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"Cornerstone of new school, Sept. 15, 1908, Bristol, PA"
Dedication of Jefferson Avenue School. -
"Dedication of new school, Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School. -
"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. -
"John Bull No. 1, The Oldest Locomotive in America"
"First put in service on the Camden & Amboy Railroad, November 12 of 1831, Schenck's Railroad at Croydon, PA."
Photograph taken at Schenck’s Railroad at Croydon, PA named for Dr. Schenck, who owned a lot of land in that area. This station was located about 1,000 feet north of the present (2000) Croydon station. -
"Laying cornerstone of new school, Sept. 15, 1908. Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School, William Grow on stage. -
"Lower Bucks Hospital building site"
The hospital opened in 1954, located on part of the Bath Mineral Springs on Bath Road opposite Silver Lake (formerly the Mill Pond). -
"Queen of the Bristol Frolic, Oct. 29-30-31-1923"
Jane Ferry, Queen of the Bristol Frolic. She was one of six selected by the judges to represent Bristol fire companies in the Frolic Queen Contest. The others were Alice Yates, Dorothy Trude, Mary Friel, Marion DeLong, and Louise Hammond. Photo taken by Nichols Photography Studio. Photo location on Mill Street, between Old Route 13 and Pond Street. -
"Queen of the Bristol Frolic, Oct. 29-30-31, 1923"
Jane Ferry, Queen of the Bristol Frolic. She was one of six selected by the judges to represent Bristol Fire Companies in the Frolic Queen Contest. The others were Alice Yates, Dorothy Trude, Mary Friel, Marion DeLong, and Louise Hammond. Photo taken by Nichols Studio. Photo location on Mill Street, between Old Route 13 and Pond Street. -
"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. -
"The new school dedication. Sept. 15, 1908, Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School. -
"V.F.W. -- Ceremony -- back of motel off Rt. 13"
Joseph Korz -
"Winifred Tracy -- bridesmaid" [second from right]
Others unidentified -
["Pride of Baltimore I" docks at Bristol Wharf]
The ship visited as part of Bristol’s kick-off to the Tricentennial Celebration. The ship and captain were lost in a storm near Puerto Rico in 1986.
Stamped on back: "Sircely, Jun 19 1980." -
[1939 parade going north on Radcliffe Street at Walnut Street]
From left to right, buildings: Elks Headquarters (1911-1979), Dr. Flood’s dental office, and former home of Dr. Fox, owner of Bristol General Hospital. Parade was celebrating George Washington’s birthday. -
[275th Anniversary of Bristol Celebration]
Photo stamped on back with "Rohm & Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA. October 19, 1956."
Photograph taken at the corner of Mill and Pond Streets. Sitting on the Buick are Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nichols, of Nichols Photography shop, located opposite of where the photograph was taken. -
[A parade float turning the corner from Pond Street on to Jefferson Avenue, traveling to Radcliffe Street]
Note the building at Jefferson Avenue and Pond Street with the metal awning over the sidewalk--a grocery store. This warmer weather image may have been a celebration at the conclusion of World War II (1945) with a parade. -
[A retirement of three Bristol teachers]
From left to right: Annie M. Heritage, Jefferson Avenue principal and teacher, Mable Staley, teacher/principal at Harriman Elementary, and Olive Stoner, elementary art teacher. Photograph taken at Snyder School multi-purpose room. -
[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. -
[Bagley Art Exhibit at Tracy Mansion, 519 Buckley Street]
Photo taken outside looking inward. Bill Pezza introduces artist Joe Sagolla and Harold Mitchener. The exhibit was a fundraiser for the Bristol Highschool Education Fund. -
[Bagley Art Exhibit at Tracy Mansion, 519 Buckley Street]
Fundraiser for the Bristol High School Education Fund.
Pictured is one of the speakers, Harold Mitchener, Maryann Smoyer in front, and seated in green is Karen Dopson. -
[Bagley Art Exhibit at Tracy Mansion]
Fundraiser for the Bristol High School Education Fund.
Woman standing second from left in the back with colorful jacket is Mary Gesualdi, to her right is husband Mark Gesualdi. -
[Bagley Art Exhibit at Tracy Mansion]
Fundraiser for the Bristol High School Education Fund. -
[Bagley Art Exhibit fundraiser at Tracy Mansion, 519 Buckley Street]
Fundraiser for the Bristol High School Education Fund.
From left: Mark Gesualdi, Harold Mitchener (one of the speakers), Carol Long, and Allen Cross. -
[Bagley Art Exhibit fundraiser, Tracy Mansion, 519 Buckley Street]
Fundraiser for the Bristol High School Education Fund.
Pictured is Kristen Faight speaking with school vice principal James Esposito. -
[Barbecue-on-the-River Festival]
Tents are vendors and barbecue sites. The Mill Street parking lot was one-third filled with the tables and tents. -
[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]
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]
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.