Browse Items (4670 total)
Sort by:
Items open in a separate tab. Close the tab to return to this list.
Aerial view of Lansdowne, Pa.
Location: Lansdowne (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking north on Lansdowne Avenue from the railroad overpass. Railroad cut is in the bottom left. Highland Avenue is on the right.
Aerial view of quarry, Glen Mills, Pa.
Date: 1935-1945
View shows the quarry at the intersection of Stoney Bank Road (curving in the bottom right) and Forge Road (just out of the picture at the bottom. Formerly known as General Crushed Stone, this quarry is now (2020) part of Hanson Aggregates, and is…
Aerial view of Swarthmore, Pa.
Location: Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows center of Swarthmore, the railroad station, and in the upper right corner, the lower end of the Swarthmore College campus.
Aerial view of Williamson School, Elwyn, Pa.
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-18054.
Aerial view of new houses under construction, probably Delaware County, Pa.
Location: Unknown
Date: 1935-1945
Two four-lane roads run adjacent to these new houses, and a creek runs in the upper left corner.
Aerial view of Darby, Pa.
Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
This view is looking in the opposite direction of looking in the opposite direction of P-18009.
Aerial view of Glenolden, Pa.
Location: Glenolden (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
intersection of Chester Pike and South Avenue and what is now SEPTA/Amtrak railroad line, Glenolden, showing campus of Mulford Biological Laboratories (part of Sharp and Dome).
Aerial view of Merion Golf Club, Haverford, Pa.
Location: Haverford (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Golf Course Road in foreground, looking southeast. Ardmore Avenue runs to the top of the photo.
Aerial view of Collingdale, Pa.
Location: Collingdale (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows St. Joseph's School in Collingdale in foreground, and Har Zion, Mt. Lebanon and Mt. Jacobs cemeteries in background. The school closed in 2010.
Aerial view of Haverford, Pa.
Location: Haverford (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View is looking north showing Haverford College campus and Haverford beyond, including large automobile factory at top center.
Aerial view of Chester, Pa.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The view shows Chester Creek and part of Chester's waterfront on the Delaware River. Edgmont Avenue is the diagonal street in the middle of the photo.
Aerial view of institutional building, probably Delaware County, Pa.
Location: Unknown
Date: 1935-1945
View shows what is probably a public high school, in a relatively undeveloped but gridded neighborhood. A football field is in the foreground.
Aerial view of Ardmore Avenue Elementary School and vicinity, Lansdowne, Pa.
Date: 1935-1945
The school still (2020) stands, with many additions.
Aerial view of Pennsylvania Military College and Chester, Pa.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking northwest showing Old Main building at PMC (now Widener University) and Chester, Pa. and vicinity.
Aerial view of Har Zion Cemetery and Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Darby Township, Pa.
Location: Darby Twp. (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
Aerial view looking north of Har Zion Cemetery, foreground, fronting on MacDade Boulevard, and Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. St. Joseph's School on Woodlawn Avenue is three-story building with tower in right center of photo.
Aerial view of Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Darby, Pa.
Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The church fronts on Main Street, Darby. The four-lane road is MacDade Boulevard, with Holy Cross Cemetery in upper left. The golf course is now gone, but one of the roads in the development that replaced the course is named Golf Road.
Aerial view of Chester Pike in Prospect Park and Glenolden, Pa.
Location: Prospect Park (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Chester Pike looking northeast from Summit Avenue in Prospect Park toward the SEPTA/Amtrak rail line overpass at South Avenue in Glenolden.
Aerial view of Sisters of Mercy Convent, Lower Merion Township, Pa.
Location: Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The convent is now on the campus of Waldron Mercy Academy
Aerial view of Collingdale, Pa.
Location: Collingdale (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows buildings that are now the Collingdale Borough community center and police station, at MacDade Boulevard and Clifton Street. Har Zion Cemetery is in the upper right corner of the photo.
Aerial view of Prospect Hill Baptist Church, Prospect Park, Pa.
Location: Prospect Park (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View also shows cemetery on Lincoln Avenue. Further along this avenue, on the opposite side of the street are a school building (now demolished), First United Methodist Church (remodeled and added onto since this photograph), and at 822 Lincoln…
Aerial view of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
Location: Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking south from College Avenue and Route 320, showing Swarthmore College dormitory building and Benjamin West House at top center
Aerial view of convent and public school, Sharon Hill, Pa.
Location: 300 Calcon Hook Rd., Sharon Hill (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
the 1909 Mueller map identifies the church and surrounding complex as the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus. The other building is the Sharon Hill School. Calcon Hook Road winds through the upper left. The entire site is now (2020) occupied by Academy…
Aerial view of Pennsylvania Military College
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
PMC is now Widener University. This view is looking north over building known as Old Main.