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521. Roadside stand. On Baltimore Pike east of 202.
Date: 1955-08
Green Meadows Dairy Bar, offering "quality buttermilk, homemade ice cream," and "thick milk shakes". According to newspaper advertisements, this same building later housed Green Meadow Plants. It was just north (or east, as the caption reads) of…
548. Main Street, Darby
Address: Powell Rd. and Main St., Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Looking from above Powell Road (on right) toward 9th St.
550. Highway. MacDade Boulevard, from Chester Pike, Darby.
Date: 1955-08
The building that earlier housed the car dealership on the right still stands (as of 2020).
584. Shopping. 300 block Market St., Chester
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Market Street is now Avenue of the States. Third street no longer intersects this street. Location uncertain.
585. Commercial. Commission Row, 200 block Edgmont, Chester. To be redeveloped.
Address: 1 Commission St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Edgmont and 2nd Street no longer intersect. Address is approximate.
587. Railroad. Pennsylvania railroad at Market St., Chester
Date: 1955-08
Location based on newspaper research for The Hat Corner.
545. Shopping. On West Chester Pike, Broomall.
Date: 1955-06
Broomall Barber Shop and Tony's Shoe Store. Datestone in building reads: Isaac Lawrence, 1817. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 30, this building stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Sproul Road. See…
Memorial Day Parade
Date: 1954 (circa)
Looking west on State Street from Veteran's Square. Veterans of Foreign Wars group in front.
M12. View of east side of South Avenue.
Date: 1950-1955
Shows office building at southeast corner of front St., and Delaware County Institute of Science.
007. Pilgrim Gardens shopping center and parking lot
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." Identified from Google Maps.
056. Stream with factories, stores, and bridge
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. Possibly Chester Creek in Chester, or Darby Creek in Darby.
M04. Looking northeast from Jackson St. and State St., Media, Pa.
Address: 1. E. State St., Media, Pa.
Date: 1950-1955
The large openings in the corner building are for the Media Fire Company, which occupied the first floor of the Media Borough Hall.
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day
Address: 6 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-10
"Ted placing platform in Frank Ross roof." This probably refers to Ted Hadley, placing a viewing platform for the Firemen's Parade on the roof of the Frank Ross Shoe Repair shop.
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day
Address: 6 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-10
"Ted placing platform in Frank Ross roof." This probably refers to Ted Hadley, placing a viewing platform for the Firemen's Parade on the roof of the Frank Ross Shoe Repair shop.
Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-09
Unknown grocery store. This may be same storefront as in ZM-3541
