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Aerial view of Haverford, Pa.
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 Har Zion Cemetery and Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Darby Township, Pa.
Location: Darby Twp. (Pa.)
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 Glenolden, Pa.
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 Folcroft, Pa.
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 Drexel Hill, Pa. and vicinity
Location: Drexel Hill (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
Diagonal road is Springfield Road. Baltimore Pike runs from left to right. The school complex at the left, on Diamond Avenue, included the smaller Clifton Heights Elementary School, which burned in 1974 after 103 years in service. After the fire,…
Aerial view of Darby, Pa.
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 Collingdale, Pa.
Location: Collingdale (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows buildings that are now the Collingdale Borough community center and police station, at MacDade Boulevard and Clifton Street. Har Zion Cemetery is in the upper right corner of the photo.
Aerial view of Collingdale, Pa.
Location: Collingdale (Pa.)
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 Clifton Heights, Pa. and vicinity
Location: Clifton Heights (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows intersection of Baltimore Pike and Springfield Road.
Aerial view of Chester, Pa. and vicinity.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking north from Chester, with Media and Swarthmore in the distance.
Aerial view of Chester, Pa.
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 Chester Pike in Prospect Park and Glenolden, Pa.
Location: Prospect Park (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Chester Pike looking northeast from Summit Avenue in Prospect Park toward the SEPTA/Amtrak rail line overpass at South Avenue in Glenolden.
Aerial view of central section of Media, Pa., looking west from above Monroe Street
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967 (circa)
Pressed-on lines applied to delineate the urban renewal area. This was probably reproduced in one of the urban renewal report.
Aerial view of central section of Media, Pa., looking east from above Orange Street.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967 (circa)
Pressed-on lines applied to delineate the urban renewal area. This was probably reproduced in one of the urban renewal report.
Aerial view of Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Darby, Pa.
Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The church fronts on Main Street, Darby. The four-lane road is MacDade Boulevard, with Holy Cross Cemetery in upper left. The golf course is now gone, but one of the roads in the development that replaced the course is named Golf Road.
Aerial view of ballfields, probably Delaware County, Pa.
Location: Unknown
Date: 1935-1945
View shows combination football and baseball field, with bleachers set up for football
Aerial view of Aston Township, Pa. and vicinity
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.