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[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. -
[Skeleton Fusclages before covering on Genevai assembly floor]
Two ships in foreground are of the patvician type balance ave bombers. Keystone Aircraft Corp. Assembly Department, Bristol, PA. -
[Navy “Pups” on assembly floor before covering and after commuters in background]
Building Navy Planes Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA. -
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[Seaplane hangar, Keystone Aircraft Corporation, Bristol]
Hangar facing the Delaware River Oar and Commuters on the apron. -
[Keystone Patrician, 20 passenger Tri-Motor Transport Model (discontinued)]
Color: wings- yellow, fuselage- green. Power Unit- 3 5v5 HP Wagner "Cyclones." -
[Keystone Airyacht. Originally designed at Loening Aero Engineer Corp. in service in China etc. built in Bristol]
Color: hull-silver + green, wings- silver. Type: amphibian. Power Unit- 5v5 HP Wright “Cyclone” air corp commercial radial. -
[Bristol High School]
Stamped on back of photograph: "Nichols Studio, 112 Wood Street, Bristol, PA." -
[Bristol High School Gymnasium]
Stamped on back of photograph: "Nichols Studio, 112 Wood Street, Bristol, PA." -
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"Bristol Glee Club"
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. -
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[Roman Pieo, Bristol High School Class of 1937, climbing a rope]
Pieo climbing rope in “gym” of Bristol High School where he was a junior. “Record 6 seconds 25 foot rope. 1937 National Record at Pittsburgh meet.” -
[Bristol High School Basketball Team of 1938]
Standing, left: Coach Stephen Juenger. Others unidentified. -
[Bristol Junior-Senior High School Library]
Note pennants on wall with dates, 1927 is last in line. -
Postcard: "High School Building, Bristol, Pa."
Inscription on back of postcard reads: "Government built-High School. After the war. The borough of Bristol bought it from the Government." -
Postcard: "Penna. R. R. Station Bristol, PA."
This is the Pennsylvania Railroad station at the elevated rail line, which opened in 1911. Riders purchased tickets at ground level and ascended steps to the tracks. An elevator was available, but was used for large freight. Previously, the trains were at street level parallel to Pond Street. This station is at Prospect and Beaver Street. -
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[Plant 2 opening]
Stamped on back: "Prints by Prinz Otto C. Prinz, 1115 Anchor Street, Del. 0564, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." -
[Russell M. Stanton, Union President]
Stamped on back: "Prints by Prinz, Otto C. Prinz, 1115 Anchor Street, Phila, PA." -
[Frank De Ganahl giving a speech]
On back of photograph: "Prints by Prinz, Otto C. Prinz, 1115 Anchor Street, Philadelphia, PA." -
[“William E. Doron” ferry boat in its berth at Bristol between Mill and Market Streets, below Radcliffe Street]
The ferry connected Bristol, PA and Burlington, NJ until 1930. William Doron stopped his service February 25, 1930 and died later that same year. Two Bristol men, Charles Kock and Morrison Keich, owners of the “Sea Gull” boat continued to provide passenger services for some time after until the bridge opened. The “William E. Doron” sank at sea off Virginia. -
"The Grundy Museum" [card]
Front reads: "610 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania. Built before 1834 by John Heis and improved by Capt. Hutchinson, later occupied by William H. Grundy and Joseph R. Grundy."
Blank inside. -
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"Radcliffe St., Bristol, PA"
Stone house on left, just beyond houses with awnings, is the Galzarano Funeral Home opposite Franklin Street. The next building on the left is Bristol Water Company, organized 1874. The taller pipe is for water and the lower one is part of the power system (note smoke coming from lower stack). Picture taken before 1932 when the trolley stopped operation. -
[Grundy Library at street level, view looking northwest]
Photograph taken shortly after grand opening of library. -
[Tugboats at the Mill Street Wharf, Bristol Borough]
Sewell’s Point on left and Reedy Point on right. Both from Wilmington, Delaware.
Taken Tuesday, February 3, 1987, 4:30 PM. -
[Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library, view looking southwest]
Note the Grundy Museum in the background. -
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[Gledhill Wallpaper Company Mill]
Originally erected in 1882 as the home of Wilson and Fenimore Co. Wallpaper. The building later became Landreth Seed Company and then Barker and Williamson Electronic. In the 1990s the building was purchased and historically preserved. As of 2020, this is the location of Canal Works. -
Postcard: "Kaiser Metal Products, Bristol, PA."
The lower building to the right billboard was the main office building. History of property written on back of photograph. -
"[Illegible] & N. Co. Basen. Bristol, PA."
Ruins of John Dorrance’s Mills, once located at the end of Pond Street and the edge of the canal basin [as of 2019, the Mill Street parking lot]. The mill was first started by Samuel Carpenter in 1701 as a saw and grist mill. The Dorrance family acquired the mills in the early 1800s. In 1879, William Rogers of Bristol Township became the owner. During the 1950s – 1960s, the building was owned by Auto Boys (Plavin Family) as an auto parts store, which also sold appliances and electronic equipment. The mill building burned in 1980s and was removed. -
[Bristol Patent Leather Company]
Located on the north side of original railroad tracks opposite Harriman District’s Taft Street. President of the company was Clifford Anderson (Bristol Burgess 1917-1934). The company employed 475 workers and had opened in 1906. A whiskey manufacturing business replaced the Patent Leather Company. The structure was removed as of 2009. -
[Unidentified couple on their wedding day]
Photograph found at the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation Building, 321 Cedar Street, Bristol, PA.