Bath Street, Bristol. #528 Bath Street is behind large clump of trees in center. This is opposite Leedom & Son Coal Yard, which became occupied by Bristol Fuel, owned as of 1998 by the Quattrochi family. Coal yard entrance is on the right of the picture. In 1998 Bristol Fuel had a hardware store where a row of houses perpendicular to Bath Street once stood.
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Different angle than photograph 7.1.006, but taken at the same time with identification information similar. Canal passing across top of the photograph indicates it might have been taken in the early 1940s.
"Aerial view of Bristol, looking down toward Mill Street"
Photo taken between 1940s and 1950s based on the fact that the Railroad Freight Station is visible, center left, opposite of water tower. The freight station stood where the Grundy Towers high rise is located. The former canal basin is now the Mill Street parking lot. The last canal barge operated in October 1931.
[Aerial photograph of Winder Village, Route 413]
Road parallel to the top of the picture is Route 413. Houses are Winder Village. Bristol Borough is in the right corner. US Route 13 is not built yet as of this photograph. It went through the Borough on Pond Street and Farragut Avenue.
"Birds Eye View of West Bristol, Bristol, Pa."
600 block of Swain Street, row of houses called “Berks Row.” Bath Street (Bath Street School) built in 1881 and Silver Lake before the elevated part in 1919. Photo taken during cooler seasons--no leaves on the trees.
View of Bristol showing Mill, Bath and Otter Streets in lower portion; Beaver Street, elevated railroad tracks, and U.S. Route 13.
A. Grundy Tower apartments B. former Keystone Hotel C. former Acme store building D. Second Baptist Church E. former Bristol Doors opposite of Market Street F. former A&P/car repair building where Fidelity Savings Bank is located G. former Leedom’s Carpet Mill H. former Grundy Ice Rink on Jefferson Avenue
Postcard: "Bird's eye view, Bristol, PA. Showing Mill & Market Streets"
Published for Nichols Photo Service, Bristol, PA by the Collotype Co., Elizabeth, NJ and NY.
Postcard: "Bird's eye view, Bristol, PA. on the Delaware River"
[Aerial view photograph, featuring Grundy Library in foreground]
Grundy Library featured in the foreground, left-center along the river, built in 1966. The house to the right of the library formerly belonged to Thomas Cooper, English actor whose daughter married President John Tyler’s son Robert. Across from the library, slightly to the left, is St. Mark's School, now torn down.
[Aerial view photo: Bristol Terrace environs]
Bristol Terrace environs. “Home of Wilson Whiskey that’s…” painted sign visible on one of the buildings. Wilson Whiskey started in 1823 and was still operational in 1947.
[Aerial view photograph: Croydon area (1)]
Croydon area, US Route 13 runs along the right side of the photograph. Within the collection, a labeled photocopy of the picture highlights road ways.
[Aerial view photograph: Croydon area (2)]
Croydon area, Philco Factory is labled. Within the collection, a labeled photocopy of the picture highlights road ways.
[Aerial view photograph: Croydon area (3)]
Croydon area, Neshaminy Creek is located along the top of the photograph. Within the collection, a labeled photocopy of the picture highlights road ways.
[Aerial view photograph: Croydon area (4)]
Croydon area, State Road runs through the middle of the photograph.
[Aerial view photograph: Levittown Shopping Center]
Levittown Shopping Center, Levittown, PA
Mission Sunday School met at Hosiery Mill on Buckley Street at Pine Street. Mr. and Mrs. James Slack started and ran the school and lived at the corner of Radcliffe Street and Franklin Street in a large three-story brick house they had built in 1863. Their daughter, Dr. Julia Slack inherited the house and she sold it to Dr. Fred Wagner. Wagner opened a private hospital in the house. Mrs. E.J. Groom was the wife of Dr. Groom. Those in the photograph are unidentified.
"Laying the Corner Stone B. P. O. Elks 970. the [sic] was 1910"
Photograph showing the laying of the B.P.O. Elks 970 corner stone. The Elks home was constructed on Radcliffe Street at the corner of Walnut Street where the Beaver Meadow House once stood. That house had been the home of Augustus Claudius, the German consul when the U.S. capital was in Philadelphia (1790-1800). The Elks lodge stood until 1981 when it was torn down. The Elks relocated to a smaller building at Wood Street and the Mill Street parking lot.
[McClurg's celebrated "Liberty Cornet Band" group photograph]
The building in the photograph appears to be Bristol Fire Company No. 1 fire house on Wood and Market Street. Men unidentified.
[American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps at practice]
The group was organized in 1919. Band members unidentified.
[Robert W. Bracken Post 382 Bugle Corps]
Photograph taken in the backyard of the Methodist Church. Building in the background was the home of the American Legion. Once a Quaker school built in 1874, it is now the headquarters of Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation. The legion, formed in 1919, rented the building from 1924-1929 when they moved to their permanent headquarters at 619 Radcliffe Street. Members unidentified.
"A look back..." [Bracken Post American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps taken on Beaver Street at Leedom’s Carpet Mill.]
This is where the Grundy Ice Rink stands (as of 1998). Insert is on Radcliffe Street at the Kaiser Fleetwings plant, formerly the Emergency Fleet Merchant “Harriman” Shipyard.
[Robert W. Bracken American Legion Post 383 Drum and Bugle Corps]
Also known as the "Bracken Cavaliers" and "Bracken Cadets." Photograph taken at Bristol Post Office, Beaver and Prospect Streets. Members unidentified.
"Bristol Photographers, 310 Mill Street, Bristol, Penna., STillwell 8-5544"
"Robert W. Bracken Post American Legion, Bristol, PA. Lincoln Birthday Party"
Seated on floor (left to right): Marion Hardy, Walter Hardy, Billy Croner, ___ Smoyer, Anita Lug. Seated in Front Row (left to right): Ethel Ahart, Emely Bracken, Loretta Ford, Lilly Hardy, Dot Fechtenburg, Sarah Thompson, Marie Downing, Jane Riley, Elizabeth Delker, ___ Gerber. Standing Second Row (left to right): Elizabeth Hetherington, Evlyn Fechtenburg, Sally Griffiths, Violet Baker, Maude Zug, Elsie Dettmer, Elizabeth Smoyer, Mary Elmer, Annie Beaton, Mrs. Scheffey. Standing Third Row (left to right): Dick Fechtenberg, Percy Ford, Jim Waters, George Cronen, William Griffith, ___ Rich, J. Hetherington, Sam Hardy, Walter Strouse, George Heaton, Sonny Winslow. Standing Fourth Row (left to right): Bob Downing, Agnes Beaton, Mrs. J. Waters, unidentified, unidentified, Frances Strouse, Elizabeth Jarvis, Wonces Strouse, Russ Unruh, Cliff Beaton. Top Row (left to right): Art Zug, Ralph Scheffey, Ben Ahart, Bill Riley, Henry Elmer, Harry Burbank, Terry Taffe.
[Bracken Cadets Alumni Corps at their 80th reunion (1924-2004) on Historic Bristol Day marching on Mill Street]
[Bristol Woodmen of the World in a parade float]
From left to right: unidentified, Chet Nichols, Al DiRenzo, unidentified, Nick Mancini, Maurice C. Wildman, unidentified, Andy Campbell, unidentified, Howard McLaughlin. Others unidentified.
Woman unidentified. Donated with items belonging to Clara King family.
Donated with items belonging to Clara King family.
[American Legion [Bracken] Cadets 25th Anniversary]
First Row: Wilson Van Doren, Raymond Ford, Edmond Green, Rogers, James Hill, Joseph Winslow, Franklin Fine, William Wichser, Ellis Comfort, Russell Unruh. Second Row: Arnold North, Fred Bell, Louis Kivorvitch, Wayne Warner, Philip Felli, William Allen, George Heaton, Lawrence Machette, Claude Hearn, Walter Kornstead. Third Row: Harry Burbank, Charles Brodie, John Johnson, Lawrence McLaughlin, Wayne Milnor, Charles Thompson, Robert MacDonald, Irwin Scheffey, Rens Swan, William Winslow. Fourth Row: Fred Herrman, Virdin Watt, Harry Smith, Louis Harris, Edward Mariner, Robert Hendricks, Gilbert Herman, John Van Horn.
Survivors November 1901 Company "G" 43rd 90 day Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia
Survivors November 1901 Company "G" 43rd 90 day Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia Enrolled June 20, 1863 Mustered into Service July 4, 1863 This flast light photograph was taken November 1891 twenty-eight years after service 1st row-- Samuel Holt, Dr. John Ward- 5th Corporal, John C. Tabram, William A. Worrell- 4th Sergeant 2nd row-- Burnet Landreth- Captain, Edward Swain, Alfred Landreth- Corporal, William Bache- 6th Sergeant, George Vanzandt, Alexander Sturdevant- Corporal 3rd row-- Lt. Dr. Baker, Robert W. Holt, Joseph B. Bailey, Elnathan C. Brown- 1st Sergeant, Charles E. Scott- 2nd Sergeant, Hugh B. Webster, Thomas Harkins- Tifer, John S. Worrell- 4th Sergeant Charles Appleton, J. Wesley Wright
From GA.BH. 13 Landreth Family Collection
Survivors November 1891 Company "I" 17th 17th Pennsylvania Engineer Militia
Survivors November 1891 Company "I" 17th 17th Pennsylvania Engineer Militia Enrolled September 8, 1862 1st row-- Burnet Landreth- Captain, Robert W. Holt, Joseph B. Bailey, Hon. William Kinsey- 5th Sergeant, Benjamin F. Gilkeson, Dr. John Ward, George Vanzandt, Lt. Dr. Wm. Baker, Chas. M. Foster- 4th Sergeant, Alfred Landreth- 5th Corporal, J. Wesley Wright- 3rd Sergeant, Banjamin Tomlinson, Charles E. Scott- 2nd Sergeant, Elnathan C. Brown- 1st Sergeant, George Vanzandt, Samuel Holt, Hon. Jesse W. Knight, Jonathan B. Bailey
[Delia’s Band Bristol on a parade float]
Frank Delia is playing the guitar. Joe Delia is the piano player. Joe Delia organized the band and had red hair. Frank Delia later played in the Ferko String Band.
Postcard: "G.A.R." [Grand Army of the Republic members]
Written on back of postcard: "My step-grandfather. Also my mother's Uncle Marshall." These are Civil War veterans who were members of an organization called “Grand Army of the Republic.” They are pictured here on Mill Street. Men unidentified.
[Old home of the Elks Lodge on Radcliffe Street, torn down 1981]
"First Annual Banquet, Pomanalie Club No. 1, Bristol, PA, Nov. 25, 1909"
Men unidentified. Names written on back of photograph: "Jennie Lamon Kershaw" and "Helen E. Tosti." Clipping also attached to back of board.
Bristol Glee Club photographed by Nichols Studio at a concert located at the First United Methodist Church (formerly called Bristol Methodist Church) at 201 Mulberry Street. Back row, second from left, is Percy Ford. Second row on far right Andrew McArthur. Top row, fourth from left, is Hames Douglas. Others unidentified.
Nichols Studio, 112 Wood St., Bristol, PA.
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.
[Bracken Drum & Bugle Corps on “Leedom Field” opposite Leedom Carpet Mill on Beaver Street playing at a Memorial Day game]
Bristol municipal building and the original Fire Company No. 2 building are visible in the background. Stamped on back of photograph: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Fleetwings Division, Bristol, Penna."
[Bracken Post American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps taken on Beaver Street at Leedom’s Carpet Mill]
[Bristol Ford Co. and Atlantic Gas Station at Beaver and Prospect Streets with the Robert W. Bracken Drum and Bugle Corps]
This location was opposite the Bristol Post Office.
"The Ladies Auxiliary, Rob't W. Bracken Post 382, Bristol, PA"
[Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club]
Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club, February 22, 1929. The Travel Club was part of the American Federation of Women’s Clubs. This date was the 197th birthday of George Washington. To help celebrate, the women were encouraged to attend in a variety of costumes representing various historical periods. Mrs. William Buckman, gowned to represent First Lady Martha Washington, served as program leader. The site of the meeting was the Keene Home built in 1816 at the east corner of Radcliffe and Dorrance Streets. (Current location of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library that opened in 1966). W.B. Nichols, one of the Bristol’s leading photographers at that time, was invited to photograph the group. This photograph was taken in the yard behind the house. The house in the background was once the home of the actor Thomas and his wife Mary Cooper. The minutes of the meeting show that there were 52 members present and several guests. Three photographs were required to include all members. [Note: There are only 49 people total in the photographs and one member, Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, appears in two photographs. Only two of the three photographs have the names of those in the photograph.] 32 identifications: Front Row left to right – Mrs. Ernest Laurence, Mrs. Roy Tracy, Mrs. Richard T. Meyers, Dr. Julia Slack, Miss Elizabeth N. [Iredell?], Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, Mrs. Franklin K. Wills, Mrs. Howard E. James, Mrs. Horace Burton. Back Row Left to Right – Mrs. Henry Hartman, Mrs. Forest Bilderback, Mrs. Armand N. Morris, Mrs. Russell Burton, Mrs. John Tracy, Mrs. Paul Forster, Mrs. Herman [Jensenius?], Mrs. H. Doyle Webb, Mrs. Linton Martin (Mrs. Martin was responsible for starting the club in 1901).
Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club, February 22, 1929. The Travel Club was part of the American Federation of Women’s Clubs. This date was the 197th birthday of George Washington. To help celebrate, the women were encouraged to attend in a variety of costumes representing various historical periods. Mrs. William Buckman, gowned to represent First Lady Martha Washington, served as program leader. The site of the meeting was the Keene Home built in 1816 at the east corner of Radcliffe and Dorrance Streets. (Current location of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library that opened in 1966). W.B. Nichols, one of the Bristol’s leading photographers at that time, was invited to photograph the group. This photograph was taken in the yard behind the house. The house in the background was once the home of the actor Thomas and his wife Mary Cooper. The minutes of the meeting show that there were 52 members present and several guests. Three photographs were required to include all members. [Note: There are only 49 people total in the photographs and one member, Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, appears in two photographs. Only two of the three photographs have the names of those in the photograph.] Identification: Front Row Left to Right – Mrs. Griffith Williams, Mrs. Emil Metzger, Mrs. William G. Buckman, Mrs. Marburg D. Weagley, Mrs. Russell Ellis, Mrs. Bradley Andrey, Mrs. William Taylor, Mrs. Scott Wtherill, Miss Mary Johnson Haines. Back Row Left to Right – Mrs. David O. Taylor, Miss Sue Iredell, Mrs. Frank Lehman, Mrs. Walter [Pitzonka?], Mrs. John Moyer.
Bimonthly meeting of the Bristol Travel Club, February 22, 1929. The Travel Club was part of the American Federation of Women’s Clubs. This date was the 197th birthday of George Washington. To help celebrate, the women were encouraged to attend in a variety of costumes representing various historical periods. Mrs. William Buckman, gowned to represent First Lady Martha Washington, served as program leader. The site of the meeting was the Keene Home built in 1816 at the east corner of Radcliffe and Dorrance Streets. (Current location of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library that opened in 1966). W.B. Nichols, one of the Bristol’s leading photographers at that time, was invited to photograph the group. This photograph was taken in the yard behind the house. The house in the background was once the home of the actor Thomas and his wife Mary Cooper. The minutes of the meeting show that there were 52 members present and several guests. Three photographs were required to include all members. [Note: There are only 49 people total in the photographs and one member, Mrs. Mitchell Ancker, appears in two photographs. Only two of the three photographs have the names of those in the photograph.
[Rotary Club photograph taken at Bristol Motor Inn (corner of Green Lane and Route 13)]
Identification location on the back of the photograph in accompanying image (7.10.035b). Identifications: Charles Mellheney, Phil Weck, Jim Dillon, Dick Zott, Willard Bergland, William Lenthe, Sam Gratz, Joe Murphy, Ed Roncoroni, Bill Major, Bill Charlton, Thomas Profy, Ralph Archer, Otto Grupp Sr., Daniel Pfeiffer, Ed Shepard, Paul Pfeiffer, Gene Nichols, Hero Friedman (Willard), Harold Hanson, Harold Neal, Charles Coupland, Henry Vansant, Rev. Vernon Murray, Leonard Snyder, George Post, Bill Bartoe, Harold Crooker, Peter Catani, John Musante, Phil Powell, Fay Allen, Alan Stoneback, John Catzin, Bernie Dubin, Anthony Messina, David Norman, Edward Birch, David Harris.
Alex Zidock, staff photographer, Courier-Times, Levittown, PA
Top row, seventh from the left: Anthony Messina. Third row, third from the left: Mr. Gratz. Seventh from the left: Mr. Norman. Second row from the left: Harold Hanson. Bottom row, seventh from the left: Harold Hunter. Others unidentified.