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Postcard: "First air mail leaving Bristol, PA"
Fleetwings’ F501 Seabird, License NC 16918, flying the first airmail from Bristol, PA to Philadelphia. Shown leaving Bristol Wharf. -
[Wedding portrait of unidentified couple]
Photograph was found in Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation Building (formerly Travel Club building) at 321 Cedar Street. -
[Unidentified couple on their wedding day]
Photograph found at the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation Building, 321 Cedar Street, Bristol, PA. -
[Unidentified colonial reenactors]
On back of photograph: "Never-Fade panel art prints Reg. May 2 1939 Photo art co., Inc. Trenton, N.J." -
[Theodore B. Wallin on his 90th birthday, April 8, 1987, with Judith]
Woman's surname unknown. -
[The Reverend Stanley Glafelter of St. James Episcopal Church at a reenactment of a Bristol Borough Council Meeting held at King George II Inn]
This Inn was the original meeting place of the Council. The event was sponsored by Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation. -
[The “Pride of Baltimore I” sails up the Delaware River to Bristol]
The smoke stacks in the background are at the Public Services of New Jersey at Burlington.
Stamped on back: "Sircely Jun 19 1980." -
[The "Pride of Baltimore I” sailing ship]
Crew member on board firing a salute to shore.
Stamped on back: "Sircely Jun 19 1980." -
[The "Pride of Baltimore I” sailing ship]
The second ship and its occupants are unidentified.
Stamped on back: "Sircely Jun 19 1980" -
[Testimonial Dinner for Walter Strang]
Standing at head table (from left): unidentified, Mary Costello, Sherlock Hackly, Charlotte Gade, Walter Strang, Betty Wetherill, Fallon, Boyd, assistant plant superintendent.
Seated at left table (identified): first on left: Alexander, third on right: Ann Swift.
Seated at right table (identified): Mary Keene, back left corner in front of Fallon, and Ed Yoaim back right corner. -
[Tent set up at one of the earliest Historic Bristol Days]
There was a vacant lot across Radcliffe Street from the Grundy Library. It was were crafts were displayed and sold. As of 2017, four house are there. -
[Ship docked at Bristol Wharf for Historic Bristol Day]
This tall ship was from Philadelphia. It was sailed to Bristol for the annual Historic Bristol Day in October. People were permitted to go aboard. -
[Sheawood Anne [illegible] Winner-Dance]
Sidney Lahern, Len Ulan, Allen Weisbord. Others unidentified. -
[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. -
[Rho Pi Phi Beta Galen Chapter, Pledge Banquet, Golden Slipper Restaurant, Philadelphia]
From left to right: Lou Milner, Hy Bogash, Len Greenberg, Vice Chancellor; "me," Jerry Finklestein, Chancellor; Jack Katz, Chairman of the State Board of Pharmacy; Bill Levin, Exchequer.
Basil L. Smith System Publication Engraving customer slip affixed to back. -
[Reenactors for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown]
Alan Vogenburg (far right) offers cornbread to group who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. The photo was taken in front of 311 Radcliffe Street (which pre-dated the American Revolution), Alan represented the BCHF. -
[Reenactors for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown on Radcliffe Street]
Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. The group is traveling by 319 Radcliffe Street.
Men unidentified -
[Reenactors for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown at 910 Radcliffe Street]
Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. The group is stopping at the oldest known house (910 Radcliffe Street) in Bristol to eat.
Men unidentified -
[Reenactors at BCHF for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown]
Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. They are in front of the Borough sign adjacent to the “Villas at Riverview” house. They camped on the property of the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation (BCHF) at 321 Cedar Street for those nights. The society provided their meals.
Men unidentified. -
[Radcliffe Cultural and Historical Foundation (now Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation) rededicating a replica mile marker (20-T) from the original Frankford Turnpike]
Photograph located on Radcliffe Street next to the old Fleetwings building. W. Paul Ferguson was the organization’s president and conducted the ceremony. This mile marker was lost during the demolition and construction on the site. Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation had plans to replace another replica when construction is completed.
Back row (from left to right): unidentified members of a Boy Scout Troop, Louis Quattorocchi.
Front row (from left to right): Donald McCloskey (Borough Council), Gary Totsi (Mayor of Bristol Borough), W. Paul Ferguson (Organization president), Mr. and Mrs. Burtonwood, and Pennsylvania State Representative John Cordisco, 140th District. -
[Portrait of unidentified bride]
Photograph was found in the Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation Building (formerly Travel Club building), 321 Cedar Street. -
[Picnic of former Lower Bucks County Council of Republican Women at Washington Crossing Park]
Front: fifth, Sarah Cooper, seventh, Evelyn Vandergrift.
Middle Row: second, Ann Wichser.
Back Row: second, Helen Borchers Campbell, third, Ms. Borchers, seventh, Helen Wood, ninth, Minerva Epstein, thirteenth, Cecelia [Linton], fourteenth, Ms. Lynn.
Others unidentified. -
[Picnic of former Lower Bucks County Council of Republican Women at Washington Crossing Park]
Front, from left: fifth, Sarah Cooper.
Back, from left: first, Mrs. Lynn, second, Helen Borcher, eighth, Ms. Borcheis, twelfth, Helen Wood, fifteenth, Cecelia [Linton], eighteenth, Minerva Epstein.
Others unidentified. -
[Parade float for Adams-Wildblood Inc., 1427 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA]
Young women on the float are advertising the first Kaiser Frazer 1947 car. -
[Parade at Mill and Pond Streets on George Washington’s Birthday]
Coach has actors portraying President George Washington. Corner building had several businesses including Popkin's Shoe Store.