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[Clara King gazing out of a window]
Clara King was a schoolteacher in Bristol. -
[Clara King as a child]
On back of photograph: "Clara King Bristol teacher as child 1912?" -
[Clara King as a child, dog, and unidentified boy]
Handwritten on back of photograph: "Clara King on left 1912? Bristol teacher as a child." -
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[Civil War Veterans on Radcliffe Street at the corner of Walnut Street]
The Odd Fellows building is visible first on the right. Photograph estimated before 1896 due to lack of trolley tracks on street.
Men unidentified. -
[Civil War Veterans on Radcliffe Street at the corner of Walnut Street]
The Odd Fellows building is visible first on the right. Photograph estimated before 1896 due to lack of trolley tracks on street.
Men unidentified. -
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[Church of the Nazarene]
Built at Wilson Avenue and Cleveland Street in 1958. This church closed on July 10, 2011. -
[Christopher Columbus statue, Bristol Wharf]
Columbus monument was erected by the Columbus 500 Foundation to celebrate his 500th anniversary of his first trip to America. Artist Joseph Pavone created the statue. It was the first of the monuments to be placed at the waterfront park. -
[Christmas tree in Fleetwings plant]
On back of photograph: "File copy, Eljay Photo Service, 42 W. 48 St., NY City." -
[Christmas party 1945, Personnel Office]
Standing to the back left with glasses: Carter Grant. Standing right, in back with striped necktie: Sherlock Hackley. Second woman from the left in dark dress: Mary Keene. Others unidentified.
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
[Christmas Card: Harriman United Methodist Church--interior]
Inscription inside of card reads: “May you have the gladness of Christmas which is Hope, the spirit of Christmas which is Peace, the heart of Christmas which is Love.” Color Photography and natural color reproduction by WYCO Colour Productions, 410 Wyndon Road, Ambler, PA. Church formed 1918 at Bristol High School. 1923 it became a Methodist Church. -
[Christmas card featuring house at 220 Radcliffe Street]
Front of card reads: "Best Christmas wishes and happiness throughout the year," with handwritten notes "Home of Thomas Scott" and "Sid + [illegible]."
This house at 220 Radcliffe Street was built in 1831 by Thomas Kennedy who was the first Superintendent of the construction of the Delaware Canal. The view of the house in this photograph is facing the Delaware River. In 1903, the house was purchased by Thomas Scott who was the Cashier of the Farmer’s National Bank next to the house. Thomas (1868-1949) became his father’s (Charles Scott 1842-1923) successor as cashier. Part of the bank parking lot is presently behind this house. -
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[Children playing baseball at Recreation Center, behind Bristol High School]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
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[Children and teacher posing for class portrait in front of unidentified school]
Donated by Mary Jane Mannherz from her mother's collection (Jane McCauley Mannherz, former teacher). -
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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.