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1552. Media Water works with railroad bridge in background

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18196.jpg
Date: 1956-1957
Ridley Creek is on the left.

1553. Looking northeast on Baltimore Pike, towards Media, from west of Elwyn Road.

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Date: 1956-1957
Scrogie is visible behind the trees.

1554. Cars of skaters, Ridley Creek at Baltimore Pike.

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Date: 1956-1957
North of Baltimore Pike near pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.

1555. Cars of skaters, Ridley Creek at Baltimore Pike

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18199.jpg
Date: 1956-1957
North of Baltimore Pike near pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.

1556A. Skaters on pond formed by Palmer's Dam on Ridley Creek, just north of Baltimore Pike.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18200.jpg
Date: 1956-1957
Looking north of Baltimore Pike at pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.

1556B. Skaters on pond formed by Palmer's Dam on Ridley Creek, just north of Baltimore Pike.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18201.jpg
Date: 1956-1957
Looking north of Baltimore Pike at pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.

745. Row, new. Near Hook Road, Darby Township

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Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1956-09
Exact location uncertain.

802. Home for Aged. Brookwood.

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Date: 1956-04-27
This is the former Malin family homestead. Address is approximate. The building was on the west side of Ridley Creek Road, the same side as what is now called Louis Scott Park.

803. Home for Aged. Riddle Manor.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18169.jpg
Date: 1956-04-27

804. Home for Aged. Riddle Manor.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18170.jpg
Date: 1956-04-27

797. School. 17th and Chestnut, Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18167.jpg
Date: 1956-04
Stetser Elementary School

741. Industry. Newtown Square

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Date: 1956 (circa)
Location uncertain.

743. Darby Creek, Tinicum Marsh

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Date: 1956 (circa)
Delaware River and Little Tinicum Island are in the distance. This view may have been taken from over Folcroft.

744. Industry. Marcus Hook

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18165.jpg
Date: 1956 (circa)
Exact location uncertain.

Unidentified women at Campbell A.M.E. Church affair.

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Date: 1955-10
The affair was probably a wedding.

527. Shopping. Thornton

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18117.jpg
Date: 1955-09
Sign reads: "Quaker Friendly Food Stores"

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.

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.

659. Park. Wissahickon at Valley Green.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18161.jpg
Date: 1955-09
Valley Green Inn is in the background. The address is for this location. The Wissahickon Valley is part of Fairmount Park.

660. Park. Wissahickon.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18162.jpg
Date: 1955-09
The Wissahickon Valley is part of Fairmount Park.

459. Highway. In East Lansdowne, looking east on Baltimore Pike

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18090.jpg
Date: 1955-08
View is from railroad bridge that once crossed Baltimore Avenue just west of Hirst Avenue. Lansdowne Ice & Coal Company, on the right side of the photo, was at 500 E. Baltimore Avenue, opposite Melrose Avenue. Address is approximate.

460. Delaware County Highway. Baltimore Pike, at Lansdowne Ave., looking east

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18091.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Looking east on Baltimore Avenue from Lansdowne Avenue. Of all the buildings on the left side of the photo, only the church is still standing.

461. Shopping Center. On Baltimore Pike at Gladstone

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Date: 1955-08