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300 Pond Street - American Hose, Hook, and Ladder Company
Owned by Borough of Bristol at time of survey. -
Northeast Corner of Wood & Market Streets - Bristol Fire Company No. 1
Owned by Bristol Fire Company Number 1 at time of survey. -
Southeast Corner of Pond and Mulberry Streets - Municipal Building / Fire House, Bristol Municipal Building
Owned by Bristol Borough Municipal Building at time of survey. -
[Possibly Bristol Red Cross building]
Woman unidentified.
Donated with items belonging to Clara King family. -
[Possibly Bristol Red Cross building]
Donated with items belonging to Clara King family. -
[Fire Company No. 5’s Bachelor Club]
Top Row: Hetherington, Crawford, R. McBrian, W. Cooper, H. Stoneback, Disxon.
Middle Row: W. Warner, D. Spangler, P. Seltzer, J. Buck, R. [Nevergold], R. Louder.
Bottom Row: G. Heath, J. Carr, O. Herman, B. McIlvain. -
[Event unveiling plans for a new maternity wing at the Delaware Valley Hospital, Wilson Avenue and Pond Street]
The framed illustration is the new maternity wing being added to the hospital in 1959.
Pictured on the right is David Norman, Mill Street merchant and proprietor of Norman’s Stationary Company. On the left is Helen Hayes, Broadway actress from New York. She was appearing at the Bristol Playhouse, a summer theater in the former Grand Theater building. -
[Postcard: Parade on Mill Street in front of the Bristol News Agency (formerly 32 Mill Street)]
The wooden arch "Welcome Friend” (which was formerly across Radcliffe Street at Adam's Hollow Creek to welcome General Lafayette, September 8, 1824) is visible.
The marching unit is Bristol Fire Company No. 2, which was located at Pond and Mulberry Street. Building number 32 Mill Street is presently number 214 Mill Street.
The man on horseback is Walter Teedon, former owner of a grain feed and coal store at 529 Bath Street. -
[Parade in Bristol, possibly on Cedar Street showing a fire company group marching]
Based on the style of the cars on the street it would have been early twentieth century. With the trees in full bloom it was in summer. -
[Julian R. Bley, Sr. Memorial, on the grounds of Borough Hall]
This monument is in memory of all firefighters, police, and E.M.S. personnel who were killed in the line of duty. Presently there are three names on the monument, including Bley who died in 1984. -
[Field adjacent to the Commerce Park Shopping Center at US Route 13 and PA Route 413]
This field is next to the pond created for extra water. In the background is Lower Bucks Hospital on Bath Road. -
[St. Mark School, Radcliffe Street fire, dated 1970]
Between 1960 and 1971, when their new school opened, St. Mark students attended St. Ephrem School, Bensalem Township. The former school burned and was removed. Bristol Fire Co. No. 2 battled the blaze. The stone cross on the front roof was placed at the entrance of the new school property. Cross was moved to the school on the riverside in 2012.
(Date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from Bucks County Courier Times article dated March 9, 1970). -
[St. Mark School, Radcliffe Street fire, dated 1970]
Between 1960 and 1971, when their new school opened, St. Mark students attended St. Ephrem School, Bensalem Township. The former school burned and was removed. Bristol Fire Co. No. 2 battled the blaze. The stone cross on the front roof was placed at the entrance of the new school property. Cross was moved to the school on the riverside in 2012.
(Date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from Bucks County Courier Times article dated March 9, 1970). -
[St. Mark School on Radcliffe Street, fire in 1970]
St. Mark School Radcliffe Street fire dated 1970 (date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from the Bucks County Courier Times, article dated March 9, 1970). -
[St. Mark School on Radcliffe Street, fire in 1970]
St. Mark School Radcliffe Street fire dated 1970 (date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from the Bucks County Courier Times, article dated March 9, 1970). -
[St. Mark School on Radcliffe Street, fire in 1970]
St. Mark School Radcliffe Street fire dated 1970 (date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from the Bucks County Courier Times, article dated March 9, 1970). -
[St. Mark School on Radcliffe Street fire, firemen pumping water from the Delaware River]
St. Mark School Radcliffe Street fire dated 1970 (date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from the Bucks County Courier Times, article dated March 9, 1970).
Extra water was pumped from the Delaware River up the ramp that is adjacent to the Grundy Museum. -
[Firemen with truck, attending to the fire at St. Mark School, Radcliffe Street]
St. Mark School Radcliffe Street fire dated 1970 (date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from the Bucks County Courier Times, article dated March 9, 1970). -
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[Consolidated Fire Company, Station 50 fire truck, Memorial Day Parade]
The fire truck was photographed on Pond Street at an intersection with Wilson Avenue. -
[Bucks County Rescue Squad ambulance, Memorial Day Parade]
Photo was taken at Pond Street and Wilson Avenue. This ambulance is part of the fleet associated with Bucks County Rescue Squad of Bristol. -
[Bristol Fire Company, Station 51 fire truck, Memorial Day Parade]
Pond Street passing Wilson Avenue. -
[America Hose Hook & Ladder Co. No. 2, Ladder 25 fire truck, Memorial Day Parade]
Photo was taken at Pond Street and Wilson Avenue. -
[America Hose Hook & Ladder Co. No. 2 fire rescue truck, Memorial Day Parade]
Photo taken at Pond Street and Wilson Avenue. -
[Across from Fleetwings, Patriot Club presenting The Bucks County Rescue Squad with iron lung]
Article clipping included on back of photograph detailing the presentation, dated July 1945. -
[Alice Awole, Plant 1 nurse]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
"Harriman Fire Department"
Vehicles and personnel in front, unidentified. -
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"Harriman Fire Department"
Seated in front of station, men unidentified. -
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"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). -
[Postcard: Lower Bucks Hospital]
On back of postcard: "Lower Bucks County Hospital, Phone ST. 8-7801, Bristol, Penna. A non profit, accredited community hospital with 222 beds, and 57 bassinets. There are over 12,000 admissions every year. The hospitals auxiliary has 1300 members in 14 units, with over 300 volunteers in cherry red uniforms."
"Graphic Cards by Rubens, 51 Locust Lane, Levittown, Pa." -
[Harriman Hospital, built to serve the Merchant Shipyard Community (1917)]
Located at Wilson Avenue and Pond Street. Following World War I in 1922, it became a hospital operated by Dr. George T. Fox of Bristol. It was later enlarged to become Delaware Valley Hospital, which moved to Langhorne. -
[Postcard: Delaware Valley Hospital in the old Harriman Hospital building in the Harriman District of Bristol Borough]
On back of postcard: "Delaware Valley Hospital, Phone ST 8-8484, Bristol, Penna. A non-profit, accredited hospital, in the heart of Bristol, with 80 beds and 12 bassinets. There are over 3000 admissions yearly. The hospital has an auxiliary and 3 guilds with over 80 volunteers."
"Pub. by Graphic Cards by Rubens, 51 Locust Lane, Levittown, Pa." -
[Bristol’s first Town Hall, 1831-1938, located in the center of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street]
Decorated with American flags, Bristol Borough Police force standing on steps. -
[Bristol Police Force on Town Hall steps]
Photograph taken on the steps of Bristol’s old town hall (1831-1938).
In the top row are officers Saxton (left) and Munchnuff (right). In front (from left to right) are officers Bloodgood, Tyse, Boise, and Sackville.
Clipping attached to back of photograph: "Officers from Bristol's police force posed for this picture outside the town hall in 1918. The building is gaily decorated, perhaps for a parade or holiday." -
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[Bristol Borough Police Department cards]
Cards featuring: Chief Arnold Porter, Robert Lebo, Dominic DiRenzo, Anthony Comuso, Alan Hankinson, Peter Faight, Barry Davis, James Ellis, Charles Palmer. -
[Bristol Borough Police Department cards]
Cards featuring: William Lutz, Randy Morris, Joseph Moors, Carlos Rivera, Ritchie Webb, William Davis, TJ Martin, Steve Reeves, Elifa Soto. -
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