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[Horace Tranter of Bristol’s Tricentennial Committee welcomes Captain Armin Elsaesser of the visiting sailing ship “Pride of Baltimore I” at the Bristol Wharf]
The ship and captain were lost in a storm near Puerto Rico in 1986.
Stamped on back: "Sircely Jun 19 1980." -
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[Hotel Closson (Keystone Hotel)]
“For: Ralph Radcliffe” inscribed on back. -
[House at the corner of Dorrance Street and Cedar Street, owned by Ellis Comfort]
His son Ellis “Skeetz” Comfort then became owner of the house. Ellis Comfort operated a livery stable behind the house and rented carriages for special occasions, such as funerals. Skeetz had an antique repair shop behind the house until it burned in the early 1990s. It is claimed that a candy store had also operated in the repair shop. -
[House at the corner of Linden and Miffin Streets]
At the time of the photograph it was owned by William Grow and his wife Beatrice.Tags Bristol Borough -
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[House formerly belonging to Thomas Cooper, Radcliffe Street, under demolition]
This house was built shortly after 1813. Thomas Cooper, a well-known English actor, won the house in a card game from a Philadelphia man while playing cards in Paris. Cooper's daughter Priscilla, also an actress, married Robert Tyler. Tyler was a son of President John Tyler. The house just north of Cooper's home was built by Cooper for his children and governess. -
[House formerly belonging to Thomas Cooper, Radcliffe Street, under demolition]
This house was built shortly after 1813. Thomas Cooper, a well-known English actor, won the house in a card game from a Philadelphia man while playing cards in Paris. Cooper's daughter Priscilla, also an actress, married Robert Tyler. Tyler was a son of President John Tyler. The house just north of Cooper's home was built by Cooper for his children and governess. -
[House formerly belonging to Thomas Cooper, Radcliffe Street, under demolition]
This house was built shortly after 1813. Thomas Cooper, a well-known English actor, won the house in a card game from a Philadelphia man while playing cards in Paris. Cooper's daughter Priscilla, also an actress, married Robert Tyler. Tyler was a son of President John Tyler. The house just north of Cooper's home was built by Cooper for his children and governess. -
[House located at 825 Radcliffe Street]
A three story wood frame house. -
[House on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Pond Street]
This mansard roof house on a knoll, surrounded by a white wooden fence, is now the site of the former Jefferson Avenue School, which opened in 1909. The former school is now called ‘The Jefferson’ and is an upscale condominium.
William and Mary Grundy, and their children Joseph and Margaret, moved to Bristol in 1877 and occupied the house when William Grundy started the Watershed Mill on Jefferson Avenue and Canal Street. The last known family to live in the house was John and Elizabeth Smiley, and their children. It was also owned by Joseph Peirce who started the Bristol Improvement Company and erected the Grundy Mill building.
Florence C. Smiley Foster, one of ten children of John and Elizabeth Smiley, described the appearance of the house in a paper she wrote about her family history. She stated that it had 21 rooms seven per floor. There was a large front porch and balconies on the second and third floors. It had a bathroom and a tank on the top floor in what was called the tank room for bath water. Her father would pump water weekly to the tank from the cellar. The fenced yard was large especially the front. There were beautiful, blooming lilacs and azaleas. Her father grew lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes in the backyard and shared them with neighbors. He also put baskets on a tree branch for boys to play basketball.
Mr. Peirce, the owner, wanted the Smiley family to buy the house because Joseph Grundy wanted to purchase it, tear it down, and have a public school built there. The Smiley family did not have the amount of money to purchase it. They then moved to Lafayette Street. Joseph Grundy purchased it, had it torn down, and donated the land for the building of Jefferson Avenue School which opened in 1909. -
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[House with unidentified people on the porch is on the north side of Layfayette Street in the two-hundred block]
Looking between that house and the one to the right, there is a large stone house in the background. This house stood on a property at Jefferson Avenue and Pond Street until it was removed to make room for the Jefferson Avenue School in 1908-1909. -
[Houses constructed in 2005 by Bristol Contractor Ralph DiGuseppi, President of Borough Council at the time of this photograph being taken]
The last use of this site was Walnut Hill Wax Company. These houses are called by that name. The one-way street through the complex was named for the contractor. During World War I, this had been the site of a heating plant which supplied heat to the houses in the newly constructed town of Harriman. After the shipyard’s closing, which was supported workers from Harriman, the Bancroft Hickey Company, a firm that made grinding wheels and abrasive products, occupied the site. The wax company burned in January 2001 and the lot was cleared. -
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[Ice on the Delaware River at the Mill Street Wharf]
The large poles on each side of the wharf were tying steamboats that travelled from Trenton to Philadelphia with stops at Bordentown, NJ, Bristol, PA, and Burlington, NJ. On the left, is the ferry boat dock which connected Burlington, NJ and Bristol, PA until 1931 when the Burlington Bristol Bridge was opened. The boat at the dock is the William E. Doron ferry. -
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[Image of a three-manual Kimball pipe organ in the Grand Theater located at the corner of Mill Street and Old Route 13]
Prior to the Grand Theater it was the Forrest Theater. In 1928 the Grand Theater made its debut with a movie called “The Jazz Singer.” -
[Image of the Delaware Canal showing barges with a lock gate open]
Based on the style of house and land beyond the lock, this lock was likely not at one of the Bristol locks. -
[Image of the Delaware Canal taken from the Forge Bridge at Beaver Street looking toward Washington Street with Grundy Mill in background]
The white structure in the center is the power house and smoke stack, with the seven story Grundy Mill and clock tower. To the right is the Barber & Williamson Radio Factory and Stoneback Lumber. The canal between Beaver and Washington Street has been filled in. -
[Industrial Relations, Plant 1 personnel department]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
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[Inner lobby of the Grand Theater which was located on Mill Street at Old Bristol Pike (railroad)]
The theater replaced the Forrest Theater. The Grand opened January 1928. -
[Innkeeper Arthur Townsend, owner of the Keystone Hotel located at Bath and Otter Streets]
The hotel was formerly called the Hotel Closson. The building was destroyed in November 1980 by fire. In the late 1970s it was renamed Mari’s Closson House. -
[Inside Grundy Library fence line looking southeast towards fenced in lot]
The featured lot was where the original St. Mark Catholic School, which was heavily damaged by fire in 1971, was located. This is also directly across from the Grundy Museum. -
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[Inside the Farmer’s National Bank at 244 Radcliffe Street]
The bank occupied the building in 1833. The building was erected in 1818 as a private home.
Pictured third from left is Thomas Scott, assistant cashier. His father Charles Scott had been cashier for 41 years (1883-1922). Thomas Scott was elected cashier in 1924 following the death of his father. Others unidentified. -
[Inside the Grand Theater at Mill Street and Old Route 13]
People standing, some with hands over their heart. The National Anthem was probably being played. Before 1927, the theater was called The Forest Theater. In 1928, "The Jazz Singer" (credited with being the first talking movie) was the first movie shown in the newly named theater. In 1959, well-known Broadway stars performed in the Bristol Playhouse, as it was then being called. -
[Inspection Department]
Man seated in front: last name McGarvey. -
[Inspection, Plant 1]
Typed on back of photograph: "Pneumatic punch press for punching holes for inspection doors, a Fleetwings development that is 300% faster than previous method." -
[Installation of Michael Dougherty statue at the Delaware Canal Lagoon Park]
The sculptor, James Gafgen, is seen wiping off the newly mounted statue. Others unidentified. The statue was dedicated May 12, 2001 following Mass at Saint Mark Church and appropriate graveside ceremonies at his grave behind the church. The artist was from Morrisville.
Mr. Dougherty died at age 86 in 1930. Michael Dougherty was born in 1844 in Ireland and emigrated to the U.S. In 1861 he volunteered for the Union Army in the Civil War. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1897. His diary of his time in the army included detailed accounts of time spent in three prisons and his narrow escape from drowning when a riverboat, returning 2,400 former Union prisoners, exploded and sank. Only 900 survived. -
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