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Rockdale Wheelmen
Date: 1897
Portrait of this bicycle club and some of their bicycles.
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.
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…
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
Pennsylvania Railroad, tower at Wawa
Date: 1900-1910
Copy of original photo; source not noted
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
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
Covered Bridge over Ridley Creek at Water Works
Date: 1900 (circa)
On reverse: Property of W. Somers Ford 1909.
Railroad showing overpass of Middletown Road
Date: 1900-1909
Location is approximate.
Railroad showing overpass of Middletown Road
Date: 1900-1909
Location is approximate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Edgmont Road, south
Date: 1902 (circa)
Photography probably taken in support of a legal case related to an accident at this location.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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…
Elwyn Training School donkey
Date: 1900 (circa)
Donkey pulling cart holding barrel.
General Charles Lewis Leiper, cemetery monument
Date: 1900-09-28
Monument dedicated May 27, 1900 in the Middletown Presbyterian Church cemetery
Wawa railroad bridge, top
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.
Wawa railroad bridge, north side
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.
Wawa railroad bridge, south side over Chester Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.