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603. Industry and Residential. Cherry Tree Rd. and Chester-Concord Rd., Aston Township. Water tanks of Chester.
Date: 1955-08
Tanks are for the water supply of Chester, through the Chester Water Authority.
533. Highway. Providence Rd. north of Sandy Bank School, Upper Providence Township.
Date: 1955-06
Shows children crossing the road to get to the Sandy Bank School.
536. Open. On Providence Rd., south of Edgmont
Location: Edgmont Twp. (Pa.)
Date: 1955-06
Shows open land in Edgmont Township. Exact location uncertain.
545. Shopping. On West Chester Pike, Broomall.
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…
Southeast corner, State and Church streets
Address: 28 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1955 (circa)
Small house, 28 E. State St., was demolished.
Media Free Library Doll Display
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1955 (circa)
Mary Williamson, wife of board member C. Frank Williamson, is showing the doll to a woman and two Girl Scouts. These dolls (as of 2019) are in the collection of the Media Historic Archives Commission.
646. Industry. Curtis Publishing Co., Sharon Hill
Address: 2000 Elmwood Ave., Sharon Hill (Pa.)
Date: 1955 (circa)
This building now (2020) in an enlarged industrial park, houses the Delaware County Community College - Southeast Center.
Juanita Edwards
Address: 125 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1955
Daughter of Mary M. Edwards. On a swing at Media Friends School, winter of 1955
114. Semi, new. Old Lane, south of Township Line Road
Address: 2601 Bond Ave., Drexel Hill (Pa.)
Date: 1954-07
Location on slide is a few blocks off. This view, looking down from Township Line Road, is not Old Lane Street, but the alley street between Agnew Drive and Bryan Street. Hillcrest Elementary School is on the left. Address is for the school.
116. Detached, 1954. Between Township Line Rd. and State Rd, Llanerch
Address: 1035 Turner Ave., Drexel Hill (Pa.)
Date: 1954-07
View showing St Bernadette of Lourdes Catholic Church on Turner Avenue, from what is now (2019) the Dermond Recreation Area. Address is for the church.
118. Business, Diaper. Commercial. Pilgrim Gardens, Upper Darby Township
Location: Drexel Hill (Pa.)
Date: 1954-07
Humpty Dumpty Diaper Service Co. truck in the Pilgrim Gardens neighborhood of Drexel Hill, Pa. Exact location not known.
120. Commercial. Drexelbrook Inn and Lounge.
Date: 1954-07
The sign calls this a "Lodge." Address is approximate
Unknown house, possibly Darby or Chester
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1954-07
No label on slide. Possibly 800 block of W. Mary St., Chester