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Aerial view of Har Zion Cemetery and Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Darby Township, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18011.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
Aerial view looking north of Har Zion Cemetery, foreground, fronting on MacDade Boulevard, and Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. St. Joseph's School on Woodlawn Avenue is three-story building with tower in right center of photo.

Aerial view of Pennsylvania Military College and Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18012.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking northwest showing Old Main building at PMC (now Widener University) and Chester, Pa. and vicinity.

Aerial view of Ardmore Avenue Elementary School and vicinity, Lansdowne, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18013.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
The school still (2020) stands, with many additions.

Aerial view of institutional building, probably Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18014.jpg
Location: Unknown
Date: 1935-1945
View shows what is probably a public high school, in a relatively undeveloped but gridded neighborhood. A football field is in the foreground.

Aerial view of Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18015.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The view shows Chester Creek and part of Chester's waterfront on the Delaware River. Edgmont Avenue is the diagonal street in the middle of the photo.

Aerial view of Haverford, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18016.jpg
Location: Haverford (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View is looking north showing Haverford College campus and Haverford beyond, including large automobile factory at top center.

Aerial view of Collingdale, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18017.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View shows St. Joseph's School in Collingdale in foreground, and Har Zion, Mt. Lebanon and Mt. Jacobs cemeteries in background. The school closed in 2010.

Aerial view of Merion Golf Club, Haverford, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18018.jpg
Location: Haverford (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Golf Course Road in foreground, looking southeast. Ardmore Avenue runs to the top of the photo.

Aerial view of Glenolden, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18019.jpg
Location: Glenolden (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
intersection of Chester Pike and South Avenue and what is now SEPTA/Amtrak railroad line, Glenolden, showing campus of Mulford Biological Laboratories (part of Sharp and Dome).

Aerial view of Darby, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18020.jpg
Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
This view is looking in the opposite direction of looking in the opposite direction of P-18009.

Aerial view of new houses under construction, probably Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18021.jpg
Location: Unknown
Date: 1935-1945
Two four-lane roads run adjacent to these new houses, and a creek runs in the upper left corner.

Aerial view of Williamson School, Elwyn, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18022.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
The school is now (2020) known as Williamson College of the Trades. The campus includes several buildings designed by architect Frank Furness. See also P-18054.

Aerial view of Swarthmore, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18023.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View shows center of Swarthmore, the railroad station, and in the upper right corner, the lower end of the Swarthmore College campus.

Aerial view of quarry, Glen Mills, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18024.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View shows the quarry at the intersection of Stoney Bank Road (curving in the bottom right) and Forge Road (just out of the picture at the bottom. Formerly known as General Crushed Stone, this quarry is now (2020) part of Hanson Aggregates, and is…

Aerial view of Lansdowne, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18025.jpg
Location: Lansdowne (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking north on Lansdowne Avenue from the railroad overpass. Railroad cut is in the bottom left. Highland Avenue is on the right.

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.