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Postcard: "Post Office, Bristol, PA."
On back of postcard: "Published by Post Card Distributing Co., Philadelphia, PA. Made in U. S. A." -
Southeast Corner of Pond and Mulberry Streets - Municipal Building / Fire House, Bristol Municipal Building
Owned by Bristol Borough Municipal Building at time of survey. -
220 Pond Street - Bell Telephone Building
Owned by Bell Telephone at time of survey. -
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. -
Postcard: "Government Building -- Bristol, PA." [Bristol Post Office]
On back of postcard: "Published for Nichols Photo Service, Bristol, Pa. by the Collotype Co., Elizabeth, N. J. and N. Y."
Built in 1914 at Beaver and Prospect Streets at a cost of $75,000. Bristol’s previous post office was on Radcliffe Street at Market Street. Bristol’s first post office was on Mill Street, started in 1790. -
Postcard: "Municipal Building--Bristol, PA"
Bristol Borough Municipal Building opened in 1927, including the fire company and engines, were a gift to the Borough by Joseph R. Grundy. Located at Pond Street and Mulberry Street, it replaced the old town hall which was located in the middle of Market Street facing Radcliffe Street.
On reverse: “Published for Nichols Photo Service. Bristol Pa. by the Collotype Co. Elizabeth N.J. and N.Y. -
[Bristol Borough Municipal Building at Mulberry and Pond Street]
This picture was taken at the Mulberry Street door which is the present Police Department entrance. The photographer was in the Fire Company No. 2 building across the street when taking the picture. The speaker is believed to be Leslie Kilcoyne, a lawyer whose office was in the Closson/Keystone Hotel building on Bath Street. In front of the speaker are members of the Rober W. Bracken Post No. 382 American Legion. The men on the platform wearing metal helmets are members of the American Legion.
Photograph Taken by Nichols Studio, based at 112 Wood Street, Bristol, PA. -
"Radcliffe St., Bristol, PA"
Stone house on left, just beyond houses with awnings, is the Galzarano Funeral Home opposite Franklin Street. The next building on the left is Bristol Water Company, organized 1874. The taller pipe is for water and the lower one is part of the power system (note smoke coming from lower stack). Picture taken before 1932 when the trolley stopped operation. -
Postcard: "United States Post Office, Bristol, PA."
Bristol Post Office, Beaver and Prospect Street location
Inscription on back from Bristol photographer Joseph Cuttone, stamped 1943.