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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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568. Museum. Morton House, Lincoln Ave., Prospect Park

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18136.jpg
Date: 1955-08
The house is now part of Morton Homestead State Park.

571. River. From Governor Printz Park, downstream, Essington.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18137.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Looking downstream on the Delaware River from Governor Printz State Park.

572. Highway. Industrial Highway, Eddystone.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18138.jpg
Location: Eddystone (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain; somewhere along PA-291.

577. Detached, exterior. Emlen St., Fairview Redevelopment Area, Ridley Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18139.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain

579. Detached, exterior. Schaeffer Ave., Fairview Redevelopment Area, Ridley Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18140.jpg
Date: 1955-08
No Schaeffer Street could be located on the modern map of Ridley Township and surrounding communities.

580. Dump. West of Bullen's Lane, north of Chester Pike, Ridley Township.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18141.jpg
Date: 1955-08
This dump was adjacent to Ridley Creek.

583. Parking. Bethel Court Redevelopment, 3rd and Market, Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18142.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Scott Paper is in the background; the water tower resembles a roll of "Soft Weve" toilet tissue. Market Street is now Avenue of the States. Third street no longer intersects this street. Location uncertain.

584. Shopping. 300 block Market St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18143.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Market Street is now Avenue of the States. Third street no longer intersects this street. Location uncertain.

585. Commercial. Commission Row, 200 block Edgmont, Chester. To be redeveloped.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18144.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Edgmont and 2nd Street no longer intersect. Address is approximate.

586. Chester municipal lot, near P.R.R., west of business district

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18145.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Sign reads: "Shop in Chester. 10 cents for 3 hours." Exact location uncertain.

587. Railroad. Pennsylvania railroad at Market St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18146.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Location based on newspaper research for The Hat Corner.

588. Shopping. 600 block Edgmont Ave., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18147.jpg
Date: 1955-08

590. William Penn Homes, Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18148.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain

593. Row, new. Near Honan St., Chester.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18149.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Address is approximate

594. Row, new. Honan St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18150.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Corner of Honan and Lehman streets.

596. Row, 1954. Concord Park on Bethel Road, Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18151.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain. Perhaps Peoples St. or Coples St.

597. Row, 1954. Rear, Bethel Road, Concord Park, Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18152.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain. Perhaps Peoples St. or Coples St.

601. Industry. From Naaman's Creek Rd., Upper Chichester Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18153.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

602. Industry and Residential. Off Cherry Tree Rd., Aston Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18154.jpg
Location: Aston (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

603. Industry and Residential. Cherry Tree Rd. and Chester-Concord Rd., Aston Township. Water tanks of Chester.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18155.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Tanks are for the water supply of Chester, through the Chester Water Authority.

612. Construction. Lawrence Park, Marple Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18156.jpg
Date: 1955-09
Houses under construction. Exact location uncertain.

640. Darby Creek, north of Bryn Mawr Ave., Radnor Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18157.jpg
Date: 1955-09
Location uncertain. This may be the bridge on Goshen Road or on Saw Mill Road at Darby Paoli Road.

646. Industry. Curtis Publishing Co., Sharon Hill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18158.jpg
Date: 1955 (circa)
This building now (2020) in an enlarged industrial park, houses the Delaware County Community College - Southeast Center.

654. Street. Harper and State Rd., Drexel Hill. Slight jog, faulty planning.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18159.jpg
Date: 1955-09
This jog still exists as of this writing, in 2020.

656. Row, old. N. Lawrence Rd., across from Lynnewood School, Havertown

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18160.jpg
Date: 1955-09
Address is for the closest house in the row.