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[Three-story white house with black shutters. In front are two people in a horse carriage]
This photograph is pasted to the back of image 7.12b.098. -
[Unidentified family outside of house with horses and carriage]
Six men and a young woman in front of Queen Anne style house with stained-glass block-edged windows. Out building most likely barn and two of the males with horses to the right. One male with bike to the left. -
Postcard: "Main Street, Bristol, Pa." [Mill Street]
Main Street (Mill Street) looking towards the Delaware River. There are electric trolley tracks down the middle of Mill Street. The trolley was used between 1900-1932. This trolley ran from Philadelphia via Bristol to Morrisville. Bus transportation replaced the trolley in 1933. -
[Postcard]: "Mill Street, showing Forest Theatre, Bristol, PA."
The Forrest Theater is on the right. In 1928 it was replaced by a theater called the Grand Theater. This image was made looking toward the Delaware River. This is the main business street called Mill Street. Note the trolley tracks in the middle. The trolley connect Philadelphia and Morrisville via Bristol between 1900 and 1932. -
Postcard: "Mill Street, looking North, Bristol, Pa."
Mill Street facing north toward Otter & Bath streets. On the left is Whitaker’s Shoe and Foot Wear store. They were there between (1905-1921). Their address was 218-222 Mill Street. In the middle of the street are electric trolley tracks. They operated (1900-1932). The car appears to have a chauffeur with uniform in the front seat. -
"300 Block of Mill Street, Bristol, PA. 1908"
Mill Street at Wood Street. For many years it had been Winter’s Appliance Store. -
"Mill St. Bristol"
Photograph taken from the corner of Cedar and Mill Streets looking towards Bath Street. Keystone Hall/Chase House Hotel is in view at the end of Mill Street. Trolley tracks date the picture between 1900-1932, when the trolley was in use. -
Postcard: "Mill Street, Business District, Bristol Pennsylvania"
Mill Street looking towards Delaware River. McCrory's was a five and ten cent store at the corner of Mill and Wood Streets. -
Photocard: "Mill Street, Bristol, Pa."
View of Cedar & Mill Streets, looking toward Bath and Otter Streets. Visible in the distance is a trolley car. -
Postcard: "Radcliffe Street from Mill Street, Bristol, Pa."
This is in the first blocks of Radcliffe Street after turning left from Mill Street. At the corner of Radcliffe and Mill is the King George II Inn, which is on the right side of the image. The trolley car track in the middle ran from Philadelphia to Morrisville via Bristol between 1900-1932.
The red tower on the top of the building on the left was the ‘Old Town Hall’ which stood between 1831-1938. It was in the middle of Market Street at Radcliffe Street. -
[Bristol Post Office at Radcliffe and Market Streets]
Bristol Post Office (until 1914) located at Radcliffe and Market Street. The second floor was a lecture hall. Note the electric trolley tracks (1900-1932) on the street. The new post office opened at Beaver and Prospect Streets in 1914. -
[Radcliffe Street between Market and Mill Streets in the snow]
The former Bristol Theater (Movie House) has been replaced by the Bristol Riverside Theater. The tallest structure is the King George II Hotel, called the Delaware House in the photograph. The facades of the buildings between the theater and the hotel have been altered. At the end of Radcliffe Street where it intersects with Mill Street is the former Bristol House. -
Postcard: "Road Marker, Bristol, Pennsylvania"
Marker is on Otter Street. On the right is Old Bristol Pike and Rohm & Haas Chemical Factory (now called Dow-Chemical). -
"Radcliffe St., Bristol, PA."
House at corner of Radcliffe and Mulberry Streets. 301 Radcliffe Street is opposite the Dorrance house. It once held the office of Dr. Bisbee, eye doctor. It was burned by fire and a house was built in 2017. -
"Coleman House, Bristol, PA."
Radcliffe Street looking Northeast.
Left: the Coleman House, later called The Temperance House, followed by the Silbert House, As of 2016 it is an Italian Restaurant called Annabella’s. On the left, beyond the hotel and two small buildings, is the old Town Hall (note bell tower). This building sat in the middle of Market Street facing the Delaware River. It was built in 1831 and removed in 1938. The old bell is on the lawn of the present Municipal Building opened in 1927. Note the tracks for the electric trolley line in the middle of the street. This trolley line connected Philadelphia and Morrisville via Bristol between 1900 and 1932. Gasoline powered bus transportation replaced the trolley. -
"Radcliffe St. Bristol, PA."
This image is in the 200 block of Radcliffe Street. Number 244 is the Farmers’ National Bank, built in 1818 for Joseph Craig. In 1823 it was purchased by the bank. As of 2017 it is Wells Fargo Bank. The electric trolley tracks were there from 1900-1932.
On back of postcard, addressed to "Miss Elizabeth Harzell, Salfordville, Pa. Montg. Co."