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[Bristol Post Office at Radcliffe and Market Streets]
Bristol Post Office (until 1914) located at Radcliffe and Market Street. The second floor was a lecture hall. Note the electric trolley tracks (1900-1932) on the street. The new post office opened at Beaver and Prospect Streets in 1914. -
[Bristol Post Office at Radcliffe and Market Streets]
This building stood at the corner of Radcliffe and Market Streets. It was removed circa 1949 when a new red brick structure was built to house a bank. As the photograph indicated, it was the U.S. Post Office until a new Post Office was erected at Beaver and Prospect Streets in 1914. The upper floor was a lecture hall and part of the building housed an antique store. After the postal service moved it became a ticket office for ferry boats and the trolley. -
[Radcliffe Street between Market and Mill Streets in the snow]
The former Bristol Theater (Movie House) has been replaced by the Bristol Riverside Theater. The tallest structure is the King George II Hotel, called the Delaware House in the photograph. The facades of the buildings between the theater and the hotel have been altered. At the end of Radcliffe Street where it intersects with Mill Street is the former Bristol House. -
[The Robert Clark Furniture Store on Radcliffe Street]
This furniture store was in a building that would become an office for Bertucci & Maron Associates at 211 Radcliffe Street. It is part of a hotel building once called the Cross Keys Hotel, circa 1785. -
Postcard: "Road Marker, Bristol, Pennsylvania"
Marker is on Otter Street. On the right is Old Bristol Pike and Rohm & Haas Chemical Factory (now called Dow-Chemical). -
[Bell Apartments]
On back of photograph: "Bell Apts. Civil War Encampment. On the grounds of the former Bell Mansion, now apartments. 824 Radcliffe Street." -
[Grounds of the former Bell Mansion, apartments at the time of this photograph]
On back of photograph: "Civil War Encampment."
Located at 824 Radcliffe Street. -
[Bristol Riverside Theatre production of "The Good Earth"]
Poster in the lobby from “The Good Earth.” -
[Bristol Riverside Theatre production of "The Good Earth"]
Poster in the lobby from “The Good Earth.” -
[Bristol Riverside Theatre]
Opened in 1987 with the play "The Good Earth" based on the book by Pearl Buck. Louise Rainer, who won an Academy Award for her hole in the movie version in 1937, was present for the opening. -
[Side of the Bristol Riverside Theatre facing the Delaware River and Market Street]
Site of former Bristol Theater (movies). -
[Bristol Riverside Theatre, view from the back of the building]
Bristol Riverside Theater opened in 1987 on Radcliffe at Market Street. This view is facing the Delaware River. -
[Samuel Cliff Street behind the King George II Inn]
In the center is the back of the Bristol Riverside Theatre. -
[Bristol Riverside Theatre, view from the back part of the building]
View is looking in the direction of Lions Park. -
[The Board of Directors, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Radcliffe and Market Street]
The Board is on the outside steps of the atrium.
Left to right are Charles Richmond, Carol Mignoni Ferguson, William Farell, unidentified, Jack Sirot, Ann Mar, unidentified, Robert Norman, unidentified, unidentified.
The theater opened in 1987 with the play “The Good Earth” based on a book by Pearl Buck who lived in Bucks County. -
[Model of the Bristol Riverside Theatre at Radcliffe and Market Streets]
The view is of the back of the theater facing the Delaware River. It shows a porch and the glass atrium, which is part of the lobby. -
[Radcliffe Street at corner of Mill Street]
Tall, white building on the left includes apartments. This was the farmer Coleman House Hotel. On the right is the King George II Inn. -
Postcard: "Radcliffe Street from Mill Street, Bristol, Pa."
Radcliffe Street, first block. On the left is the Coleman House, Silbert House, and Old Town Hall (with tower), 1831-1938. On the right is the King George II Inn. -
[Location of the first Farmer’s Bank of Bucks County, Hulmeville, PA]
The bank started in 1814 in Hulmeville. In 1823, it was moved to Bristol.