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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. -
"Harriman Fire Department"
Seated in front of station, men unidentified. -
"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). -
[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. -
[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." -
[Peoples Ambulance, Bristol, PA]
Operating as an ambulance by 1907, this wagon was sold to O’Boyle’s Ice Cream Company in 1922 and became their first ice cream wagon.
From left: S. Valentine, H. Stephens, the Rev. Johnson, H. Brooks, H. H. Headley, and Serrill Douglas. John Wear is the driver. (Identification from "The Bristol Courier," October 20, 1953). -
[Peoples Ambulance, Bristol, PA]
Operating as an ambulance by 1907, this wagon was sold to O’Boyle’s Ice Cream Company in 1922 and became their first ice cream wagon. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1]
Bristol Fire Company No. 1 was founded 1857 located on Wood Street at Market Street. It served as Bristol’s first fire company. In 1875, a third story was added to house meetings of the Borough Council until 1926-27 when the municipal building was constructed. Engine doors of the building were also altered (at around the same time). Photograph taken before 1875 as the fire plug had not yet been installed on the street corner. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1 truck and members, Walter Moore in driver's seat]
Bristol Fire Company No. 1 was founded 1857 located on Wood Street at Market Street. It was the first fire company in Bristol. In 1875, a third story was added to house meetings of the Borough Council until 1926-27 when the municipal building was constructed. [Truck believed to have been purchased in 1910]. Walter Moore, seated in driver seat, was killed answering a fire in the Bensalem “Bridgewater” section at Haunted Lane when the truck was destroyed by a train. -
"Best Designed Float Hallowene Parade 1910, Winner A.H.H & L Co. No. 2, Bristol, PA."
American Hose Hook and Ladder Fire Co. No. 2 wagon float. This hose wagon was used in a Halloween parade in 1910 and was the winner of the “Best Designed Float” contest. [This is likely the carriage from fire company records that state in 1875 a carriage was built for them by Wilson and Randall Carriage Makers of Bath Street and was often used in parades.] The fire company was located at the corner of Pond and Mulberry Street. -
[Bristol Fire Company No. 1 steamer engine]
Archive contains three copies of this photograph. One copy reads on the back: "Lewis Loechner on right of picture."
Other copy reads: "Chas. E. Scott--in rear. Old cashier at Farmers Bank. Driver worked for John Tynne."
Man on left unidentified.