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Postcard: "Saint Mark's School--Bristol, PA."
Opened 1888, closed 1969, burned in 1970. In 1972 a new school opened on Radcliffe Street opposite the St. Mark Church. -
Postcard: "Public School, Tullytown, PA. The Ess an Ess Photo Co., 19 E. 17th St., New York, N. Y."
It had a classroom on each floor. A second one-room school was built adjacent. The donor, Dora Colville, taught there between 1938-1952. The school has been demolished. Students from Tullytown attended Pennsbury School District. -
Postcard: "Otter St., Bristol, PA."
Otter Street looking toward Bath Street. Left foreground is the interior of Swain Street. Otter Street School is right (center of photo). Photograph taken between 1900-1932 as trolley tracks are visible. -
Postcard: "Jefferson Avenue, showing Public School, Bristol, Pa."
School was opened in 1909.
Multiple copies available within the collection.
One copy has the inscription: "May 6, 1915, 307 Washington St., Bristol, Pa. Hello There, Did you rec'd your grass I send you last week. William Duncan (v. soon)." Addressed to "Mrs. Howard Lewis, Aquetong, Bucks Co., Pa."
Another copy reads: "Dear [Bao] and family, did you get word about poor Uncle Wm dying Sunday night at about 11 o'clock. Funeral at 130 Wed--afternoon. He surely was a patient sufferer. Hope you are all well as this leaves us all well except [Joe]. Love to all from [Mallie]." Addressed to "Mrs. G. W. Keller, Norfolk, Va. R.J. D. No. 1." Stamped February 27, [1915]." -
Postcard: "Jefferson Avenue from Pond Street, Bristol, PA."
Jefferson Avenue School was opened in 1909. It is the first building on the left. -
Postcard: "High School Building, Bristol, Pa."
Inscription on back of postcard reads: "Government built-High School. After the war. The borough of Bristol bought it from the Government." -
Postcard: "Birds Eye View of West Bristol, Bristol, Pa."
Row of houses in foreground is on Swain Street and was known as Berke’s Row. Bath Street School is in center. Photograph taken before 1910 as railroad has not been built--Silver Lake is larger.
Inscription on back of postcard reads: "See you next Saturday." Addressed to "Miss Elizabeth [Hartzell], Salfordville, Pa., Montg. Co." Stamped on August 4, Bristol. -
Postcard: "Bath St. School, Bristol, PA."
Erected in 1881. This was the fourth public school opened in Bristol. Between 1881 and 1894, the upper floor was used as high school classroom. When a new school was opened in 1894 on Wood Street, high school classes moved there. Warren Snyder school opened on Buckley Street in 1956. This school closed and became a warehouse for Dries Furniture Store at Mill and Pond Streets. A fire destroyed the building in 1973 and it was torn down. Three duplex houses occupy the site as of 2002. Photo is pre-1910 as the railroad is not yet visible beyond the school. -
Illustration: "Friends School House, 321 Cedar Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania"
"Built in 1874. Now the home of the Travel Club."
This was built in 1874 as a one-room school house built for the Friends (Quaker), and was sold to the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation, Inc. in 1991. The artist Michele Pavone is the daughter of Joseph Pavone, a founder of B.C.H.F. -
Bristol High School Yearbook 2003: Les Memoires
"Through the Years 1983-2003"