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Abbottsford house Skaler pscrd ATH
_Bella Vista_ Home of Elizabeth Dobson #2450
Alden Theater and trolley on midvale
falls of schyulkill old painting.
Lincoln drive with horse-drawn sleighs
P.H. Kelly Home-Conrad and Midvale 1918
Powers Weightman Map, 1910 Philadlephia Atlas
Queen Lane pumping Station 1917
Ridge and School house Castner scrapbook
Ridge Avenue From Queen (now Indian Queen)Lane
ridge toward midvale ca 1910
route 52 trolley on Midvale ca 1950
Scissors Sharpener-New Queen Street
The main entrance to Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) at Henry and Abbottsford Avenues October 1930
Wissahickon drive – now Lincoln dr 1901
Dobson Mills, ca. 1890
Detail from Hexamer General Surveys, Volume 20, Plates 1890-1891 dobson mills detail
The BeeHive 1927 (2)
Article about Alden Park, 1927
Kenilworth c 1928
From Alden Park Catalog, 1928
Kenilworth dining rm c 1928 (2)
From Alden Park Catalog, 1928
Kenilworth floor plan c 1928 (2)
From Alden Park Catalog, 1928
Kenilworth kitchen c 1928 (2)
From Alden Park Catalog, 1928
Manor lobby c 1928 (2)
From Alden Park Catalog, 1928
Pool c 1928 (2)
From Alden Park Catalog, 1928
Site aerial view c 1928 (2)
Alden Park c. 1928
Site aerial view wo Cambridge c 1928 (2)
Sunken garden 1928 catalog (2)
Alden Park Sunken Garden, 1928
Sunken garden 1931 catalog (2)
East Falls Football Champions 1922
Man o_war-John B Kelly, Sam Riddle, Jack Dempsey
Mike Mccoy, Dobson Baseball team
Olympic Rowing Champions 1928
Skating 1928 Alden Park Catalog (2)
skatingonwissahickoncreek
Young Mens Literary Society
St Bridget Church Interior
Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd
Indian Queen Lane historic photo of the Baptist Church
Falls Presbyterian Church garden
Falls Presbyterian Church – front entrance
Falls Of Sckuylkill Baptist Church
Falls Of Sckuylkill Baptist Church – Robert Newell Photo
Falls Of Sckuylkill Baptist Church from FLP
Brandon Zimmerman
Our guide, Brandon Zimmerman
Vines
Vines had overgrown all the monuments.
Vine clearing
Volunteers have cleared some vines.
fox trophies credit Josh Pincus
Foxes collected stuffed animals from an adjacent cemetery.
Jacob Monk – cemetery founder 2
Jacob Monk – cemetery f
Mausoleum window
Mausoleum window
Sphere of Life – Monroe
Sphere of Life Monroe
Dobson Monument
Dobson Monument
Dobson Monument Detail
Dobson Monument Detail
Charles Fechter monument
Charles Fechter monument
Marker Mt Vernon Cemetery
Marker Mt Vernon Cemetery