Delaware County Historical Society

Items

• Photograph, Cabinet — 2024.07
  Photograph of Dancing Team #22, Upper Darby, 1932
• Postcard — 1008.21. 01 - .03
  Three tinted postcards of Chester City, Pa., in the early 20th century.
• Photograph, Cabinet — 1008.17
  A photographic portrait of Chester Forrest Baker in World Was I uniform.
• Print, Photographic — 2023.26
  Over 80 portraits of family members (most not identified) of Kathleen McClellan. Family names Include Mary Clark (Chester, PA), Joseph Earner (Chester, PA), Mary A. Morgan, Francis A. Clark, Delia Bradley, John Earner. Irish ancestry include Michael McNerny and Mary Clark McNerny.
• Print, Photographic — 1008.09
  A framed portrait of Gen. John Pershing. 3rd Floor Art Room Bin 6
• Print, Photographic — 2023.22
  Five photographs from Chester, including school pictures and photographs of political figures.
• Log — L2023.06.
  Voter lists for 1961 from Springfield, Delaware County, Pa.
• Book — l2023.04
  "Edgemont, The Story of a Township", by Jane Levis Carter, 1976.
• Print, Photographic — 1001.99.06
  Photograph of the Providence Avenue Methodist Church, in Chester.
• Print, Photographic — 1001.99.05
  A photograph of Broomall Post Office.
• Print, Photographic — 1001.99.02 -.04
  Three unattributed photographs - 2 of a GI in France in 1945 and one of a pilot and his bomber, 1945.
• Print, Photographic — 1001.99.01
  Circa 1920 photo of a hunting trip, including three persons named Hobbs.
• Print, Photographic — 2023.03.01
  Twelve photographs from Chester and the surrounding area, taken in 1904.
• Print, Photographic — 2022.33
  Fifty five photos of ships names for signers of the Declaration of Independence
• Picture — 1001.94
  Photograph of Amos G. Pennell, 1903, University prep school, football team Ithaca, NH. 2nd from right, bottom row room 303
• Painting — 1001.74
  Two sketches, one framed, of a World War soldier being honored by Columbia.
• Print, Photographic — 2021.57.40
  A tiny snapshot of the "Bethel School House", Foulke and Bethel Roads.
• Print, Photographic — 2021.57.49
  A tiny snapshot taken in 1957 of "Sarah's Drive", a winding path that leads to a house in Bethel Township built in 1756.
• Print, Photographic — 2021.57.39
  An aged B&W photograph of a farmhouse and barn Two women rest on chairs on the porch, wearing clothing that would appear to be from the mid-1860s. The photograph is identifed on the reverse as the "Cloud Home, Foulke Road - 1/2 mile south of Booth's Corner, Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pa." More family history can be found on the photograph.
• Print, Photographic — 2021.57.38
  TIny B&W snapshot of a country road, identified as the "last ford in southern Delaware County, Bethel Township".
• Print, Photographic — 2021.57.34.01-03
  Three B&W photographs of what is today called Siloam United Methodist Church, Bethel Township, Pa., taken in 1919. There is a wealth of biographical information about the church and its founding members on the back of the photographs.
• Print, Photographic — 2021.44.47
  Class of 1963, Smedley Junior High School, Chester, Pa.
• Print, Photographic — 2021.44.46
  Tom Thumb Wedding, Madison Street Methodist Church, maybe 1953.
• Photo — 2021.44.45
  2nd Annual Football Banquet, Parkside Boys Club, Dec.7, 1959.
• Print, Photographic — 2021.57.37
  Photograph of a blacksmith and wheelright shop, at the corner of Foulk and Kirk Roads in Bethel Township. It was still active when the photograph was taken in 1945, but a visitor in September, 2021, corrected that status, leaving a note in the folder stating that the smithy was no longer standing.