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Brinton cottage, Elwyn
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-06-08
This is probably the home of G. Herbert Brinton, the largest house in an early-20th-century development called Elwynside, south of the Elwyn railroad station. If it still stands, it is on on the driveway that continues east from the dead-end of Elwyn…
Crook’s roadway, Wawa Road Corner, Middletown
Date: 1902-05-02
This may have been taken for a legal case related to the condition of the road, perhaps related to the ditch or drainage that seems to be the focus of this series of pictures, AP-8229-8231.
Crook’s roadway, Middletown, Water trough
Date: 1902-05-02
This may have been taken for a legal case related to the condition of the road, perhaps related to the ditch or drainage that seems to be the focus of this series of pictures, AP-8229-8231.
Crook’s roadway, Middletown, Dam barrel
Date: 1902-05-02
This may have been taken for a legal case related to the condition of the road, perhaps related to the ditch or drainage that seems to be the focus of this series of pictures, AP-8229-8231.
Edgmont Road, north view, best
Date: 1902 (circa)
Photography probably taken in support of a legal case related to an accident at this location. Farm buildings, fields, and houses in valley at bottom of road.
Edgmont Road, south
Date: 1902 (circa)
Photography probably taken in support of a legal case related to an accident at this location.
Wawa E. railroad bridge, west view
Date: 1902 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.
Wawa E. railroad bridge, east
Date: 1902 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.
Middletown Presbyterian Church, interior
Date: 1906-1907
The small building pictured was remodeled and absorbed into the larger church and Sunday School complex now on this site.
Middletown Presbyterian Church, exterior
Date: 1906-1907
The small building pictured was remodeled and absorbed into the larger church and Sunday School complex now on this site. The cemetery sits behind the building.
Covered Bridge over Ridley Creek at Water Works
Date: 1900 (circa)
On reverse: Property of W. Somers Ford 1909.
Group posed at the site of new bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Ridley Creek.
Date: 1946-1948
Caption on reverse, probably left to right: Sgt. Francis X. Kelly, Pennsylvania State Police; ?, Francis Gray, Tom Pension, ? Harbold, Walter Strine, Frank Snear
Cutting ice on Palmer's Dam
Date: 1895 (circa)
In the old vernacular, a pond and a dam were synonymous. Palmer's Dam was located on Ridley Creek just north of Baltimore Pike, upstream of the Media Water Works. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Trolley car No. 11, Media-Glen Riddle Line, in Middletown Township
Date: 1900-1910
Sign reads: Elwyn & Lima. Location uncertain. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Between Mt. Alverno and Knowlton, Ed, Whitey, and Walker
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Between Mt. Alverno and Knowlton roads, looking upstream. Chester Creek flows in the valley to the left below…
Baltimore Pike being widened
Date: 1938-12-28
Loking east down to Ridley Creek Valley, from about where Black Horse Tavern once stood. Delaware County Court House is building atop the hill in the background.
