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459. Highway. In East Lansdowne, looking east on Baltimore Pike

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18090.jpg
Date: 1955-08
View is from railroad bridge that once crossed Baltimore Avenue just west of Hirst Avenue. Lansdowne Ice & Coal Company, on the right side of the photo, was at 500 E. Baltimore Avenue, opposite Melrose Avenue. Address is approximate.

Charles A. Limburg in tow truck at J. E. Fitzgerald's Gas Station, Baltimore Avenue between Edgemont and Radnor streets.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01144.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: In the 1920s J. E. Fitzgerald also had a gas station at Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street. Copy of original photo; source not noted

Charles A. Limburg, International Trucks, General Repairs. 24 hour Towing. Battery, Ignition & Generator Work.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01145.jpg
Date: 1940-1950
As of 2019, this building still stands at the southeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street, and still houses an automotive repair business.

Dedication of the New Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06012.jpg
Date: 1962-11-17
View across the loading dock toward Gayley Street and Baltimore Avenue, showing Pinocchio's Pizza on the northeast corner, and a Texaco gas station on the southest corner. This building, which replaced a municipal metered parking lot, was dedicated…

Men working on water mains at intersection of Providence Rd. and Baltimore Ave.

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Date: 1939-10-16
An Atlantic gas station is adorned with a banner advertising "New Oldsmobile." The side of the Media Inn is visible.

Mr. Wilson, owner of Wilson's Garage

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2801.jpg
Date: 1950-04-14
This is probably Sidney M. Wilson, who also ran S. M. Wilson's Chrysler-Plymouth agency at the garage. See ad in Centennial Book, page 96. See also ZM-2750 for the outside of the building.