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Subject is exactly Automobiles
View as:
"Media Hill," on Baltimore Avenue, looking west out of the borough toward Ridley Creek
Frank Lees caption: "Graham automobile driven by Charles Pierson of Media." Trolley tracks are shown on south side of road.
005. Highway
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. Probably Route 1 or Route 3 (West Chester Pike).
006. Highway
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. Probably Route 1 or Route 3 (West Chester Pike).
1554. Cars of skaters, Ridley Creek at Baltimore Pike.
North of Baltimore Pike near pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.
1555. Cars of skaters, Ridley Creek at Baltimore Pike
North of Baltimore Pike near pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.
25 W. Baltimore Avenue
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
42nd anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club
Untitled, but ribbons identify this as 42nd anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club, 1866-1908. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township, Pa.
459. Highway. In East Lansdowne, looking east on Baltimore Pike
View is from railroad bridge that once crossed Baltimore Avenue just west of Hirst Avenue. Lansdowne Ice & Coal Company, on the right side of the photo, was at 500 E. Baltimore Avenue, opposite Melrose Avenue. Address is approximate.
460. Delaware County Highway. Baltimore Pike, at Lansdowne Ave., looking east
Looking east on Baltimore Avenue from Lansdowne Avenue. Of all the buildings on the left side of the photo, only the church is still standing.
462. Highway. Looking west on Baltimore Pike at Gladstone
Looking across Darby Creek into Clifton Heights. The Family Drive-In (movie theater) is on the right, playing "Three Coins in the Fountain."
463. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike in Clifton Heights
The firehouse of the Clifton Heights Fire Protective Association No. 1 is on the left.
465. Roadside. Looking west on Baltimore Pike in Springfield Township
Stony Creek East Shopping Center is on the left. The address is for this group of stores.
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Truck mounted with loudspeakers, from Charles A. Higgins Electrical Contractors, shown in foreground
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Truck mounted with loudspeakers, from Charles A. Higgins Electrical Contractors, shown in foreground
527. Shopping. Thornton
Sign reads: "Quaker Friendly Food Stores"