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Aerial view of Chester, Pa. and vicinity.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18032.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking north from Chester, with Media and Swarthmore in the distance.

Aerial view of Aldan, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18034.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View looking west on Providence Road. Diagonal in foreground is Springfield Road. Houses under construction are on Aldan Avenue, Walnut Avenue, and Magnolia Avenue (which has yet to be extended into this development.

Aerial view of Sisters of Mercy Convent and vicinity, Lower Merion Township, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18036.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
The convent is now on the campus of Waldron Mercy Academy

Aerial view, probably Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18037.jpg
Location: Unknown
Date: 1935-1945
View shows five-point intersection in relatively rural area.

Aerial view of Llanerch, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18038.jpg
Location: Llanerch (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows intersection of West Chester Pike (Route 3) and Township Line Road (Route 1)

Aerial view of Lansdowne, Pa. and vicinity

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18040.jpg
Location: Lansdowne (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The view is looking northwest. The street with the odd jog in the lower left is Bartram Ave. The large church sits on Baltimore Pike between Wycombe and Highland avenues.

Aerial view of Aston Township, Pa. and vicinity

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18043.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
This view shows the Delaware River and the built-up part of Chester and vicinity at the top. Part of Chester Creek is also visible. The intersection of Concord Road and Dutton Mill Road (running along the bottom of the photo) is in the lower left.

Aerial view Glenolden, Pa. and vicinity

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18044.jpg
Location: Glenolden (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Mulford Biological Laboratories (part of Sharp & Dome ) near the intersection of Chester Pike and South Avenue.

Aerial view of southwestern Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18045.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View shows showing wide area, including parts of Aston, Chester, Upper Chichester and other municipalities. The tank farm sits off the Conchester Highway (Route 322) and is bounded on the left by Pennell Road (Route 452).

Aerial view of Clifton Heights, Pa. and vicinity

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18046.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View shows intersection of Baltimore Pike and Springfield Road.

Aerial view of Newtown Square, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18047.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Liseter, home of a branch of the DuPont family, in foreground, and Aronimink Country Club, with its golf course, in the background. The two are separated by Route 252.

Aerial view of ballfields, probably Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18048.jpg
Location: Unknown
Date: 1935-1945
View shows combination football and baseball field, with bleachers set up for football

Aerial view of Folcroft, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18049.jpg
Location: Folcroft (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Folcroft School, facing on Elmwood Avenue at Primos Avenue, northeast corner. This is now (2020) the Folcroft Police Department and District Court.

Aerial view of Swarthmore, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18050.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
The school in upper right corner of photograph is at the intersection of College Avenue and Princeton Avenue. Top center of the photo shows the intersection of Princeton, Elm, and Swarthmore avenues. Swarthmore Avenue is the diagonal road that…