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Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003G.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003F.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003E.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003D.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003C.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003B.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003A.jpg
Date: 1917 (circa)

Collapse of covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek at Victoria Plush Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10001.jpg
Date: 1913-04
The Plush Mill Bridge collapsed April 20, 1913, when an 18-ton steamroller was crossing and crashed through the floor. See Chester Times, April 21, 1913 and a March 13, 1914 article about the lawsuit that ensued. Frank Lees caption: "Trolley…

Rockdale Wheelmen

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-09025.jpg
Date: 1897
Portrait of this bicycle club and some of their bicycles.

Baltimore Pike being widened

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-09022.jpg
Date: 1938-12-28
Loking east down to Ridley Creek Valley, from about where Black Horse Tavern once stood. Delaware County Court House is building atop the hill in the background.

Malin Homestead

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08055.jpg
Date: 1909 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "The Malin family homestead was located on Ridley Creek Road just South of the Red Bridge at Rose Tree Road, very near where the, Brookwood Home is today (12-7-85). The photo shows a date of 1785, however papers and grants show…

Idlewild Lane, with Frank Furness house on right, looking toward Gayley Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08054A.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)

Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08043.jpg
Location: None
Date: 1890 (circa)
Exact location unknown

Covered bridge over Ridley Creek at Sycamore Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08042.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Sycamore Mills, Library

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08041.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Not sure what "library" means.

Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08040B.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.

Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08040A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.

Old Upper Providence School #1

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08035.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
As of 2019, this building still stands. It is now a residence.

Sandy Bank School class portrait

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08034B.jpg
Date: 1909 (circa)
Partial IDs included; front row only. Copy of original photograph; courtesy of Harry Baile

Sandy Bank School class portrait

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08034A.jpg
Date: 1909 (circa)
Partial IDs included; front row only. Copy of original photograph; courtesy of Harry Baile

C. H. Marshall, Inc.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08033.jpg
Date: 1965 (circa)
Polaroid print. Sign reads: Coal, Lumber, Building Materials

Rose Tree Inn with Horses and Dogs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08031B.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Copy from unknown publication.

The old Rose Tree Inn, the original home of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08031A.jpg
Date: 1918
Signed "J.R.L.E 1918". Copy of original photograph; source not noted. Similar in Fields Family Collection.

Sandy Bank School bus

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08029.jpg
Date: 1950 (circa)

Covered Bridge over Crum Creek at Palmers Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08025.jpg
Date: 1920
See other photographs of Palmer's Mill.