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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…

541. Detached, new. Broomall, Sylvan Drive

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Date: 1955-06
Exact location uncertain

540. Detached, new. Broomall, W. Ann Rd.

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Date: 1955-06
Exact location uncertain

539. Shopping center. Looking east on West Chester Pike, Newtown Square.

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Date: 1955-06

538. Shopping center. Looking east on West Chester Pike, Newtown Square.

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Date: 1955-06

536. Open. On Providence Rd., south of Edgmont

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Date: 1955-06
Shows open land in Edgmont Township. Exact location uncertain.

533. Highway. Providence Rd. north of Sandy Bank School, Upper Providence Township.

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Date: 1955-06
Shows children crossing the road to get to the Sandy Bank School.

532. Highland Homes. Wayne

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Date: 1955-08
These buildings, which were low-income housing, no longer stand.

528. Detached, new. Near Thornton

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

527. Shopping. Thornton

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Date: 1955-09
Sign reads: "Quaker Friendly Food Stores"

526. Detached, new. Dilworthtown and Brinton Lake roads, Thornbury Township

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Date: 1955-08

525. Open. East of 202, on Dilworthtown Rd., looking east, Thornbury Township

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

523. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike from Brandywine Bridge, Chadd's Ford.

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Date: 1955-08
This lumber-yard, a former mill, later became home of the Brandywine River Museum.

522. Highway. Looking south on 202 just north of Baltimore Pike

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

521. Roadside stand. On Baltimore Pike east of 202.

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Date: 1955-08
Green Meadows Dairy Bar, offering "quality buttermilk, homemade ice cream," and "thick milk shakes". According to newspaper advertisements, this same building later housed Green Meadow Plants. It was just north (or east, as the caption reads) of…

520. Roadside. On Baltimore Pike west of Concordville

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

518. Detached, sample. West of Concordville on Baltimore Pike at intersection of Conchester Highway.

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Date: 1955-08
Three sample houses with prices under $4,000, and no money down. Exact location unknown.

517. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike at Concordville

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Date: 1955-08
Concordville Hotel is on the right.

516. Roadside. Looking east on Baltimore Pike from west of Chester Heights

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

515. Roadside. On Baltimore Pike west of Chester Heights

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain. Besides selling various vegetables, one sign offers sales of breeding stock of chinchillas.

514. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike at Chester Heights

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Date: 1955-08
Valleybrook Road is just past the Esso gas station.

513. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike east of Chester Heights

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Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain.

512. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike at cloverleaf, Lima.

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Date: 1955-08
The sign for the Clover Leaf Inn is on the right. The cloverleaf connects Route 352 (carried on the bridge) with Route 1.