It is our hope to create a picture memorial to the past here. We would like to gather photos from the past of people, buildings, neighborhoods, etc. If you have a photo that you would like to submit, please email it to us with a brief description, location and year, estimated or if known.

 

 Abbington Cemetery??
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Postcard - American Bison in Zoo
 American Bison in Zoo, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
 Submitted by Rosalie B.

 American Street
 circa 1940s
 Submitted by Dee Kaelin Maialetti
 Houses Along  American Street
 Submitted by Dee Kaelin Maialetti
 Berwyn Train Station
 Berwyn Train Station steps looking toward bank and drug store
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Berwyn on Lancaster Pike
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Boyleston Jackson Gossler Moving Van. He was the first to use the modern wheel, previously horse  drawn horse trailers were used. He was my grandfather. Picture was taken early 1900s I suspect
 Submitted by Kathryn Crist
 Bryn Mawr Park
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 The Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain, 1900
 Fairmount Park
 Submitted by Colin P. Varga, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
 Cannstatters 1907
 Sidelinger, 308 Arch St.
 Submitted by Rosalie B.

 Delaware River Bridge - Postcard
 Connecting Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J.

 The Delaware River Bridge is one of the World's largest single span suspension bridges.  Its total length is  1.81 miles.  The main span between the towers is 1,750 feet and is 135 feet above mean high water.  The  towers are 385 feet high and the width over all is 125 ft.  The Vehicular roadway is 57 feet wide allowing  six  traffic lines with one high spped track on either side.  There are two ten foot footways over trolley tracks.
 Charles F. Williams, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Corner of Girard & 2nd Street
 circa 1940s
 Submitted by Dee Kaelin Maialetti
 Postcard - Fountain in Water Garden
 View of Fountain in Water Garden, Longwood, Kennett Square, PA, Near Philadelphia
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 1100 block of Germantown Ave at N. American St
 circa 1940s
 Submitted by Dee Kaelin Maialetti
 Girard Ave at Germantown Ave
 circa 1940s
 Submitted by Dee Kaelin Maialetti
 Sculptor Herman Kirn with the statue of Archbishop John Carroll in Tyrol Italy
 Submitted by Colin P. Varga, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
 Postcard - Fountain on Parkway Showing Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul and City Hall
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Liberty Bell
 1969
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Main Avenue
 Berwyn, PA
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Market St. West from 10th St.
 Philadelphia, PA
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Memphis Street
 circa 1940s
 Submitted by Dee Kaelin Maialetti

 Location Identified by Loretta Wallace
 The double steeple church in the background is St. Laurentius Roman Catholic Church at the corner of  Memphis and Berks Sts, in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. The photo was taken by someone standing  on the SE side of the 1800 block of Memphis Street, looking West.

 Postcard - Penn Hill
 Penn Hill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
 Submitted by Rosalie B.

 Postcard - William Penn Statue, On City Hall Tower
 The Statue of William Penn, founder of the city, Crowns City Hall Tower, 550 feet above the street level.  A  circle of electric lights around the base of the statue is visible over 30 miles at night.
 Charles F. Williams, Philadelphia, PA
 Submitted by Rosalie B.


 Postcard - William Penn Statue Atop City Hall
 Philadelphia, PA

 This statue of William Penn, the great Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania tops the tower of City Hall, the  largest municipal building in the country.
 R. Ramsay Mebane, Wilkes-Barre, PA
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Bayard Taylor's Tomb
 Longwood
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Postcard - Valley Green Bridge
 Valley Green Bridge, Wissahickon, Philadelphia, PA
 Submitted by Rosalie B.
 Unknown. I believe the steeple in the background is St. Peter's at 5th St & Girard Ave
 circa 1940s
 Submitted by Dee Kaelin Maialetti
 Postcard
 Submitted by Rosalie B.