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594. Row, new. Honan St., Chester

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Date: 1955-08
Corner of Honan and Lehman streets.

590. William Penn Homes, Chester

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain

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

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Date: 1955-08
Location based on newspaper research for The Hat Corner.

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

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Sign reads: "Shop in Chester. 10 cents for 3 hours." Exact location uncertain.

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

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Date: 1955-08
Edgmont and 2nd Street no longer intersect. Address is approximate.

584. Shopping. 300 block Market St., Chester

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Market Street is now Avenue of the States. Third street no longer intersects this street. Location uncertain.

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

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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.

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

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Date: 1955-08
No Schaeffer Street could be located on the modern map of Ridley Township and surrounding communities.

572. Highway. Industrial Highway, Eddystone.

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Location: Eddystone (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain; somewhere along PA-291.

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

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Date: 1955-08
Looking downstream on the Delaware River from Governor Printz State Park.

568. Museum. Morton House, Lincoln Ave., Prospect Park

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Date: 1955-08
The house is now part of Morton Homestead State Park.

567. Park. Norwood Park

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Date: 1955-08
The house is fronting on E. Winona Avenue, opposite what is now (2020) Lower Norwood Park. Exact location uncertain.

563. Row, 1954. Rear, Bennington Road, Folcroft

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

559. Row, 1954. 1900 block Carter Rd., Folcroft.

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Date: 1955-08
Possibly Carter Road and Delview Drive

558. Detached, sample. Walter Road, Darby Township

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Date: 1955-08
The location of this sample house is uncertain. Walter Road is probably Walters Avenue, in Sharon Hill.

554. Row, old. 600 block Keystone St., Colwyn

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Date: 1955-08
Address is approximate. Most of this row of small houses still stands.

552. Semi, old. 9th St., Darby

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Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
House number is either 33 or 55. Exact location uncertain.

551. Industry. Darby.

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Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
According to newspaper research, Saha Manufacturing Co. was located on Springfield Road near MacDade Boulevard., or MacDade and Chestnut Street. Exact location is uncertain..

550. Highway. MacDade Boulevard, from Chester Pike, Darby.

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Date: 1955-08
The building that earlier housed the car dealership on the right still stands (as of 2020).

548. Main Street, Darby

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Date: 1955-08
Looking from above Powell Road (on right) toward 9th St.

545. Shopping. On West Chester Pike, Broomall.

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Date: 1955-06
Broomall Barber Shop and Tony's Shoe Store. Datestone in building reads: Isaac Lawrence, 1817. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 30, this building stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Sproul Road. See…