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518. Detached, sample. West of Concordville on Baltimore Pike at intersection of Conchester Highway.
Three sample houses with prices under $4,000, and no money down. Exact location unknown.
521. Roadside stand. On Baltimore Pike east of 202.
Green Meadows Dairy Bar, offering "quality buttermilk, homemade ice cream," and "thick milk shakes". According to newspaper advertisements, this same building later housed Green Meadow Plants. It was just north (or east, as the caption reads) of Route 202 on Baltimore Pike.
523. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike from Brandywine Bridge, Chadd's Ford.
This lumber-yard, a former mill, later became home of the Brandywine River Museum.
527. Shopping. Thornton
Sign reads: "Quaker Friendly Food Stores"
528. Detached, new. Near Thornton
Exact location uncertain.
532. Highland Homes. Wayne
These buildings, which were low-income housing, no longer stand.
533. Highway. Providence Rd. north of Sandy Bank School, Upper Providence Township.
Shows children crossing the road to get to the Sandy Bank School.
536. Open. On Providence Rd., south of Edgmont
Shows open land in Edgmont Township. Exact location uncertain.
540. Detached, new. Broomall, W. Ann Rd.
Thanks to Theresa Hayden for helping identify the exact location of this house.
541. Detached, new. Broomall, Sylvan Drive
Thanks to Theresa Hayden for identifying the exact location of these houses. 111 Sylvan is in the foreground, and 115 (which had a second story added since the original construction) is the next house down the hill.
545. Shopping. On West Chester Pike, Broomall.
Broomall Barber Shop and Tony's Shoe Store. Datestone in building reads: Isaac Lawrence, 1817. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 30, this building stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Sproul Road. See P-13006 for earlier photograph. Address is approximate.
548. Main Street, Darby
Looking from above Powell Road (on right) toward 9th St.
550. Highway. MacDade Boulevard, from Chester Pike, Darby.
The building that earlier housed the car dealership on the right still stands (as of 2020).
551. Industry. Darby.
According to newspaper research, Saha Manufacturing Co. was located on Springfield Road near MacDade Boulevard., or MacDade and Chestnut Street. Exact location is uncertain..
552. Semi, old. 9th St., Darby
House number is either 33 or 55. Exact location uncertain.
554. Row, old. 600 block Keystone St., Colwyn
Address is approximate. Most of this row of small houses still stands.
558. Detached, sample. Walter Road, Darby Township
The location of this sample house is uncertain.
559. Row, 1954. 1900 block Carter Rd., Folcroft.
Possibly Carter Road and Delview Drive