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[Pennsylvania R.R. passenger engine, traded to the New Jersey seashore]
4-4-2 E. Freight Engine.
Photograph taken by William Grow 6/60 Morrisville Yard. -
[Passenger Engine-Local 4-4-0 E class]
Taken in Morrisville Yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[4-4-2 E class passenger engine that went from station to station (such as Croydon to Bristol)]
Taken in Morrisville Yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[Freight Engine 4-8-2 M]
Taken in Morrisville Yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[Most popular Engine, K-4 4-6-2]
Taken in Morrisville, PA yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad steamer for fast passenger runs]
Often double headed. Over 450 engines were built. Taken in the Morrisville yard by William Grow 6/60. Most popular Engine K-4 4-6-2. -
[Switcher engine (0-6-0 B) of the Pennsylvania Railroad taken in the Morrisville yard]
This train was mainly for freight use. Freight Engine photograph taken by William Grow, 6/60 Morrisville Yard. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad 2-8-0 H Steam Engine light freight]
Square tops “Belparie” boiler.
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad 2-8-0 H small freight engine built at Altoona, PA]
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad #7810 (jackshaft) electric, designed for Manhattan transfer through tubes under the Hudson River to New York City]
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad switcher 0-6-0B]
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[The Steamboat “Burlington”, which was previously named the “John A. Warner”]
This boat was built for Captain Jonathan Cone at the cost of $60,000 and ran between Philadelphia and Trenton. The boat transported troops and army supplies during the Civil War. Captain Cone also had several other ships built on the river. Captain Joseph Quicksall, who lived at 242 Wood Street, was captain of this boat for many years. He lived from 1841-1913. He and his son Fred were in the hardware and furniture business on Mill Street. His son became a minister and left the business. -
[Silver Lake with bridge]
Bath Road bridge over the Otter Creek, which flows from Silver Lake to the Delaware River. -
[Postcard: Radcliffe Street, St. Mark Church on left]
Inscription on back from Mrs. Albert Gran, 16th Altor Street, Hazleton, Pa. Message reads: "I got here safe. We got here at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I'll write later. Anna Gran." -
[Closson Hotel on Bath Street at Otter Street]
Trolley in view begins at Closson Hotel and runs to Doylestown. Hotel Closson was later called Keystone Hotel. Presently (1998) the hotel side is now the District Justice Office. -
[Drawing by W.B.R. entitled “W B. Rogers House as it was in 1860 south side"]
William B. Rogers (1840-1924). Sketch of the Rogers Homestead (off of Roger’s Road, Route 413, currently Winder Village). Four brothers in Rogers family. James and William engaged in cultivation of sage ledger books (within the Grundy Archive collections). The other two brothers Robert and Frank took over management of the grain mill (Mill Street, 400 block). -
[Class of 1935, Class Reunion held in Bristol High School Auditorium]
Stamped on back of photograph: "Whipps Studio of Photography, 325 Mill Street (Second floor), Phone 4736 Bristol, Pennsylvania."
Class List (as typed on back of photograph): **Irene Kontoft**, Anna Eastlack (ranked second), Robert Johnson (ranked third), Leonard Allman, Arthur Cherubini, Lewis Foell, Charles Luscisano, Paul Niccol, Franklin Parr, Frank Sabatini, Catherine Sebold, Harriet Stetson, Charlotte Abbott, Margaret Collier, Dorothy Lerman, Margaret Morrell, Loretta Smith, Ethel Snyder, Marjorie Marshall, Janice Muffett, Elwood Carlen, Alfred Fantuzzi, Franklin Silver, Ida Beegle, Emilio Colgan, Lillian Dries, Vera Howard, Dorothy MacSherry, Harry Berry, Joseph Dick, Albert Hey, Samuel Navetta, Gene Nichols, James Rue, Samuel Sirott, Margaret Simons, Anthony Embessi, Mary Brannigan, Eleanor Dyer, Jane McAuley, Mary Ross, Louise Smoyer, Thelma Welk, Rita Mcginley, Harriet Parr, Rosario Caro, Jack McBlain, Fred Venere, Elizabeth Bellerby, Irvine Coyle, Ruth Gentlemen, Ids(a?) Kissinger, Mary Marino, Herbert Brambley, Kenneth Dyer, Irvine Hetherington, Henry Neindorf, Ernest Orazi, Anthony Sabatini, Mitchell Spector, Gladys Smith, Ruth Welk, Josephine Campbell, Winifred Flynn, Virginia McIlvaine, Mary Simon, Mary Smoyer, Arline Woolman, Mary McGrath, Martha Praul, Joseph Coyle, Michael Palowez, Margaret Appleton, Grace Bono, Rose DiPalma, Viola Giberson, Marion Kreener. -
[Presbyterian Church, The Maybelle Hargrave/Hargrine Sunday School class]
Written on back tag: "Whipps Studio of Photography, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 'Better photographs--naturally.'" Group of women on the lawn in front of the Presbyterian Church, 225 Radcliffe Street, Bristol. None identified. -
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[Norman’s Gifts, Stationary, Greeting Cards, Office Furniture and Equipment at 416 Mill Street]
It was opened in 1929 by David and Rose Norman and later passed to their son Arnold. It closed circa 1995. In this night image taken by Whipp's Photography Studio, to the right would be the Grand Theater. -
[Postcard: Steel’s Mill]
Handwritten inscription on back: “Anna Gross. I will send some more to all of you as soon as I can. This is the Mill Bert and I work in. from Margaret.”
Located along the former path of the PA Railroad before it was elevated. Purchased after 1887, the mill manufactured men’s worsted fabrics. The mill was located between Washington and Lafayette Street along the canal. -
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[Portrait of unidentified man]
Possibly "Grandfather Thompson." -
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[The “Columbia” steamboat]
Built in Wilmington, Delaware, by Harlan & Hollingsworth Company. This was one of the larger steamboats on the upper Delaware River. The “Columbia” was operating in 1911 when Doron Green mentioned it in his book “History of Bristol” published that year. The photographer, William Hay, died in 1908, therefore the photograph must date prior to 1908. -
[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]. -
[Junior Mechanics, Bristol, PA]
"1896 Political year" written on back of photograph in red pencil. -
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[Elwood G. Minster, 3 years old]
Elwood lived from 1893-1936. Olivia Minster, "wife," lived from 1865-1919.