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Ridley Creek at Smedley’s Meadow

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08048.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known. See also P-08050 and P-08044.

Dam at Sycamore Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08047.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Along Ridley Creek

Group along Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08046.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Along Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08045.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Smedley’s Meadow

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08044.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Along Ridley Creek. See also P-08048 and P-08050 and P-08044.

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.

Ridley Creek below Duffs, Moylan, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08030.jpg
Location: Moylan (Pa.)
Date: 1908 (circa)
Red Ink photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Duffs may be the mill that now houses the borough offices for Rose Valley, Pa. It is possible that the…

Sandy Bank School bus

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

House opposite Media Park

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08026.jpg
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Frank Lees wrote that this house is now on what is known as the Upper Bank Nursery property. The property is…

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.

Barn on Hart Farm, Ridley Creek Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08024.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)
This barn still stands as of 2019, as part of the Alpenhof Bed and Breakfast.

Saw Mill at Sycamore Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08023.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
On Ridley Creek, but exact location uncertain.

Rose Tree Hotel

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08022.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
Print given to Frank Lees by Mrs. Warren Fisher, Oct. 11, 1971

Flood on Ridley Creek at Barren Road and Sycamore Mills Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08021B.jpg
Date: 1960-09-12
This flood was causd by Hurrican Donna, which skirted Delaware County but still dumped almost four inches of rain on the area.

Flood on Ridley Creek at Barren Road and Sycamore Mills Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08021A.jpg
Date: 1960-09-12
This flood was caused by Hurrican Donna, which skirted Delaware County but still dumped almost four inches of rain on the area.