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[Lettered sign outside of the Bristol Jewish Center]
Formerly located at 216 Pond Street. -
[Members of the Bristol Jewish Center]
From left: Jeannie H. Phillips--President, David Hyett, baby Charlie Hyett, Laura Brody Hyett--Student Rabbi, Alan Vogenberg--Treasurer, Congregation Avath Achim of Bristol Jewish Center. -
[First night of Hanukkah at the Bristol Jewish Center]
From left: Alan Vogenberg (Treasurer of BJC), Emily Laird, Colin Ragelow. -
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[Ellis Katz, Esq., at the Bristol Jewish Center rededication of the "Little Torah"]
Katz's name is on the handle of the Torah. -
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[St. Paul's Episcopal Church]
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church located at Jefferson Avenue and Wood Street. Built in 1883 when a group of dissatisfied members of St. James Episcopal Church broke from that congregation. The adjacent parish house was added by 1909. St. Paul's congregation sold the property in 1924 to the Zion Lutheran Congregation and a new St. Paul’s Church was located at Randall Avenue in Bristol Township. St. Paul's is presently located on Levittown Parkway and Mill Creek Parkway. -
[Zion Lutheran Church]
Zion Lutheran Church, Jefferson Avenue and Wood Street. The outside of the church was altered and the entrances moved to the Wood Street side towards the back. -
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[Calvary Baptist Church]
Calvary Baptist Church, constructed in 1961. The congregation started as a part of the First Baptist of Bristol. They separated and moved to Green Lane in 1948. The building they opened in 1946 is connected to this structure by an education building and is to the right of this structure. -
[Calvary Baptist Church]
Calvary Baptist Church, originally part of the First Baptist church located on Wood and Cedar Street. The relocated briefly to Wood and Walnut Street before moving to their Green Lane location. -
[First Baptist Church]
First Baptist Church, Walnut and Cedar Streets. Organized in 1848, the church moved to Bristol Township in the 1970s. Currently home to the Spotlight Deliverance Temple. -
[Postcard of First Baptist Church]
Written on back: “Church I attended First Baptist Church Bristol, PA. Bertha.” -
[Bristol Assembly of God]
Located at the corner of Walnut and Wood Streets. -
[Church of the Nazarene]
Built at Wilson Avenue and Cleveland Street in 1958. This church closed on July 10, 2011. -
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[Pennsylvania Railroad at Bristol during a blizzard]
From Harold & Carol Mitchener: "This was probably the blizzard on March 14, 1914. Transportation was paralyzed. Eighty mile-per-hour winds caused havoc. There were 127 poles blown across the tracks between Bristol and North Philadelphia. Telephone service was off, and river and trolley service stopped. Note the stalled train." -
[Pennsylvania Railroad at Bristol during a blizzard]
Photo believed to have been taken opposite the present Harriman Station of Bristol near Taft and Barry Place. This storm was the worst since the blizzard of 1888. There were 127 poles blown across the tracks between Bristol and North Philadelphia. Telephone service was off, and river and trolley service stopped. The former Bristol Patent Leather Company would have been located behind the trains in the picture. -
[275th Anniversary of Bristol Celebration]
Photo stamped on back with "Rohm & Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA. October 19, 1956."
Photograph taken at the corner of Mill and Pond Streets. Sitting on the Buick are Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nichols, of Nichols Photography shop, located opposite of where the photograph was taken. -
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[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” at Bristol, PA. From this view, Grundy Tower, a senior citizen housing apartment complex is visible. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” along Spurline Park, located opposite the town municipal building--Pond and Mulberry Streets. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” in Bristol, PA opposite the Municipal Building at Pond and Mulberry Streets. Pennsylvania Railroad’s main route between 1834 and 1910 passed here. In 1910-1911, the line was moved and elevated through the town. This is now about ½ mile north of this spot. The area behind had been the freight yard. In the distance is the town’s public elementary school. There is an approximately 30-50 feet of track left as part of the memorial. Spurline Park runs the length of the town on the ground occupied the last spur line of the railroad at street level. The Lincoln Sign” is along that route. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” located at Spurline Park. -
[World War I victory parade]
Beaver Street between Prospect and Buckley Streets. -
[World War I victory parade]
Beaver Street between Prospect and Buckley Streets. PJM or PSM is written below a sailor holding a flag. -
[Memorial Day, Bristol Cemetery during Service]
Back reads: "Listening to prayers at graves." -
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