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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. -
[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.]
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). -
[Dedication ceremony for Turnpike Marker 20T]
From left to right: Donald McCloskey Borough Council President; Gary Tosti, Bristol Mayor; Paul Ferguson RCHF President; Mr. Burtonwood, Mrs. Edith Burtonwood, and John Cordisco, PA State Representative in Harrisburg. -
[Dedication ceremony for Turnpike Marker 20T]
Paul Ferguson, President of the Radcliffe Cultural and Historical Foundation (later to be renamed Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation). -
[Dedication ceremony for Turnpike Marker 20T]
From left to right: Paul Ferguson, President of the Radcliffe Cultural and Historical Foundation (later to be renamed Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation); Mr. Burtonwood, Mrs. Edith Burtonwood. -
[Dedication ceremony for Turnpike Marker 20T]
From right to left: Alan Vogenberg, Mary Anchor, Carol Mitchener, Harold Mitchener, Bill Carter Mayor, [unidentified] Truelove, unidentified, Donald McCloskey, Frank Truelove. -
[Dedication ceremony for Turnpike Marker 20T]
Paul Ferguson (in the blue coat), Radcliffe Cultural and Historical Foundation (later to be renamed Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation) President; and John Cordisco, Representative in Harrisburg Capital. -
[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. -
"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. -
[Bristol’s 285th celebration parade]
Alan Vogenberg, RPH and Pearl Paleofica in front of Alan’s Pharmacy 595 Bath Street. -
[Jewish National Fund (JNF) event]
Seated, from left to right: Olive Brody, Elaine Wright, State Representative James Wright, Alan Vogenberg, Audrey Vogenberg.
Standing, from left to right: Joseph Canta (Secretary of PA State Board of Pharmacy), priest from Our Lady of Fatima, Irv Brody, Israel Consul Nimad Barkan, JNF V.P. Allan Marmon, BJC [Bristol Jewish Center] Rabbi Bruce Adler. -
[Parade float for Adams-Wildblood Inc., 1427 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA]
Young women on the float are advertising the first Kaiser Frazer 1947 car. -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #20.
Stamped on back of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #10.
Stamped on front of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #8.
Stamped on front of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
[Junior-Senior Prom at Bristol High School, circa 1949]
Numbered as photograph #5.
Stamped on front of photograph: "Creaser--Whipps Photographers. 325 ½ Mill Street Bristol, Pennsylvania Phone 4738." -
[Jane Rogers, Bristol Borough teacher and principal at her retirement celebration]
With her is Warren P. Snyder, Superintendent of Bristol Borough Schools. Miss Rogers had been principal of Washington Street School and Wood Street School. She made her home at 206 Jefferson Avenue. -
[Educators at a retirement dinner, 1952]
From left to right: Warren P. Snyder, School Superintendent, Jane Rogers, returning teacher/principal of Wood Street Elementary School, Harold W. Ferguson, high school chemistry teacher, and Edwina Sykes, high school Latin teacher. -
[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. -
"Dedication of new school, Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School. -
"Cornerstone of new school, Sept. 15, 1908, Bristol, PA"
Dedication of Jefferson Avenue School. -
"Laying cornerstone of new school, Sept. 15, 1908. Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School, William Grow on stage. -
"The new school dedication. Sept. 15, 1908, Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School. -
[Mill Street Wharf]
The tall ship was for one of the Historic Bristol Day activities. Patrons could go on the wooden ship and take a tour.