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Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…
Edgemont Post Office, in store of “E. G. Peirce, dealer in general merchandise.”
Location: 5013 West Chester Pike, Edgmont (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption on reverse reads: "Edgemont, Pa. on West Chester Pike. Car line ran from 69th St. to West Chester along West Chester Pike." Donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sills), April 11, 1982. This building, which is no longer standing, was on the south side of…
Jackson Day Dinner, Chester Pa., 1916
Date: 1916-01-10
According to a front-page story in the Chester Times on January 11, 1916, this event, held January 10 in the Masonic Hall at 4th and Market streets, was a tribute by the local Democratic party to Andrew Jackson.
Immanuel Episcopal Church, New Castle, Delaware
Address: 50 Market St., New Castle (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.
Dutch House, New Castle, Delaware
Address: 32 E. 3rd St., New Castle (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.
Immanuel Episcopal Church, New Castle, Delaware
Address: 50 Market St., New Castle (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.
Town Hall, New Castle, Delaware
Address: 14 E. 2nd St., New Castle (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.
Creek at Claymont [Delaware]
Location: Claymont (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
This may be the South Branch of Naaman's Creek. One of eight photographs on two album pages.
Francisvale Home for Dogs at Devon, Pa.
Address: 328 Upper Gulph Rd., Radnor (Pa.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.
Francisvale Home for Dogs at Devon, Pa.
Address: 328 Upper Gulph Rd., Radnor (Pa.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.
Media, Pa.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1912
One of four cyanotypes. Exact location not noted, but may be along Ridley Creek.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction, with Chester (Pa.) to Bridgeport (N.J.) ferry
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1974-02
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1974-02
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1974-02
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Unidentified crowd scene, probably somewhere in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1910-1930
Untitled panoramic photograph showing large crowd gathered for what looks like a political event, perhaps the visit of the U.S. President. A large factory is on left, houses in the middle, and what appears to be a train station is on the left.…
111th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard, in France, 1918
Location: Dun-sur-Meuse (France)
Date: 1918-11-16
Copy of original: Signal Corps USA, Photograph number 38487. "Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs taken by the Signal Corps, U. S. A. (War Department Document No. 903, 1919; Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=daAtAAAAIAAJ) describes…
Media Athletic Association baseball team
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
Top row, left: Matthew Fox. Bottom row: left, Peter Riley; right, Albin Ottey