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[Entrance to the inlet lock of the Delaware Canal Basin at Bristol]
Up to 21 canal barges would be tied together and pulled by a tug boat (like this one) down the Delaware River to Philadelphia. The “O” symbol on the barges in this photograph identify them as belonging to the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. -
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[Entrance to the Mill Street parking lot]
The Mill Street Wharf is on the right. The red building is at bank at Market and Radcliffe Streets. -
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[Estimated to be the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, possibly north or south of Bristol, but not in the town]
The railroad through Bristol was elevated in 1910. The railroad trestle would indicate possible replacement in the future. Clothing on the children corresponds with period of the time suggested. People unidentified. -
[Event unveiling plans for a new maternity wing at the Delaware Valley Hospital, Wilson Avenue and Pond Street]
The framed illustration is the new maternity wing being added to the hospital in 1959.
Pictured on the right is David Norman, Mill Street merchant and proprietor of Norman’s Stationary Company. On the left is Helen Hayes, Broadway actress from New York. She was appearing at the Bristol Playhouse, a summer theater in the former Grand Theater building. -
[F-101 first stainless steel wing]
Photograph was taken on Long Island.
Stamped on back: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[F-101 plane]
Stamped on back: "From the collection of Henry Liese." -
[F-206 plane]
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Fabian’s Drug Store, May 1998, just prior to their closing]
Pictured are Jeffrey Shull and Bernard Dietrich, registered pharmacists. Jeffrey is pictured on the right. -
[Family Theatre, Bristol, PA]
“Family Theatre” was located on Mill Street next to what had been Spencer’s Furniture Store at Mill and Radcliffe Street. It was on the north side of the street, two buildings west of the King George II Inn. -
[Ferry boat William E. Doron on its way to Burlington from Bristol]
William’s father Elwood started a ferry in 1851 and William took it over when Elwood died in 1879. William operated the ferry until 1930, shortly before his death. The Burlington-Bristol Bridge was opened in May 1931 and made regular ferry travel across obsolete. -
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[Field adjacent to the Commerce Park Shopping Center at US Route 13 and PA Route 413]
This field is next to the pond created for extra water. In the background is Lower Bucks Hospital on Bath Road. -
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[Fifth grade students at Wood Street School]
Wood Street School opened in 1894.
From left: Sally Farina, Elise Johnson, and Edward Leroy. -
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[Fire Company No. 5’s Bachelor Club]
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. -
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[Firemen with truck, attending to the fire at St. Mark School, Radcliffe Street]
St. Mark School Radcliffe Street fire dated 1970 (date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from the Bucks County Courier Times, article dated March 9, 1970). -
[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. -
[First night of Hanukkah at the Bristol Jewish Center]
From left: Alan Vogenberg (Treasurer of BJC), Emily Laird, Colin Ragelow. -
[First United Methodist Church, interior]
On front: "No. 5 Nichols Photo." On back: First United Methodist Church, Mulberry Street and Cedar Street set for a Christmas pageant pre-1933. Church organized 1788; first structure erected 1803; second building erected 1845 on the site of the original church on the 300 block of Wood Street. The third structure was built at Mulberry and Wilson Streets in 1895. This interior shot is of the third building. Interior in front of sanctuary has been altered. -
[Fishing along the Delaware River below the Mill Street Wharf]
Primarily caught in this section were shad fish, which laid eggs in the spring. Richard Russel, also known as “Dick Shad,” made a business of buying and selling shad. Russel was a former slave who made a good living by not only selling fish and products, but also operating a taxi service. Russel lived on Market Street. -
[Five men at the Harriman Shipyard during World War I]
None identified. -
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[Flag station of the Bristol Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, located on the north bound side of the tracks, opposite Leedom Carpet Mill located on Beaver Street]
Photograph taken prior to 1911 as the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was moved to its elevated location in 1911. People featured are unidentified. -
[Fleetwing Aircraft Company building no. 3]
Formerly the Corona Leather Works and later the Keystone Lighting Company located at Beaver Street and Route 13. Structure originally built 1889. -
[Fleetwing Aircraft Corporation]
During World War I, this site had the (Harriman) Merchant fleet shipyard.
1925: Huff, Daland aircraft purchase the site
1926: Bomber production
1927: it becomes Keystone Aircraft
1932: Plant closed until 1934. Fleetwings moved from NY to this site. Hall Aluminum rented part of building for the Hall Flying Boat
1940: Hall closed but Fleetwing continued, Henry Kaiser purchased Fleetwing
1947 it becomes Kaiser Metal Products. They continued until 1962. -
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[Fleetwings Administration Building]
Marks on front of photograph are cropping designations for publication. -
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[Fleetwings bowling league]
Stamped on back of photograph: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated Fleetwings Division Bristol Penna."
This is the bowling alley, located on the second floor of a building at the corner of Farragut Avenue and Monroe Street, Bristol. The photo was taken to show the Fleetwings Aircraft Corp. bowling league. The company was called Kaiser Cargo after Henry Kaiser became involved with ownership. Note the office workers wearing neckties. The building in which the bowling alley was located was built for the Harriman Shipyard (WWI) as a commissary for the workers. -
[Fleetwings BT-12 Basic Training Plane of stainless steel for the U.S. Air Corps in production at the Bristol, PA plant]
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
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[Fleetwings employee and "Fleetwings Magazine" reporter Dot Yoder]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna."
Biography from "Fleetwings Magazine" article (dated April 1945) included on back of photograph. -
[Fleetwings employee Bette Fisher]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penn." -
[Fleetwings employee Madge Pintin]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penn." -
[Fleetwings employees bowling]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penn." -
[Fleetwings employees featured in “Fleetwings News”]
From left: Tool Inspector Guadauco, Joe Fielding (Copt), Bill Hurst, Bruno Passetti, Frank Esposito, Neithammer, Taylor. -
[Fleetwings employees playing baseball]
People unidentified. Believed to be workers from Fleetwings. The company had baseball teams during World War II. -
[Fleetwings employees playing basketball]
Photograph used in "Fleetwings News." Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
[Fleetwings employees, posed by signage]
Banner in background in honor of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. -
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[Fleetwings Engineering Department]
From left: L.C. Werden, unidentified, Mr. Wenger, "Perks," Bruno Passetti. -
[Fleetwings Engineering softball team]
On back of photograph: "File copy Eljay Photo Service, 42 W 48 St., NY City."