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Swarthmore College

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4211.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
View from railroad tracks all the way up to the main building, no Parrish Hall. The oak tree allee along this walk were then newly planted.

Swarthmore Friends Meeting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5826.jpg
Date: 1909-05-29
Banner reads: Penna. Peace Society. This was possibly the Quaker version of a Memorial Day celebration.

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8004-25.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting property damages caused by lowering the grade of Elm Avenue. Sign posted on tree reads: For Sale, E. C. Walton, Swarthmore, PA.

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8008-5.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue.

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8011-5.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue. Workmen and horse and dump cart under Maple Ave. sign.

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8012-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue.

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8013-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue.

Edward Smith Sellers house, Swarthmore, side view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8226.jpg
Date: 1902-05-01
Brief note in newspaper called this one of the most desirable properties in Swarthmore. Photo might have been taken for the sale of the property, which happened in August 1902.

Edward Smith Sellers house, Swarthmore, rear view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8227.jpg
Date: 1902-05-01
Brief note in newspaper called this one of the most desirable properties in Swarthmore. Photo might have been taken for the sale of the property, which happened in August 1902.

Edward Smith Sellers house, Swarthmore, diagonal view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8228.jpg
Date: 1902-05-01
Brief note in newspaper called this one of the most desirable properties in Swarthmore. Photo might have been taken for the sale of the property, which happened in August 1902.

Strath Haven Inn

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8357-5.jpg
Date: 1905-1906
The dam backs up the flow of Crum Creek. The Strath Haven Condominiums now occupy this hillside.

Aerial view of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18003.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View looking south from College Avenue and Route 320, showing Swarthmore College dormitory building and Benjamin West House at top center

Aerial view of Swarthmore, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18023.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
View shows center of Swarthmore, the railroad station, and in the upper right corner, the lower end of the Swarthmore College campus.

Aerial view of Swarthmore, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18050.jpg
Date: 1935-1945
The school in upper right corner of photograph is at the intersection of College Avenue and Princeton Avenue. Top center of the photo shows the intersection of Princeton, Elm, and Swarthmore avenues. Swarthmore Avenue is the diagonal road that…

Swarthmore, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18203.jpg
Date: 1945 (circa)
Exact location uncertain.

Crum Creek, Swarthmore College

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18204.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Exact location uncertain