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[Original O'Boyle's Ice Cream wagon with Francis O’Boyle serving children]
The factory for the company was located at Farragut Avenue and Green Lane. -
[Otter Street Ford Agency of Thomas Collier]
Otter Street School is the stone building in the back right of the photograph. -
[Parade float for Adams-Wildblood Inc., 1427 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA]
Young women on the float are advertising the first Kaiser Frazer 1947 car. -
[Parade float/cart for "Emma R. DeWitt, Leading Florist, Bristol, 1878 - 1909"]
Featured (from left to right): James Schell, Hazard Hall, Eugene Highland, Mildred DeWitt, and Emma DeWitt.
Emma DeWitt was the proprietor of Bristol Flower Growers florist shop and greenhouses located on 452-470 Pond Street. -
[Patterson Bros. Ice Wagon]
Men unidentified. -
[Postcard: O’Boyle’s Ice Cream Island Restaurant]
On back of postcard: "O'Boyle's Ice Cream Island Restaurant, Route 13, Bristol, Pa. First traffic light south of Tpke. Complete food service. Ice cream mfrs. since 1922." -
[Robert Clark, Sr. and Mary Clark standing in front of their shop at Wood & Market Streets in Bristol, PA]
The horse was named “Jim” and the dog was named “Bruce." [Identified by Bruce Clark]. -
[Robert Clark, Sr. as a young man in Bristol, PA]
He immigrated to the United States from Beith, Scotland in April 1888. His wife and daughter soon followed, and he opened up a furniture store in Bristol. He had a glass eye (left eye) as a result of a fishing hook accident. It did not stop him from working his trade! Their daughter, Maggie Henderson Clark was born in Beith, August 22, 1887 and died in Bristol in 1889. [Identified by Bruce Clark]. -
[Robert Clark, Sr. shortly before his death]
This photograph won an award for the photographer. Robert lived from 1859-1946. [Identified by Bruce Clark]. -
[Thompson Store, 587 Bath Street]
Dora Thompson Colville (husband George Colville) was the daughter of Charles R. and Annis T. Thompson, who operated this store. Dora was a teacher in Tullytown and later in Bristol schools. -
[Three barbers, Mike, Pete, and Joe Cuttone in front of the Mannherz Barber Shop at 125 Radcliffe Street in 1941]
There was a beauty shop next door at 127 Radcliffe Street where Nick Mannherz passed in 1969. Joe Cuttone operated the shop until he died in 2010. He had cut hair there for 70 years. -
[Watercolor of Harris Fuel delivery truck painted by Bristol artist Joseph Sagolla]
The setting for the painting of the truck is at the former Byers’ Garage located at 100 Old Route 13 and Market Street. That garage presently has a business operated by Kevin Branigan called “Klean Kars by Kevin” which details automobiles. -
[Wetherill Garage on Green Lane and Farragut Avenue]
Owned by George and Betty Wetherill. Adjacent was Wetherill’s Lumber owned by Claude and Grace Wetherill. The lumber yard relocated to Bath Road at Route 413 circa the 1970s. The gasoline station was removed and an ARCO station was built and opened by John Kryvyn. The ARCO Station was closed in the 1980s and a Wawa convenience store was built (as of 2018). -
[Winter’s Buick Garage and Dealership on Wood Street, located behind Winter’s Appliance Store at corner of Mill and Wood Streets]
Both businesses were operated by Clarence Winter.