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"3373--Administration Bldg., Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Shipyard building faced Farragut Avenue at Monroe Street, opposite the Commissary building -
"3374--Hotel Victory, Harriman, PA."
"Victory Hotel” was located in Harriman between Harriman and Garfield Streets. -
"Harriman Fire Department"
Vehicles and personnel in front, unidentified. -
"Harriman Fire Department"
Seated in front of station, men unidentified. -
"Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA."
Keystone Aircraft Corporation located on the former site of the Merchant Shipyard. -
"Merchants Ship Building Corporation Shipyards, Harriman, PA., showing the twelve ship ways"
80 acres was needed for the construction of merchant ships during World War I, an adjacent community called Harriman surrounded the shipyard. The site became home to aircraft factories after World War I. -
"Public school and Y.M.C.A. Bldg., Harriman, PA."
The school was located on Wilson Avenue where the current Bristol High School is now located (as of 2020). -
"Standard Cast Iron & Pipe Foundry, Radcliffe Street, Bristol Pennsylvania"
Foundry was located on the site of the future Merchant Shipyard compound. The foundry company erected houses in the vicinity for workers. That village was called “Foundry Town” and was located along streets at the time named Hayes, Cleveland, and McKinley. Houses were divided into three price classes, with Hayes having the lowest priced and McKinley having the most expensive. The business operated between 1906 and 1916 when the shipyard moved onto the site. -
"Traveling by Rail Bristol PA."
Unidentified man photographed on the tracks in Bristol at the Harriman section of the town. Photograph likely taken between 1911 and 1930 due to the absence of the electric overhead wires, which supplied power for the new electric engines after 1930. The factory on the left was the Bristol Paten Leather Co. owned by Bristol Burgess Clifford Anderson. -
"Victory Hotel, Harriman, Pennsylvania"
The Victory Hotel, which was built in Harriman (a town built for the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation), had three-stories. It was of the Spanish Mission Style. There were approximately 500 rooms. It was built on the west side of Farragut Avenue between Harriman and Garfield Streets. The building was removed, following the end of World War I. Part of the hotel was reassembled in Whiting, New Jersey. It became a 54 room dormitory building at the Keswick Colony, an institution for the rehabilitation of alcoholics. The Victory Hotel was originally sold for $31,000 to Thomas Morch of Philadelphia. The dismantling was started in 1923. -
“3380--Scene at a launching Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Hull #3 Watonwan in dry dock ready to be christened. -
[Aerial photograph of former Merchant Shipyard, at time of photograph Keystone Aircraft occupied the location]
Hangar located bottom right, housed the “Seabird” construction, Keystone’s seaplanes. -
[Averl Harriman with Scotsmen in uniform]
Written on front: "1. Averl Harriman, (former Gov. of New York and Ambassador) [tall man second from the right]. 2. Sir Harry Lauder (Scotch comedian) [man with white scarf]."
Averl Harriman was Chief Administrator of Merchant Shipyard at Harriman. He became Secretary of Commerce, 1946-1948 and he administered the Marshall Plan from 1948-1952. He served as Governor of New York from 1955-1958. Sir Harry Louder was a well known Scottish entertainer, who was knighted in 1919.
Other men unidentified. -
[Christmas Card: Harriman United Methodist Church--interior]
Inscription inside of card reads: “May you have the gladness of Christmas which is Hope, the spirit of Christmas which is Peace, the heart of Christmas which is Love.” Color Photography and natural color reproduction by WYCO Colour Productions, 410 Wyndon Road, Ambler, PA. Church formed 1918 at Bristol High School. 1923 it became a Methodist Church. -
[Color postcard: Delaware Valley Hospital]
On reverse: "The Delaware Valley Hospital is a non-profit general hospital serving Bristol and the surrounding areas of Bucks County, Northeast Philadelphia and adjacent New Jersey. Photography by Mel Davis, JJK-Copy Zrt. 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C." -
[Electric cranes on the twelve shipways of the Harriman Shipyard during WWI]
Buildings on the left are support buildings at the shipyard. The smokestacks at left are for the powerhouse.