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The Old Gulph Mill stood in ruins when this Tuck card was
made in 1910. The Mill was erected in 1747. #215 |
Knox's Covered Bridge was erected in 1865 and has
suffered damage twice in the last twenty five years. The bridge was repaired
and still stands today.#216
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Here is a scene of Main Street. |
When night came, the mill had a beauty all its own. #281
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The engines in 1910 were fueled by coal, and the
Pennsylvania Railroad had coal shutes located near Thorndale. #288
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This pastoral scene along the Brandywine appeared on a
Tegeler card produced about 1910. #511
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The Whitford Lodge, erected in 1788, is located in the
Chester Valley, east of Downingtown.#330
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The old Spinning Wheel Factory is now gone.We have been
unable to locate the site of this early log cabin. #334
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This car was
photographed in Downingtown early in this century. The card was produced by
Wandell and Hughes, Phone 101Y-Downingtown, Pa. #325 |
The Kennett Square Fire Company could boast a steam
pumper and a ladder truck, as shown in this post card from 1905. #362
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The Kennett Hotel was the Headquarters of Cornwallis
before the Battle of the Brandywine. The Fireman's Auditorium, with its
clock tower, was the symbol of the Kennett Square Centennial in 1955.
Unfortunately, both buildings are now just memories. #366
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The Hotel Kennett, long a landmark in the center of the
borough, was removed about twenty years ago. #381 |
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The Conard and Jones Company is now the Conard and Pyle
Company, known as Star Roses. #431
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For the past few years, Star Roses has dealt only in
wholesale plants. #432 |
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Here is one of Ferguson's happy guests. #490
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This card depicts a parade in Parkesburg, about 1905.
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