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140. Multi, new. 2000 block Shannon St., Chester Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18072.jpg
Date: 1954-06
By 2020, this block had been entirely reconstructed with new houses, probably by the Delaware County Housing Authority.

139. Detached, new. 1300 block Town St., Chester Township.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18071.jpg
Date: 1954-06
Town Street is probably Townsend Street. In 2019, the 1400 Block of Townsend is mostly intact and resembles the 1954 photograph. Address is approximate.

138. South of Front St. on Yarnall St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18070.jpg
Date: 1954-06
Yarnall Street below Front Street was closed, as of 2020.

136. 1714 Front St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18069.jpg
Date: 1954-06
This block, in 2019, was entirely vacant.

135. 1700 block W. 2nd St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18068.jpg
Date: 1954-06
In 2019, only a couple of houses on this block still stood. Address is approximate.

134. Exterior. 100 block Kerlin St. Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18067.jpg
Date: 1954-06
This view is looking across the railroad tracks and Front Street to the backyards of the houses in Kerlin Street. In 2019, most of these houses were no longer standing.

133. Exterior. 100 block Kerlin St. Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18066.jpg
Date: 1954-06
This shows the corner of Kerlin Street and Cherry Street. In 2019, a few of these houses still stood.

131. Alley

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18065.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1954 (circa)
Probably in Chester, Pa.

129. 100 block E. 2nd St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18063.jpg
Date: 1954-06
Corner of Bevan St. and E. 2nd St. Bevan St. no longer exists. It ran between Market St. and Welsh St. Address is approximate.

127. 200 block Bevan St., Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18062.jpg
Date: 1954 (circa)
Near Bevan St. and 2nd St. Bevan St. no longer exists. It ran between Market St. and Welsh St. Address is approximate.

120. Commercial. Drexelbrook Inn and Lounge.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18059.jpg
Date: 1954-07
The sign calls this a "Lodge." Address is approximate

118. Business, Diaper. Commercial. Pilgrim Gardens, Upper Darby Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18057.jpg
Date: 1954-07
Humpty Dumpty Diaper Service Co. truck in the Pilgrim Gardens neighborhood of Drexel Hill, Pa. Exact location not known.

116. Detached, 1954. Between Township Line Rd. and State Rd, Llanerch

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18056.jpg
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.

114. Semi, new. Old Lane, south of Township Line Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18055.jpg
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.

Aerial view of Williamson School, Elwyn, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18054.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
The school is now (2020) known as Williamson College of the Trades. The campus includes several buildings designed by architect Frank Furness. See also P-18022.

Aerial view of Darby, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18053.jpg
Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
See also P-18009 and P-18020

Aerial view of Drexel Hill, Pa. and vicinity

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18052.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
Diagonal road is Springfield Road. Baltimore Pike runs from left to right. The school complex at the left, on Diamond Avenue, included the smaller Clifton Heights Elementary School, which burned in 1974 after 103 years in service. After the fire,…

Aerial view of Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18051.jpg
Location: Yeadon (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View is looking north. Houses in upper right are on Yeadon Avenue.