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Northeast Corner of Wood & Market Streets - Bristol Fire Company No. 1
Owned by Bristol Fire Company Number 1 at time of survey. -
300 Pond Street - American Hose, Hook, and Ladder Company
Owned by Borough of Bristol 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. -
[National Lift Equipment building]
Formerly site of American Hose Hook & Ladder Company No. 2 firehouse. -
[National Lift Equipment building]
Formerly site of American Hose Hook & Ladder Company No. 2 firehouse. -
[National Lift Equipment building]
Formerly site of American Hose Hook & Ladder Company No. 2 firehouse. -
[National Lift Equipment building]
Formerly site of American Hose Hook & Ladder Company No. 2 firehouse. -
[National Lift Equipment building]
Formerly site of American Hose Hook & Ladder Company No. 2 firehouse. -
[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). -
[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. -
[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, 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). -
[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
[Possibly Bristol Red Cross building]
Donated with items belonging to Clara King family. -
[Possibly Bristol Red Cross building]
Woman unidentified.
Donated with items belonging to Clara King family.