Photo Record
Images
Additional Images [30]
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2007.2.364.1-.36 |
Collection |
Chestnut Hill Local Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Old Photographs 1.Aerial photo of areas at Bethlehem Pike, Stenton Ave. and Paper Mill Rd. before or during period when roads and traffic patterns were reconfigured, 1967, by Peter Gilchrist 2.Fireplace in disrepair and broken glass, possibly at Whitemarsh Hall, Wyndmoor estate of Edward Stotesbury that was torn down in 1980, c.1960s/1970s 3.Terrace with broken pottery, ledges, possibly at Whitemarsh Hall, Wyndmoor estate of Edward Stotesbury that was torn down in 1980, c. 1960s/1970s 4.Aerial shot of land on a hill being prepared for development, possibly St. Andrew's Rd. area, c. 1950s/1960s 5.New road in area being developed, possibly St. Andrew's area, c.1950s/1960s 6.Paper Mill Run, Cisco Park, Montgomery Ave., Erdenheim; former Springfield Township High School, later Phil-Mont Christian Academy in background, c.1950s/1960s 7.Unidentified woman in Victory Garden at St. Andrew's Rd., c.1975 8.The Rev. John F. Casey, O.S. A., blesses kitchen at Tell Ehrhardt 's (r) restaurant at Chestnut Hill Hotel, 1970s 9.Lennox Moak (fourth from left), his son, Jefferson Moak (c), and his wife, Helen Moak (third from right) at an unidentified event; others unidentified, c.1970s, image of Moaks was used 5-5-1988 10.East side of the 8500 block of Germantown Ave., 1950s, by Harry W. Knoelke & Co. 11.Reprint of photo of exterior of Foster's drug store, northeast corner, Germantown and Willow Grove aves. [8001], c.1960s 12.R.W. Kinnear, of Abington, train man; Burny Lundy, sign painter, and W. T. Truax, carpenter's foreman on roof, installing or removing sign at Chestnut Hill station, 9 West Evergreen Ave., c.1960s 13.Charles and Rose Moore with two young children, c.1940s 14.Courtyard at the Clark residence, in vicinity of West Chestnut Hill Ave. and Rex Avenue., date unknown 15.Intersection of Germantown and Chestnut Hill aves., showing Gothic-style house on corner, date unknown 16.Lloyd Wells moves desk from the Chestnut Hill Community Centre, 8419 Germantown Ave., to the Chestnut Hill Community Association/ Chestnut Hill Local and Chestnut Hill Development Group's new office at 8434 Germantown Ave., 1969, used 8-12-1993 17.Construction of Hill House apartments, 201 West Evergreen Ave., as seen from Hilltop Rd., 1965 by Peter Gilchrist 18.Pile of wood and debris on property that later became site of Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation parking lot #2, north side of East Evergreen Ave., 1954 19.Street scene of Germantown Ave., taken from sidewalk on the 8500 block of Germantown Ave., looking towards west side of the 8400 block of Germantown Ave., 1955, by Edmund B. Gilchrist, Jr. 20.Ribbon-cutting of parking lot at Highland Station, Seminole Ave., near Highland Ave. and St. Martin's Lane. Nine individuals at ribbon, others behind them. Only Eleanor O'Connor, whose face is marked with a pen, is identified, December 1962. 21.'The Anglecot,' a country house at the northeast corner of Prospect and E. Evergreen Ave. built for Mr. C. A. Potter in c.1883; 22.Photocopy of an 1898 image of a clapboard house with seven people standing behind a picket fence and a man wearing a bowler hat seated on ground in from of the fence; "C.H. A. B. C. approx. 1898" written in pencil below picture. Location unknown. 23.Bill Keough (left), Republican committeeman representing the 6th division of the 9th ward, with Lorraine Fox and political candidate Alexander Hemphill, holding political flyers, c.1970s 24.Two houses on on the north side of the unit block of West Springfield Ave., c.1960s/1970s 25.Richardson Dilworth shakes hands with Thacher Longstreth; Frank Rizzo[?] standing between them, c.1960s 26.Lloyd Coates, first chairman of the Chestnut Hill Development Group landscape committee; Casper Haines and an identified man plant tree in front of the Chestnut Hill branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 8711 Germantown Ave., c.1950s/1960s 27.Charles Woodward and his daughter, Quita Woodward Horan, c.1970s, by Jack Hoffman 28.John Pilling, Lloyd Wells and Ellen Newbold [later Wells] with three police officers, including Greg Katz (c), (others unknown) standing in front of the Chestnut Hill Community Association flag, 1971 29.Holding giant imitation "fleas" that promoted a flea market to benefit the Chestnut Hill Hospital were Realtor Bill Moffly, Lloyd Wells, Chestnut Hill Local advertising manager Ben Butler, Corlies Tatnall of Just Sew, and flea market chairperson Mary Lee Lowry Cope, 1960s, used 4-28-1988 30.Veloxes of 1890s photo of a wagon drawn by two horses; people seated in the carriage are unidentified, c.1890s 31.Veloxes of photograph and caption of Donat's Hotel, located on the southwest corner of Germantown and Highland aves. Picture and description of the hotel are included in John J. MacFarlane's book, "History of Early Chestnut Hill." According to MacFarlane, It is said that the date was 1712 in the chimney but the earliest deed is from 1754 32.Velox of photo and caption of The Eagle Hotel, northeast corner of Germantown and Highland aves., date unknown. Picture and description of the hotel are included in John J. MacFarlane's book,"History of Early Chestnut Hill." 33.Velox of photograph and caption of the exterior of Miss Huston's store, 8616 Germantown Ave., in an early 1900's photo. In the late 20th century the building housed the Girard Bank and Mellon Bank, and in the 21st century, it housed Citizen's Bank 34.Velox of photo and caption of building at 6 West Willow Grove Ave., 1927 35.Velox of photo and caption of Wissahickon Ave. near Chestnut Hill College, early 20th century [probably actually of a section northwest of Allen's Lane] 36.Veloxes of photo and caption of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building, 8217 Germantown Ave., as Robert C. Malfara of Absolute Builders repairs eaves and caps of the building, c.1980s/1990s |
Date |
1940s-1990s |