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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 Lansdowne, Pa. and vicinity

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18040.jpg
Location: Lansdowne (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The view is looking northwest. The street with the odd jog in the lower left is Bartram Ave. The large church sits on Baltimore Pike between Wycombe and Highland avenues.

Lansdowne accident

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8329-39.jpg
Date: 1905-02-07
Looking east along railroad tracks from west of Schappet Terrace where man was found. Appleton probably took these photos in support of a legal case regarding a railroad accident at this location. Negative broken in 3 pieces. Houses in foreground are…

Lansdowne accident. Near view looking east on railroad tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8329-75.jpg
Date: 1905 (circa)
Appleton probably took these photos in support of a legal case regarding a railroad accident at this location. Schappet Terrace is in foreground; factory and rowhouses in background to left of tracks are on Union Ave., which has a grade crossing with…

Lansdowne accident. Railroad grade crossing east of station.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8329-13.jpg
Date: 1905-02-07
Appleton probably took these photos in support of a legal case regarding a railroad accident at this location. Man is standing next to factory at grade crossing on Union Ave.

Lansdowne Orthodox Friends Meetinghouse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5849.jpg
Date: 1908 (circa)
Appleton misidentified this as the Upper Darby Meeting House. For a full chronology of this meeting, visit the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections. Image HC12-15806 is probably by Appleton, as it is almost identical to AP-5849 and…

Lansdowne railroad station, east end

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8157.jpg
Date: 1901-11-23
Sign in background reads: "Houses for sale or rent, also building sites all sizes. Charles Janvier, office Lansdowne & Balto. Aves."

Lansdowne railroad station, rear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8158.jpg
Date: 1901-11-23
Sign in background reads: "Chas. Brenz and Co., builders of fine carriages and wagons. Jobbing promptly attended to. 37th & Filbert Sts."

Lansdowne railroad station, west end

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8159.jpg
Date: 1901-11-23
Newsstand visible in upper right corner.

Lansdowne signs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4108.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Hand-lettered business signs posted on tree, one for "Ja's (James) Haynes, upholsterer, est. 1885, steam carpet cleaning; call for and deliver all goods, Clifton Heights and Lansdowne" and a second for "Edward Brown, whitewashing, grading, cementing…

W. A. Johnson, street view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8171.jpg
Date: 1902-03-22
View of property in Lansdowne, view looking north. Sign on pole says W. Greenwood Ave.

W. A. Johnson, street view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8172.jpg
Date: 1902-03-22
Detail of this Lansdowne property.