner of Wood Street that included an oyster restaurant in the basement]
Note the roof extending over the sidewalks. In the basement (entered by steps going down from Wood Street), it was an oyster house restaurant. The oysters were brought from the Delaware Bay by the Delaware River and were unloaded at the Mill Street wharf. Oysters were an inexpensive seafood and often arrived on Friday. There were also wagons to deliver oysters around town to local homes.
[Photograph of an unidentified woman and a baby]
[Photograph of an unidentified woman with a baby]
[Photograph of illustration: Bristol College located in the Croydon section of Bristol Township]
View of Bristol College found in Sabin Collection by Howard Porter. Print sold at auction at Rains Galleries, New York, Sunday, November 7, 1937.
[Photograph of items belonging to and a portrait of Charles R. Thompson holding a bicycle]
Charles R. Thompson was a member of the Bristol Wheelman Club and had a bicycle shop at 611-613 Bath Street. Thompson’s home was at 587 Bath Street. Charles R. Thompson lived between 1865 and 1953. The family operated a neighborhood store at 587 Bath Street.
[Photograph of man, boy, and horse taken on Cedar Street between Dorrance and Washington Streets with Radcliffe Street in the background]
Man and boy unidentified. Large stone house in background is on Radcliffe Street at Washington Street. In 1998, it is owned by the William Pezza family. Previously owned by Dr. Fannin whose daughter married William Pezza. House was originally built for the Dorrance family about 1876. The site was once a garden for the house across Radcliffe Street owned by Thomas Cooper.
[Photograph of painting: Green Lane Public School, Foundry Town, 1910-1915]
[Photograph of school specification documentation for Warren Snyder Elementary School, opened 1956]
[Photograph of the Holy Bible placed in the cornerstone box of Warren P. Snyder Elementary School, March 19, 1956 by Beverly Waters]
[Photograph of three unidentified women]
[Photograph of wooden bridge under construction at Delaware Canal Lagoon Park]
This wooden bridge replaced the original cement bridge that fell into disrepair. Part of the lagoon restoration project during 1996-1997.
[Photograph pasted to postcard: “Billy," man in baseball uniform]
Mailed from Bristol on December 1, 7 pm, 1905 to a Miss Alice Jones, Bristol, PA. Also written on back of postcard: "(Care of Wm. H. Grundy & Co.)." Man's surname unknown.
[Photograph taken at the Bath Road home of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Robbins by E. Tomlinson of 339 Hayes Street, Bristol]
From left to right: Row 1: Mrs. Britton, Mrs. Burton, Clara Robbins, Alice Simon, Nan Herman, Margaret Milnor, Samuel Robbins, Sr. Row 2: Nettie Thompson, Mrs. Machehon, Mrs. Moss, Jennie Townsend, Hilda Albright, Wilhemenia Mummly, Ethel Carson, Sophia Lovett. Row 3: Emma Booz, Frances Doheen, Emma Pfaffenrath.
E. Tomlinson, photographer, 339 Hayes Street, Bristol, PA