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Beatty Road to Springfield Water Works at Isaac Habbersett’s Farm
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1903 (circa)
Title is from Frank Lees. Fragment of original caption on reverse mentions Jacob Hubbard's farm. Exact location uncertain.
South Media Field Club
Date: 1906
13 African-American men and 1 boy.
Idlewild waiters
Date: 1906-1907
15 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. See also AP_8383-2.
Idlewild waiters
Date: 1906-1907
16 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. Several men blurry in this picture. See also AP-8383-1.
Crum Creek (Beatty Hollow)
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1908
The title and date are from Frank Lee's writing on envelope. The original photograph had no identification on reverse other than an indication of the lens or film used, and a notation: "Taken against the sun." Address is approximate. Probably Dr.…
Purling waters and murmuring pines, Beatty's Hollow.
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1908
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. This scene is on Crum Creek, near Beatty Road. Address is approximate. This photo was entered in The John…
"Shadowland" (Park Avenue), near Media
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
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. This photo was entered in The John Wanamaker Exhibition of Photographs by Amateurs, February 1908.
Falls, Crum Creek, Del. Co. Covered and trolley bridge. Plush Mills. Ed, Harvey, Bruce.
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
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. Victoria Plush Mills are just out of the picture, to the right.
Covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1910 (circa)
Caption also calls this the Victoria Plush Mill Bridge. The view is looking east into Springfield. Modern print, probably from glass negative.
Covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1910 (circa)
Caption also calls this the Victoria Plush Mill Bridge. The view is looking east into Springfield. Modern print, probably from glass negative.
Angora Trolley on Baltimore Pike, Nether Providence Township
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1910 (circa)
Modern print, probably from glass negative. Title is from Frank Lees.
South Media
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1910 (circa)
Exact location in South Media is uncertain.
Collapse of covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek at Victoria Plush Mills
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1913-04
The Plush Mill Bridge collapsed April 20, 1913, when an 18-ton steamroller was crossing and crashed through the floor. See Chester Times, April 21, 1913 and a March 13, 1914 article about the lawsuit that ensued. Frank Lees caption: "Trolley…
Covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1917
Caption also calls this the Victoria Plush Mill Bridge. This view is looking west into Nether Providence A trolley is shown alongside the bridge. Copy of original photo; source not noted.
Reservoir, Springfield Water Co
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1920 (circa)
This is probably the lower pond created by the dam north of Beatty Road.
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926
Building the World War I Memorial Bridge
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1923-1926