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743. Darby Creek, Tinicum Marsh
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1956 (circa)
Delaware River and Little Tinicum Island are in the distance. This view may have been taken from over Folcroft.
Aerial photograph looking southwest from about 2nd and Edgemont streets
Date: 1950 (circa)
View includes high school athletic field, Lines Motor Co. on State Street, in center, and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, in upper right.
Aerial view Glenolden, Pa. and vicinity
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 convent and public school, Sharon Hill, Pa.
Location: 300 Calcon Hook Rd., Sharon Hill (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
the 1909 Mueller map identifies the church and surrounding complex as the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus. The other building is the Sharon Hill School. Calcon Hook Road winds through the upper left. The entire site is now (2020) occupied by Academy…
Aerial view of Aldan, Pa.
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 Ardmore Avenue Elementary School and vicinity, Lansdowne, Pa.
Date: 1935-1945
The school still (2020) stands, with many additions.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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, Pa. and vicinity.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View looking north from Chester, with Media and Swarthmore in the distance.
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 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.