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Quarry, Chester, Pa

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1912
One of four cyanotypes. Exact location not noted.

Francisvale Home for Dogs at Devon, Pa.

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Francisvale Home for Dogs at Devon, Pa.

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Creek at Claymont [Delaware]

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Location: Claymont (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
This may be the South Branch of Naaman's Creek. One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Town Hall, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Immanuel Episcopal Church, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Dutch House, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Immanuel Episcopal Church, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

View on Brandywine Creek, probably in Delaware

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Location: Delaware
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Delaware County Friends of “Fritz” - Arcadia Cafe, Jan. 12, 1921.

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Date: 1921
Oversized photo of banquet at Arcadia Café . This is probably the restaurant opened in 1915, in Philadelphia's Widener Building on Penn Square, by Fritz Pflug--hence, the "Friends of Fritz." See "Restaurants," The Encyclopedia of Greater…

Jackson Day Dinner, Chester Pa., 1916

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Date: 1916-01-10
According to a front-page story in the Chester Times on January 11, 1916, this event, held January 10 in the Masonic Hall at 4th and Market streets, was a tribute by the local Democratic party to Andrew Jackson.

Edgemont Post Office, in store of “E. G. Peirce, dealer in general merchandise.”

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption on reverse reads: "Edgemont, Pa. on West Chester Pike. Car line ran from 69th St. to West Chester along West Chester Pike." Donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sills), April 11, 1982. This building, which is no longer standing, was on the south side of…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Octagonal Schoolhouse, Newtown Square, Pa.

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Date: 1906
This still stands on the grounds of the Dunwoody Retirement Community.

St. Thomas the Apostle Church

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Date: 1890 (circa)
Includes view of graveyard.

Concordville, Pa.

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Date: 1914 (circa)
Caption on reverse: Concordville, Pa. "The Village," looking westward, from Chester Road. Frank Lees notation indicates this is at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Concord Road.

St. David’s Church

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Date: 1899
Includes view of graveyard. Handwritten on reverse: St. David's Episcopal Church, Radnor, Del. Co., Pa., showing the tomb of General. Anthony Wayne in the centre and the tomb of H. Jones Brooke at left end of church. Photographed by Dr. Dickeson,…

Radnor Friends Meeting

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Date: 1898
Handwritten on reverse: Friends' Meeting House in Radnor, Del. Co., Pa. Built A.D. 1710, and occupied during the Revolution by soldiers Ten members of the Delaware County Institute of Science are shown in this picture. Photographed by Dr. Dickeson in…

Bonsall Bros. Hardware and Groceries, and Broomall Post Office

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Date: 1930 (circa)
Building erected 1817. Torn down 1965 or after. Gasoline pump also shown. 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. Address is approximate

Caleb Pusey House

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Date: 1899 (circa)

Last photo, Pennsylvania Military College Corps of Cadets

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Date: 1972-05-07
The college was renamed Widener College on July 1, 1972, at which time the PMC Corps of Cadets was replaced by a civilian ROTC unit (according to the Chester Times, April 7, 1972, page 1).

Boy Scouts of America, Prospect Park Troop #1

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Date: 1918-04-29
The boys are holding Bell Telephone directories. They are possibly standing in front of the gazebo in Prospect Park Square.