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[Anchor Yacht Club, 1232 ½ Pine Grove Street]
Founded in 1906. Ducks use club’s ramp for access to the river. -
[Barbecue-on-the-River Festival]
Tents are vendors and barbecue sites. The Mill Street parking lot was one-third filled with the tables and tents. -
[Bell Apartments]
On back of photograph: "Bell Apts. Civil War Encampment. On the grounds of the former Bell Mansion, now apartments. 824 Radcliffe Street." -
[Bell Home located at 824 Radcliffe Street]
The house was built between 1872-1889. It was once covered with ivy. When the ivy was removed it had grey paint placed over the bricks. In 1980 they decided to remove the grey paint and restore the house to its original appearance. -
[Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) headquarters, Bristol]
Bristol’s BPOE club was organized in 1905. This building was opened in 1911 on the site of the German Consul to the U.S. in the 1790s. During the zenith of the anthracite coal trade on the canal, it was a boarding house known as The Beaver Meadows House. The Elks moved to a new location on Wood Street when it was torn down in 1979. -
[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. -
[Bristol Riverside Theater, Radcliffe and Market Streets]
This is a theater with live stage performances. It was formerly called the Bristol Theater where films were shown. The Bristol Riverside Theater opened in 1987. The first play was ‘The Good Earth’ based on a book of the same name by Bucks County resident Pearl Buck. -
[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, 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. -
[Bristol Riverside Theatre, view from the back part of the building]
View is looking in the direction of Lions Park. -
[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. -
[Bristol Waterfront on the Delaware River]
Two vertical towers on the left are at Bristol Waterworks on Radcliffe and Walnut Street. Tallest is a water pipe, lower is to carry smoke. To the left is the Elb’s Home built in 1911. Left of center is the Home (now site of the Grundy Library). On the right is a smokestack probably of standard pipe foundry just on Radcliffe Street near Monroe Street. -
[Bristol waterfront, view from Delaware River]
From left to right on Bristol’s waterfront (at the time of this photograph) are the Bristol Riverside Theater, First Service Bank, a house with law offices and ‘Bristol Pilot’ editor’s office, and Wachovia Bank (Iconic Columns). -
[Bristol Wells Fargo Bank, view from Delaware River]
The central portion was erected in 1818 as a private home by Joseph Craig. In 1833, the Farmers Bank purchased the house. In 1952, they added an extension on each side of the building. After various mergers, the bank is presently called Wells Fargo. It is Bristol’s oldest banking institution. -
[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.