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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.
119-121 E. 6th St., Media, Pa.
Address: 119-121 E. 6th St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1908
Shows 119-121 E. 6th St. [Sixth] House (as of 2018) has been remodeled to have a stucco exterior and more overhang on the roofline, but the shape of the building and details surrounding these pictures confirm the location. Partial view of house…
119-121 E. 6th St., Media, Pa.
Address: 119-121 E. 6th St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1908
Shows 119-121 E. 6th [Sixth] St. House (as of 2018) has been remodeled to have a stucco exterior and more overhang on the roofline, but the shape of the building and details surrounding these pictures confirm the location. Partial view of house shows…
119-121 E. 6th St., Media, Pa.
Address: 119-121 E. 6th St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1908
Shows 119-121 E. 6th St. [Sixth] House (as of 2018) has been remodeled to have a stucco exterior and more overhang on the roofline, but the shape of the building and details surrounding these pictures confirm the location. Partial view of house shows…
119-121 E. 6th St., Media, Pa.
Address: 119-121 E. 6th St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1908
Shows 119-121 E. 6th St. [Sixth] House (as of 2018) has been remodeled to have a stucco exterior and more overhang on the roofline, but the shape of the building and details surrounding these pictures confirm the location. Partial view of house shows…
120. Commercial. Drexelbrook Inn and Lounge.
Date: 1954-07
The sign calls this a "Lodge." Address is approximate
127. 200 block Bevan St., Chester
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.
129. 100 block E. 2nd St., Chester
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.
133. Exterior. 100 block Kerlin St. Chester
Date: 1954-06
This shows the corner of Kerlin Street and Cherry Street. In 2019, a few of these houses still stood.
134. Exterior. 100 block Kerlin St. Chester
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.
135. 1700 block W. 2nd St., Chester
Address: 1706 W. 2nd St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1954-06
In 2019, only a couple of houses on this block still stood. Address is approximate.
138. South of Front St. on Yarnall St., Chester
Location: Yarnall St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1954-06
Yarnall Street below Front Street was closed, as of 2020.
139. Detached, new. 1300 block Town St., Chester Township.
Address: 1300 Townsend St., Chester, (Pa.)
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.
14, 16 and 18 West State Street, south side between Jackson and Plum streets
Address: 14-18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1969 (circa)
View shows Charlies Shoe Service (14), Jack's Used Furniture (16) and Tancreed's (18). Work van is from "Enjay Refrigeration, Phila., PA."
140. Multi, new. 2000 block Shannon St., Chester Township
Address: 2000 Shannon St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1954-06
By 2020, this block had been entirely reconstructed with new houses, probably by the Delaware County Housing Authority.
