"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.
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Bristol Glee Club photographed by Nichols Studio at a concert located at the First United Methodist Church (formerly called Bristol Methodist Church) at 201 Mulberry Street. Back row, second from left, is Percy Ford. Second row on far right Andrew McArthur. Top row, fourth from left, is Hames Douglas. Others unidentified.
Nichols Studio, 112 Wood St., Bristol, PA.
"First Annual Banquet, Pomanalie Club No. 1, Bristol, PA, Nov. 25, 1909"
Men unidentified. Names written on back of photograph: "Jennie Lamon Kershaw" and "Helen E. Tosti." Clipping also attached to back of board.
"Laying the Corner Stone B. P. O. Elks 970. the [sic] was 1910"
Photograph showing the laying of the B.P.O. Elks 970 corner stone. The Elks home was constructed on Radcliffe Street at the corner of Walnut Street where the Beaver Meadow House once stood. That house had been the home of Augustus Claudius, the German consul when the U.S. capital was in Philadelphia (1790-1800). The Elks lodge stood until 1981 when it was torn down. The Elks relocated to a smaller building at Wood Street and the Mill Street parking lot.
"Outing at Maple Beach of the Mill St. Business Men's Association"
"Robert W. Bracken Post American Legion, Bristol, PA. Lincoln Birthday Party"
Seated on floor (left to right): Marion Hardy, Walter Hardy, Billy Croner, ___ Smoyer, Anita Lug. Seated in Front Row (left to right): Ethel Ahart, Emely Bracken, Loretta Ford, Lilly Hardy, Dot Fechtenburg, Sarah Thompson, Marie Downing, Jane Riley, Elizabeth Delker, ___ Gerber. Standing Second Row (left to right): Elizabeth Hetherington, Evlyn Fechtenburg, Sally Griffiths, Violet Baker, Maude Zug, Elsie Dettmer, Elizabeth Smoyer, Mary Elmer, Annie Beaton, Mrs. Scheffey. Standing Third Row (left to right): Dick Fechtenberg, Percy Ford, Jim Waters, George Cronen, William Griffith, ___ Rich, J. Hetherington, Sam Hardy, Walter Strouse, George Heaton, Sonny Winslow. Standing Fourth Row (left to right): Bob Downing, Agnes Beaton, Mrs. J. Waters, unidentified, unidentified, Frances Strouse, Elizabeth Jarvis, Wonces Strouse, Russ Unruh, Cliff Beaton. Top Row (left to right): Art Zug, Ralph Scheffey, Ben Ahart, Bill Riley, Henry Elmer, Harry Burbank, Terry Taffe.
"The Ladies Auxiliary, Rob't W. Bracken Post 382, Bristol, PA"
[American Legion [Bracken] Cadets 25th Anniversary]
First Row: Wilson Van Doren, Raymond Ford, Edmond Green, Rogers, James Hill, Joseph Winslow, Franklin Fine, William Wichser, Ellis Comfort, Russell Unruh. Second Row: Arnold North, Fred Bell, Louis Kivorvitch, Wayne Warner, Philip Felli, William Allen, George Heaton, Lawrence Machette, Claude Hearn, Walter Kornstead. Third Row: Harry Burbank, Charles Brodie, John Johnson, Lawrence McLaughlin, Wayne Milnor, Charles Thompson, Robert MacDonald, Irwin Scheffey, Rens Swan, William Winslow. Fourth Row: Fred Herrman, Virdin Watt, Harry Smith, Louis Harris, Edward Mariner, Robert Hendricks, Gilbert Herman, John Van Horn.
[American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps at practice]
The group was organized in 1919. Band members unidentified.
[Art Show at the Grundy Library showing three of the founding directors of the Radcliffe Cultural and Historical Foundation, now called Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation]
From left to right: Joseph Pavone, Charles Richman, Seymore Kaplan.
[Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club]
Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club, February 22, 1929. The Travel Club was part of the American Federation of Women’s Clubs. This date was the 197th birthday of George Washington. To help celebrate, the women were encouraged to attend in a variety of costumes representing various historical periods. Mrs. William Buckman, gowned to represent First Lady Martha Washington, served as program leader. The site of the meeting was the Keene Home built in 1816 at the east corner of Radcliffe and Dorrance Streets. (Current location of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library that opened in 1966). W.B. Nichols, one of the Bristol’s leading photographers at that time, was invited to photograph the group. This photograph was taken in the yard behind the house. The house in the background was once the home of the actor Thomas and his wife Mary Cooper. The minutes of the meeting show that there were 52 members present and several guests. Three photographs were required to include all members. [Note: There are only 49 people total in the photographs and one member, Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, appears in two photographs. Only two of the three photographs have the names of those in the photograph.] 32 identifications: Front Row left to right – Mrs. Ernest Laurence, Mrs. Roy Tracy, Mrs. Richard T. Meyers, Dr. Julia Slack, Miss Elizabeth N. [Iredell?], Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, Mrs. Franklin K. Wills, Mrs. Howard E. James, Mrs. Horace Burton. Back Row Left to Right – Mrs. Henry Hartman, Mrs. Forest Bilderback, Mrs. Armand N. Morris, Mrs. Russell Burton, Mrs. John Tracy, Mrs. Paul Forster, Mrs. Herman [Jensenius?], Mrs. H. Doyle Webb, Mrs. Linton Martin (Mrs. Martin was responsible for starting the club in 1901).
Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club, February 22, 1929. The Travel Club was part of the American Federation of Women’s Clubs. This date was the 197th birthday of George Washington. To help celebrate, the women were encouraged to attend in a variety of costumes representing various historical periods. Mrs. William Buckman, gowned to represent First Lady Martha Washington, served as program leader. The site of the meeting was the Keene Home built in 1816 at the east corner of Radcliffe and Dorrance Streets. (Current location of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library that opened in 1966). W.B. Nichols, one of the Bristol’s leading photographers at that time, was invited to photograph the group. This photograph was taken in the yard behind the house. The house in the background was once the home of the actor Thomas and his wife Mary Cooper. The minutes of the meeting show that there were 52 members present and several guests. Three photographs were required to include all members. [Note: There are only 49 people total in the photographs and one member, Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, appears in two photographs. Only two of the three photographs have the names of those in the photograph.] Identification: Front Row Left to Right – Mrs. Griffith Williams, Mrs. Emil Metzger, Mrs. William G. Buckman, Mrs. Marburg D. Weagley, Mrs. Russell Ellis, Mrs. Bradley Andrey, Mrs. William Taylor, Mrs. Scott Wtherill, Miss Mary Johnson Haines. Back Row Left to Right – Mrs. David O. Taylor, Miss Sue Iredell, Mrs. Frank Lehman, Mrs. Walter [Pitzonka?], Mrs. John Moyer.
Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club, February 22, 1929. The Travel Club was part of the American Federation of Women’s Clubs. This date was the 197th birthday of George Washington. To help celebrate, the women were encouraged to attend in a variety of costumes representing various historical periods. Mrs. William Buckman, gowned to represent First Lady Martha Washington, served as program leader. The site of the meeting was the Keene Home built in 1816 at the east corner of Radcliffe and Dorrance Streets. (Current location of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library that opened in 1966). W.B. Nichols, one of the Bristol’s leading photographers at that time, was invited to photograph the group. This photograph was taken in the yard behind the house. The house in the background was once the home of the actor Thomas and his wife Mary Cooper. The minutes of the meeting show that there were 52 members present and several guests. Three photographs were required to include all members. [Note: There are only 49 people total in the photographs and one member, Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, appears in two photographs. Only two of the three photographs have the names of those in the photograph.
[Bracken Cadets Alumni Corps at their 80th reunion (1924-2004) on Historic Bristol Day marching on Mill Street]
[Bracken Drum & Bugle Corps on “Leedom Field” opposite Leedom Carpet Mill on Beaver Street playing at a Memorial Day game]
Bristol municipal building and the original Fire Company No. 2 building are visible in the background. Stamped on back of photograph: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Fleetwings Division, Bristol, Penna."
[Bracken Post American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps taken on Beaver Street at Leedom’s Carpet Mill]
Joseph Korz, third from left. Others unidentified.
Seated from sixth from the left is Joseph Korz. Seated eighth from the left is Frank Jenks. Others unidentified.
[Bristol Elks Flag Day celebration at the Lions Gazebo on the river front]
From left to right: District Judge Frank Peranteau, William Pezza (representing PA State Assemblyman Thomas Corrigan), Elks Exalted Ruler Patricia Long, Senator Tommy Tomlinson, Mayor Joseph Saxton.
[Bristol Ford Co. and Atlantic Gas Station at Beaver and Prospect Streets with the Robert W. Bracken Drum and Bugle Corps]
This location was opposite the Bristol Post Office.
Top row, seventh from the left: Anthony Messina. Third row, third from the left: Mr. Gratz. Seventh from the left: Mr. Norman. Second row from the left: Harold Hanson. Bottom row, seventh from the left: Harold Hunter. Others unidentified.
[Bristol Woodmen of the World in a parade float]
From left to right: unidentified, Chet Nichols, Al DiRenzo, unidentified, Nick Mancini, Maurice C. Wildman, unidentified, Andy Campbell, unidentified, Howard McLaughlin. Others unidentified.
[Bucks County Moose Lodge No. 1169 located at the corner of Radcliffe Street and Green Lane]
The lodge for many years was located in a building at 900 Radcliffe Street. In 1995, the lodge moved to this location which was formerly the Wood Chevrolet Auto Dealership before they moved to Route 413 in Bristol Township and in 1965 was Keith Sign Company before becoming the current Moose Lodge location.
[Celtic Cross monument at Lions Park, Bristol waterfront, erected 1997]
[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.
Survivors November 1901 Company "G" 43rd 90 day Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia
Survivors November 1901 Company "G" 43rd 90 day Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia Enrolled June 20, 1863 Mustered into Service July 4, 1863 This flast light photograph was taken November 1891 twenty-eight years after service 1st row-- Samuel Holt, Dr. John Ward- 5th Corporal, John C. Tabram, William A. Worrell- 4th Sergeant 2nd row-- Burnet Landreth- Captain, Edward Swain, Alfred Landreth- Corporal, William Bache- 6th Sergeant, George Vanzandt, Alexander Sturdevant- Corporal 3rd row-- Lt. Dr. Baker, Robert W. Holt, Joseph B. Bailey, Elnathan C. Brown- 1st Sergeant, Charles E. Scott- 2nd Sergeant, Hugh B. Webster, Thomas Harkins- Tifer, John S. Worrell- 4th Sergeant Charles Appleton, J. Wesley Wright
From GA.BH. 13 Landreth Family Collection
Survivors November 1891 Company "I" 17th 17th Pennsylvania Engineer Militia
Survivors November 1891 Company "I" 17th 17th Pennsylvania Engineer Militia Enrolled September 8, 1862 1st row-- Burnet Landreth- Captain, Robert W. Holt, Joseph B. Bailey, Hon. William Kinsey- 5th Sergeant, Benjamin F. Gilkeson, Dr. John Ward, George Vanzandt, Lt. Dr. Wm. Baker, Chas. M. Foster- 4th Sergeant, Alfred Landreth- 5th Corporal, J. Wesley Wright- 3rd Sergeant, Banjamin Tomlinson, Charles E. Scott- 2nd Sergeant, Elnathan C. Brown- 1st Sergeant, George Vanzandt, Samuel Holt, Hon. Jesse W. Knight, Jonathan B. Bailey
[Columbus monument by Joseph Pavone at Lions Park, Bristol waterfront, erected 1992]
[Delia’s Band Bristol on a parade float]
Frank Delia is playing the guitar. Joe Delia is the piano player. Joe Delia organized the band and had red hair. Frank Delia later played in the Ferko String Band.
Top Row: Hetherington, Crawford, R. McBrian, W. Cooper, H. Stoneback, Disxon. Middle Row: W. Warner, D. Spangler, P. Seltzer, J. Buck, R. [Nevergold], R. Louder. Bottom Row: G. Heath, J. Carr, O. Herman, B. McIlvain.
[Hispanic Monument at Lions Park, Bristol waterfront, erected in 1998]
[Liberty Band, Robert W. Bracken Post 382]
Men unidentified. The photograph was taken outside of Mohican Hall at 146 Otter Street, which was the former Otter Street School. The band was organized in 1891 and by 1904 had ceased to operate. An attempt was made to reorganize the band in 1904.
At the time, they met in the former Odd Fellows Lodge building at Radcliffe and Walnut Streets. From left to right: Jake [Gynn], Hoe Stancile, Broadus Davis, John White, James Jones, Hellen Harris, Charles Brown, unidentified, Thomas Harris.
[McClurg's celebrated "Liberty Cornet Band" group photograph]
The building in the photograph appears to be Bristol Fire Company No. 1 fire house on Wood and Market Street. Men unidentified.
[Members of Bristol Travel Club "sew-up" fashion contest]
The club organized in 1930 and Ann H. Hutton was its first president. From left to right: Mrs. Boyd Miller, Mrs. John Meehan, Loraine D’Amico, Mrs. Richard (Barbara) Updike.
[Mill Street Boys Club reunion taken at the King George II Inn]
Identified in 2007 by Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Profy. From left to right, kneeling: Vincent Profy, Francis Grimes, Louis Duffy, Gus Cocoruas, Mitchel Spector, Frank Mignoni. From left to right, standing, middle row: Ernest Onazi, Joseph Ciallela, Robert Moore, John Dougherty, James Wollard, Thomas Profy, Raymond Nichols, Bill Downing, Carmen Mignoni. From left to right, standing, second row: Hugh Elroy, Frank Profy, Herman Corn, John Cocordas, Eugene McIlvaine, Joseph Wooley (mostly hidden), Paul [Vandergrift] From left to right, top row: Arthur Fuco, Stanley Dick, Charles Ruzin, Bill Gallagher, Charles Klein. Note: The word “Rumors” in the background was the name of a room at the King George II Inn in which the owners of the inn operated a night club setting with music and dancing.
[Mill Street parking lot Grundy Foundation plaque presentation]
From left to right: Michael Manto (Mayor), Leon Kanter (Mill Street Business Association), Athur Mihoudas (Borough Council), Oscar M. Hansen (Grundy Foundation Trustee), Edward R. Rummler (Grundy Foundation Trustee), Albert E. Harken (Fidelity Bank Trustee), Thomas E. Morris (Grundy Foundation Trustee), W. J. Macintosh (Grundy Foundation Trustee).
Mission Sunday School met at Hosiery Mill on Buckley Street at Pine Street. Mr. and Mrs. James Slack started and ran the school and lived at the corner of Radcliffe Street and Franklin Street in a large three-story brick house they had built in 1863. Their daughter, Dr. Julia Slack inherited the house and she sold it to Dr. Fred Wagner. Wagner opened a private hospital in the house. Mrs. E.J. Groom was the wife of Dr. Groom. Those in the photograph are unidentified.
[Negative of a Historic Bristol Day parade]
[Old home of the Elks Lodge on Radcliffe Street, torn down 1981]
[Part of the Mill Street Boys Club reunion at the King George II Inn in the “Rumors” room]
From left to right: Frank Mignoni, Ernie Onazi, Ray Nichols, Mitchell Spector.
[Picnic of former Lower Bucks County Council of Republican Women at Washington Crossing Park]
Front, from left: fifth, Sarah Cooper. Back, from left: first, Mrs. Lynn, second, Helen Borcher, eighth, Ms. Borcheis, twelfth, Helen Wood, fifteenth, Cecelia [Linton], eighteenth, Minerva Epstein. Others unidentified.