Joseph Leverson Sykes scrapbook

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Joseph Leverson Sykes scrapbook

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Joseph Leverson Sykes scrapbook. Page 1- Series of stamps/ stickers of various wildlife. Page 2- Article from the June 28, 1962 Germantown Courier. Subjects mentioned include: Gorgas House, *6901 Germantown Avenue, *Bowers Furnishers and Decorators, Oakwood Homes Co., Orphan's Court, Judge Harold D. Saylor, Germantown Historical Society, Dr. Margaret B. Tinckom, Philadelphia Historical Commission, Seymor Kaplan, Michael Yanni, Harry C. Parker, Joseph Gorgas, Anthony Johnson, George Ashmead, Miss Anna A. Gorgas, 100 East Gowen Avenue, Keyser School, Benjamin Gorgas, German Palatinate, 6766 Musgrave Street, Jenks School, William L. Bowers, Judge Vincent A. Carroll, Judge Ethan Allan Doty, Gulf Oil Company, Hogan's Cedar Park Inn, Irvin Stander, Reuben Cohen, John J. Hogan. Page 3- Clipping from the January 21, 1960 Germantown Courier. Subjects mentioned include *Alexander Henry, Richard Vaux, People's Literary Institute, Independence Square, Fort Sumter, *4908 Germantown Avenue [Henry/ Wachsmuth House], John Snowden Henry, John Gottfriend Wachsmuth. Page 4- Series of stamps/ stickers of various wildlife. Page 5- Clippings from unknown/ undated newspaper[s], of drawings of Germantown houses, including the Christopher Mason House [6515 Germantown Avenue], the Germantown Historical Society [5214 Germantown Avenue], the Johnson House [6306 Germantown Avenue], the Concord Schoolhouse [6313 Germantown Avenue], the Daniel Billmeyer Jr. House [6504 Germantown Avenue], Upsala [6430 Germantown Avenue], and the Chew House [Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue. Page 6- Two articles from May 1960 issues of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. One documents Soviet spies known to be practicing espionage against the U.S. The other documents the unassuming appearances of some of the most prominent generals in U.S. history. Neither article appears to have any direct connection to Germantown, or to the former township. Page 7- Clippings from unknown/ undated newspaper[s], of drawings of Germantown houses, including the De La Plaine House [incorrectly listed as 5501 Germantown Avenue, and not historic], the [Deshler] Morris House [5442 Germantown Avenue], the Germantown Fire Insurance Company [now the home of the Germantown Historical Society, also known as the Fromberger-Harkness House, 5501 Germantown Avenue], and Grumblethorpe [5267 Germantown Avenue]. Opposite side of page 7- article about Marine War Memorial and more nature stamps. Page 8- Article[s] from the March 26, 1927 edition of The Germantown Telegraph. Subjects mentioned on page include Edwin C. Emhardt, 19 Maplewood Avenue, Bornot Dyers and Cleaners, 5904 Germantown Avenue, bad street conditions [streets listed included Chelten Avenue, School {House} Lane, Wister Street, Wayne Avenue, and Wissahickon Avenue], Germantown Business Men's Association, Chestnut Hill Improvement Association, Alex M. DeHaven, Mill Creek, Dobson's Mill, Townsend-Lukens-Roberts dam, Adam Forepaugh, Irishtown, Somerville, 1870 boating accident, Richard Townsend, The Welcome, William Penn, Francis Daniel Pastorius School, Abington Meeting House, Shriver farm, Stenton Club, Stenton Park, skunk cabbage, Bummer's Cave, Awbury Park, Brush dam, Haines meadow, Shaw's Mill, Bradford Mills, Buckleberry Mills, Thomas Godfrey, George and Martha Washington, Battle of Germantown, Luken's Mill, Hugh Roberts, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Wingohocking Hill, Kelley's Hill, Market Square, Ferrian Hill, Goat Hill, Tomlinson's dam, Boyer's Spring, Merrick property, Gonzaga Asylum, *Abraham Lincoln. Page 9- Subjects mentioned in articles include: Mill Creek, Tomlinson's Mill, Harper's Dam, Neville bungalow, Branchtown, Ferrian Hill, Irishtown, "Big Rock," "Nigger Rock," Quaker Rock," "Muddy Bottom," Harper's Hollow, Harper mansion, William Penn, Joshua Cart, Conrad Weber, Dr. William W. Fouche, Charles Wagner, Revolutionary War, shoddy, pick and shovel mill, Wingohocking Creek, Louise Harper Davis, Thorpe, Nathan Harper, Wharton property, Martin and Mary Weaver, Civil War, Philemon Richards, Fisher's Hollow School; Thorp, Sidall and Co., Issacher Thorp, Belfield Country Club, Ogontz Avenue, Chew Street [Avenue]. Page 10- Subjects mentioned in articles include: Cresheim Creek, Union Chapel [Wyndmoor], Wingo Stock Farm, Nelson Valve Works, Trenton Cut Off, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and Dumb [PSD], Ivy Hill Cemetery, Reverend Hotchkin, Mermaid Inn, Martin Painter, Mr. Bean, Mr. Hinkle, Mr. Clark, James Kershaw, Germantown Avenue Station, Mount Airy [Mermaid] Loop, Soldier's [Butler] Memorial, Senator George Woodward, Carr's Dam, Cresheim Valley Drive, Krisheim, Battle of Germantown, General Conway, Lutheran Seminary, General Sullivan, General Lord Stirling, General Cornwallis, Henry Howard Houston estate, Lincoln Drive, Charles W. Henry, Miss Hey, William T. ["Big Bill"] Tilden, Joseph Carr, Thomas Randall and Son, Lake Surprise, Buttercup Cottage, Paper Mill Lane, Bechtel Mills, Patrick Gordon. Page 11- Subjects mentioned in articles glued to page include Fisher's Lane, Christian Kintzing, Charles Hay's Mill, Fisher's Hollow, Rowlandville, Tacony Creek, Wingohocking Creek, Wakefield Mills, Sir William Howe, Revolutionary War, Joshua Fisher, Thomas Fisher, William Logan, Sarah Logan, Logan Station, Wakefield, Colonial Dames, Stenton, William E. S. Baker, "Dad" Jordan, Michael Schwalb, Charley Ross Kidnapping, 529 East Washington Lane, Christian K. Ross, Joseph Douglass, William Mosher, Wissahickon Valley, William Rittenhouse, Klaas Rittenhouse. Page 12- Subjects mentioned in articles include: Battle of Germantown, Revolutionary War, Germantown Telegraph, John [Johann] Kelpius, "Society of the Women and the Wilderness," Monastery, Blue Bell Hill, RittenhouseTown, Van Deerings' Mills, General John Armstrong, Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Springfield Mill, Streeper's Mill, Compton, Miss Lydia T. Morris, Pietists, Walnut Lane Bridge, Council Rock, Reverend Forrest E. Dager, Toleration. Page 13- Subjects mentioned in articles include: Paper Mill Run, Victor Paul, Crab Creek, Tulpehocken Creek, Garrett property [presumably the Garrett-Dunn House, the ruin of which is on the west side of the 7000 block of Germantown Avenue], Sedgwick Street, Pennsylvania Railroad, Mower Street, McCallum Mill dam, Lincvoln Drive, Wayne Avenue, Lincoln Drive, Upsal Street, W. S. Pilling, Thomas property, Mayfair Apartments, [Germantown] water works, Clarence Jacoby, Jimmy Scott, Walnut Lane Bridge, William McCallum, McCallum carpet mills, Andrew McCallum, Jacob Clemens, Glen Echo Mills; McCallum, Crease and Sloan;" George Ackroyd, Phil-Ellena, George W. Carpenter, Mr. Wood, Mrs. Elizabeth Wood Coffin, May Henry, "A Girl's Life in Germantown," Carpenter ponds, Hong's Wood, Pelham, Site and Relic Society [GHS], Vernon Park, James G. Scott, Little Britain, 226 West Rittenhouse Street, Blue Bell Hill, David Rittenhouse, William Rittenhouse, Mrs. Edwards, John Fanning Watson, Garret Rittenhouse, Martin Rittenhouse, C. Markle, William Penn, Nicholas Rittenhouse, William Bradford, Harvey Street, Henry Howard Houston, Thomas Conway, John D. McIlhenny. Page 14- Articles mention the following subjects: South Germantown, Smearsburg, Logan's Run, 46 East Bringhurst Street, St. Stephen's Methodist Episcopal Church, Major Philip R. Freas, Germantown Telegraph, Henry W. Raymond, Owen Wister, Townsend Ward, Pennsylvania Magazine, Wister Street, Duy's Lane, Jones' Mill, Kunders House, Garfield Street, Jacoby property, Baltzer Napfle property, St. John's Episcopal Church, Royal Spring, skating rink building, Spring Alley, Fred Fleckenstein, Roset Street, Mrs. Cochran, Wayne Junction, Wagner [formerly Mechlin] property, Bauman's Greenhouse, Battle of Germantown, Toland grounds, Loudoun, Negley's Hill, Thomas Armat, 5450 Germantown Avenue, Market Square, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Thomas W. Logan, Stenton, John Skerrett, George Redles, Germantown Horticultural Society, Robert's Meadow. Page 15- Articles glued to page mention the following subjects: *Horace Mann, *Mme Frances Alda, Charles M. Fillmore, Chestnut Hill Amusement Park, White City, The Herald, 7151 Germantown Avenue, John L. Welsh, George E. Gray, 7 East Bells Mill Road, Springfield Township Police Department, Gray Amusement Company, Central Park [in Fox Chase], toboggans and toboggan slides, Henry B. Auchy, Wheel Pump, Chester E. Albright, Arnold Aiman, Samuel High, Philadelphia Toboggan Company, 130 East Duval Street, John P. Sousa, Harry S. Peterman, 1526 Bethlehem Pike, Point Breeze Park. Page 16- Articles glued to page mention the following subjects: *Germantown Mennonite Church, *T. Robert Brewer, Germantown Water Company, Frank R. Coupe, 1 Maplewood Avenue, Rogers and Murphy map of Germantown, Route 23 Trolley, Battle of Germantown, Francis Daniel Pastorius, Brigadier General Agnew, 6121 Germantown Avenue, Crefeld, Grumblethorpe, William Rittenhouse, Dirck Keyser, 6205 Germantown Avenue, Elizabeth Nice, William Nice, Cupo, Garret Hendrickson, 1688 anti-slavery protest, Derick up de Graeff, Abram up de Graeff, William Penn, Menno Simms, Eastern Baptist Seminary, Missionary Training Institute, Gordon College, Eastern Seminary, Greenfield [Mass.] Baptist Church, Eastern District Conference. Page 17- Articles include to page include *Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf [PSD], 7500 Germantown Avenue, Lutheran Theological Seminary, *Henry Melchior Muhlenberg [statue], Thomas Livezey, *Glen Fern [Valley Green Canoe Club], Reverend Robert H. Stetler, Church of St. Alban, Jim Thorpe. Page 18- Includes a single article from the June 17, 1927 edition of the Germantown Telegraph. Subjects mentioned in article include: Battle of Germantown, Penn Charter School, General Howe, Battle of Brandywine, George Washington, Lieutenant-General Knyphausen, Major General Von Stein, Colonel Von Wurmb, Wissahickon Creek, Robeson Mill, General Grant, General Mathew [Matthew?], Lukens/ Roberts Mill, Queen's Rangers, 40th Regiment, Colonel Musgrave, Upsala, 2nd Battalion of Light Infantry, Mount Airy Presbyterian Church, General Grey [Gray?], Stenton, Fisher's station, Wakefield, Senator George Wharton Pepper, J. Hills, 23rd Regiment, United States War Department, William Faden, Lord Cornwallis. Page 19- Johnson property [Johnson House], Germantown Women's Club, Chew House, Johnson tannery, Honey Run, Farmer Johnson's Farm, Tulpehocken Street, Wyck/ Haines House, Harvey Street, Shirt Tail Alley, John Wister, Vernon Park, Jacob Crall, Henry Bruner, 21 East Price Street, Pat Howard, Mrs. M. T. Farra, Levering family, Dr. Levering, First Presbyterian Church, Wilson Woods, Hopkin's Alley, Creekview, snakes in Honey Run, Weiss' Coal Yard, Firehouse Number 19, Selsor's Mill Yard, Abbott's Dairies, Birchall's Mill, King of Prussia Tavern, Strakes property, Colonial Theatre, George Bannister's mill, Cumberland [Lena] Street, Roberts' coal yard, Wilson and Gardner, Jones' coal and lumber yard, Manheim Laundry,Cottage Row, Willings Pond, Willings Meadow, Wallace Storage warehouse, Baynton/ Hancock Street, Mrs. F. U. Hoyt, Spencer Roberts, Major Oscar Roberts, Civil War, Townsend Mill, Nichol's shoddy mill, Wingohocking Creek, Upsala, General Agnew, Colonel Bird, Logan Run, South Germantown. Page 20- Articles glued to page 20 mention the following subjects: Wingohocking Creek, Mill Creek, Fisher's Lane, Fisher's Hollow school, Logan's Meadow, Deborah Logan, Mrs. Sarah Kemble Wister, Stenton, William Penn, John Moon, Thomas Bowman, Richard Townsend, John Goadson, James Logan, Pennsylvania Magazine, the "Canterbury," Ann Shippen, Loganian Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Godfrey, Dr. George Logan, Deborah Norris, Sallie Wister, William Armat Logan, Logan Square, Logan Trust Company, James Logan Public School, Colonial Dames, Dickenson Norris Logan, Gustavus G. Logan, George Logan, Algernon Sydney Logan, Sallie Norris Dickenson, Maria D. Logan, Albanus C. Logan, Mary Norris Logan, Young America, Olympic Club, Germantown YMCA, L. E. Myers, J. W. Lippincott, Courtland Street, Dr. J. B. Moyer, James E. Cooper, H. D. Felton, B. Harper, Greenmount Cemetery, John R. Manderfield, John Dewees, Harrowgate Lane, Rowlandville, Wingohocking sewer, PRT Co. at Wyoming Avenue, Feltonville, Franklinville, Smoky Hollow, Municipal Hospital, Juniata Park, Rock Run Creek, Billy Hopkin, James Glasnevin, Billy Buzzard, Little Britain, *Mrs. Peter Day, Morris House, Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen. Page 21- Subjects mentioned in articles glued to page include: Wingohocking Creek, Kelley's Hill, Shoemaker's Lane, Church Lane, Locust Avenue, Duy's Lane, Mount Pleasant [Sedgwick] Station, Tourison's Pond, White's Meadow, Reiny's Meadow, William Allen/ Allen property, Awbury, Thomas and Philip Kelley, Chelten Avenue, Scatchard Mills, Germantown baseball grounds, "Tin Lizzy," Heiskell Street, Robert Steel, Harry Steel, Cowtown, Mehl's meadow, Charles Willson Peale, Belfield, [Revoutionary War], Market Square, Market Square Presbyterian Church, Rock House, Shoemaker farmhouse, Wingohocking station, temperance rallies and movement, Dannenhower-Armstrong Mill dam, Armstrong's Lane, Armstrong Mill fire, Brandy Spring, Wister's Meadow, Wister's Woods, World War I tablet, James Logan, "bell sniggling," Paper Mill Run, Meeneerokahasha, Walnut Lane Bridge. Page 22- Articles glued to page mention the following subjects: Rock Run Creek, [Revolutionary War], Middleton Place, National Cemetery, Isaac Woods, General McDougall, General Nathanial Greene, Fisher's Park, Cedar Park Hotel, Hibbard Farm, Blue Bell Hill, Odd Fellow's Orphanage, Morning Paper Carriers' Association, Joseph Wharton, Griffith's Mills, Lay Spring, Benjamin Lay, Miles plantation, slavery, abolitionism, Abington Friends' Meeting, Phipps' Cave, Joshua Francis Fisher, Alverthorpe, Ontalanna, Wharton Steel Company, Wharton School of Science [Business?], University of Pennsylvania, Harper's Mill, Harrison S. Morris, Anna Wharton, Catherine Wharton, Sydney Wright, "Skeetches on Bristol Townsip Writers," Joseph S. Lovering Wharton, Fairy Rock, Indian Rock, William Penn, Samuel Carpenter, Griffith Miles, Milestown, Russell Smith, Charles Wharton, St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Tom Clemens, Miss Helen Rowland, Germantown Telegraph, Mrs. Profeit, Eleanor Harrison Suplee, Sheriff Souplis. Page 23- Articles glued to page mention the following subjects: Rock Run Creek, Old York Road, Green Lane, W. Whitman, Mary L. Wharton, E. M. Davis, Judge John K. Kane, M. S. Price, William Larzalere, Broad Street, deBenneville Burying Ground, General Agnew, Colonel Bird, Green Lane School, Owen Wister, Grange Farm, Hebrew Orphanage, Nedro Street [Avenue], Kenilworth Inn, Fern Rock, Judge John K. Kane, Silver Pine Farm, Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, Sir John Franklin, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Independence Hall, Godfrey Avenue, North Penn Railroad, Champlost, James Portens, Joseph Fox, Joseph M. Fox, George Fox, Charles P. Fox, Society of Political Inquiry, Count de Champlost, Mary D. Fox, Fisher's Park, Broad Street Subway, [Fern Rock terminal], Olney Avenue, Tabor Road, Olney Presbyterian Church, Fairmount Foundry Company, Hunsicker property, Charles Comblas, Felton Woods, Tacony Creek, Roosevelt Boulevard. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 24- Articles glued to page mention the following subjects: Chief Toxoany, Waverly Heights, Skintown station, John Wanamaker, Wyncote, North Penn Railroad, Vernon Road, Chestnut Hill Farm, Pratt Farm, Mount Airy Avenue, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Anthony Daley, Officer Bates, Daley murder, Limekiln Pike, Lyndon [home of the Curtis Arboretum], C. H. K. Curtis, Henry Bendorf, Ogontz, Jay Cooke, Civil War, Chief Ogontz, St. Paul's Church [Ogontz], Turpentine Road, Rock Road, Kulp's Creek, Shoemaker-Basler grist mill, Dorothy Shoemaker, Richard Mathers, John Tyson, Shoemakertown [Elkins Park], General Smallwood, General Farman, Battle of Germantown. [Revolutionary War], Leech grist mill, High School road, Elkins Park Apartments, Myers and Ervien fork factory, Jacob Myers, C. Hammond and Son tool works, Connie Mack, Chief Bender. Page 25- Articles glued to page mention the following subjects: Tacony Creek, New Second Street, Saw Mill Creek, Cedar Park Farm, Milestown, Oak Lane, Stetson's Farm, Rowland family, Abington Friends' Meeting, Miss Walu, Pinehurst, School [House] Lane [Cheltenham/ Abington Townships], Rowland shovel works, Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, William Lehman Ashmead Bartlett, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Milltown [Cheltenham], John Rowland, the "Welcome," William Penn, Thomas Rowland, Benjamin Rowland, William and Harvey Rowland, Rowlandville, Lynford Rowland, Rush Rowland, Howard Rowland, Joseph Cusson, Benjamin Cusson, William Cusson, Cheltenham Hall, Methodist Episcopal Church, Rowland Place, Louis Rafetto, Robert B. Haines, Jane Haines, Caspar Haines, Robert B. Haines, Emery farm, Anderson Rowland, Curtis Publishing Company, Curtis Country Club, Trinity Chapel, Trinity Church, Tacony Creek Park. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 26- Articles glued to page include the following subjects: Brookwood, Charles Henry Fisher, Cheltenham Avenue, Green Lane, Maud Fisher, James Logan Fisher, Mr. and Mrs James F. Hamill, Sidney G. Fisher, Crescentville, Grubbstown, Crescent Mills, Adams road [presumably Adams Avenue], Civil War, Thomas Griffith, T. J. Rice, Peter Moran, Art Club, Maplewood, Price plantation, John N. Dickson, Montgomery family, Elizabeth Price, Rees Price, John Price, Asylum Pike, Newtown Railroad, Rising Sun Avenue, Lawndale, Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, Mr. Steele, Crescentville Evangelical Lutheran Church, Buzby's thicket, William Whitaker, Cedar Grove Mills, Route 50 trolley, Hanna P. Morris, 36 West Coulter Street, Samuel Morris, Samuel B. Morris, Germantown Savings Fund Society, Lydia Spencer, Tabor Road, Germantown Historical Society, *5214 Germantown Avenue, *Conyngham Hacker House. Page 27- Articles glued to page include the following subjects: Tacony Creek, Morris House, Whitaker meadow, Robert Whitaker, Cedar Grove, Asylum Pike, Tabor Road, Henry Whitaker, Trinity Church, All Saints' Church, Saint Thomas' Chuch, Glebe Road, War of 1812, Henry Whitaker, Blanket Hill, Mr. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Lincoln Assassination, Tacony Creek Park, James L. Whitaker, Glebe land, Cedar Grove pumps, Patrick McDevitt, Tabor Road, Roosevelt Boulevard, Rock Run Creek, Sears Roebuck and Company, Rowlandville, Route 75 trolley, Wyoming Avenue, G Street, Fisher's Lane, Wingohocking Creek, Dewees farmhouse, Juniata Park, Decatur estate, Friends' Asylum, Rockdale, Hoffman family. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 28- Articles glued to page include the following subjects: Tacony Creek, Rowlandville, Wyoming Avenue, Concordia silk hosiery mill, Fisher's Lane, Harrowgate Lane, Dewees paper mill, Jacob Dewees, Evans greenhouses, Paper Mill Woods, John Dewees, Miss Sarah Dewees, Price homestead, North Penn Railroad, Lindley Station, ghosts and hauntings, Griffith Jones, John Harper, Scull and Heap map of 1750, Burby [Buzby?] mill, John Hughes, Rozer, Rezer, John Rowland, Benjamin Rowland, William Penn, the "Welcome," William Rowland, Catherine Rowland, James Rowland, John Rowland, Letitia Blank, Revolutionary War, Captain Jonathan Rowland, Colonel Richard Thomas, Sarah Maxwell, Harvey Rowland, Nathan Rowland, T. Rowland and Brothers, William Rowland and Co., T. & B. Rowland & Co., B. Rowland & Co., Biddle Hardware Co., Rowland tract, Rowland Saw Works, Curtis Country Club, Kensington Saw Firm, Sarah McMullen, Greenwood Cemetery. Page 29- Includes article "Little Journeys Around Philadelphia" as published in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Subjects mentioned in articles include: Wissahickon Creek, Reading Railroad bridge, Forbidden Drive, Edgar Allan Poe, Fairmount Park Commission, Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Battle of Germantown, Walnut Lane bridge, Ridge Road, Hermit's Lane, Lincoln Drive, Kitchen's Lane, Allen's Lane, Gorgas Lane, Shawmont Avenue, Valley Green, Wise's Mill Road, Rex Avenue, Thomas Mill Road, Thorp's Lane, Andorra, William Penn, W. C. Kitchen, Dunkards, Devil's Pool, Megargee Mill, "Pro Bono Publico" fountain, Joseph Cook, Charles Megargee, Falls Village, Falls of Schuylkill, Eli Bowen, *Valley Green Bridge, *Johnson House. Also includes clipping with the poem "Along the Wissahickon" by Martha Shepard Lippincott. Page 30- Page includes a 1924 clipping from the North American, and a 1952 obituary of Mark Sullivan. Neither article appears to have any direct connection to Germantown. Page 31- Includes typed manuscripts "Causes of Rebellion" and " Subordinate Causes of the Civil War." Discusses causes of the Civil War, and of the nature of rebellion in general. Manuscripts and their contents within have no apparent DIRECT connection to Germantown and the former Township. A single newspaper clipping is also glued to the page, with a photo of the *Crowson House at 6514 Germantown Avenue. Page 32- Includes several newspaper clippings, which mention the following subjects: Old Limekiln Pike, Branchtown, Pittville, Godfrey House, Roberts Mill, Buckleberry Mills, Chelten Avenue, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Somerville Mission, Jacob C. Bockius, First Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Eastminster Mission, Second Presbyterian Church, Reverend H. W. Hathaway, William L. Kinsey Public School, Germantown Guide, Ogontz Avenue, Orphanage of the Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania, Hibbard place, Samuel Carpenter, William Pitt, East Haines Street, National Cemetery, Andrew place, Middleton place, Cedar Park House, Colonel Mathews, Isaac Woods, Battle of Germantown, General Armstrong, Wissahickon Creek, General Greene, General Smallwood, Market Square, Chew House, Cliveden, Continental Army, General Smallwood, Luken's Mill, Townsend's Dam, General Stephens, Meetinghouse Lane, Kelly's Hill, *Johnson House, John Johnson, *[Deshler] Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue, George Washington. Page 33- Includes several articles glued to page. Subjects mentioned in articles include Battle of Germantown, Blanche Day, Market Square, General Howe, Battle of Brandywine, Sullivan's brigade, General Wayne, Allen's Lane, Conway's brigade, Colonel Musgrave, *Chew House [Cliveden], Maxwell's brigade, Lt. William Smith, *Grumblethorpe, John Wister, 5261 Germantown Avneue, General James Agnew, Honey Run, Chelten Avenue, Carpenter Lane, Cresheim Road, Colonel Moylan, Gorgas Lane, Billmeyer House, School Lane, Pennsylvania State Militia, General John Armstrong, General Greene, General McDougall, Market Square, Stephen's Division, Stenton Avenue, Ogontz Avenue, Morris' Woods, Queen's Rangers, Whitemarsh, General Cornwallis, German Reformed Church, Board of War. Page 34- The page includes several articles, glued to page. Two such articles- one on the 1901-1903 Pittsburgh Pirates, and the other on "The Oldest Lighthouse" [in Boston] do not appear to have any direct connection to Germantown. The third article consists of a photograph of *Upsala and brief caption associated with the photograph. Page 35- This page includes several articles, one of which consists of three photographs with associated captions. Subjects mentioned include East Falls, Indian Queen Lane, *the Old Academy Playhouse, Old Academy Players, Falls of Schuylkill, Baltimore and Ohio railroad, *Falls Baptist Church, Sam Nocella, *Falls Methodist Church, 3548 Indian Queen Lane, Dr. Charles K. Mills, Plush Hill, University of Pennsylvania, West Fairmount Park, William Smith, Merchant Marine Shipping Company, James Schwartz, Red Bridge, flooding on the Schuylkill River. Page 36- Includes two articles. One discusses the ship "Sindia," which ran aground at Ocean City, NJ in 1901. The second discusses William Lyon Phelps and All Saints' Day. Neither article has any apparent direct connection to Germantown. Page 37- Includes several newspaper articles, and mentions the following subjects: Hood Cemetery, Leonard Arets, Jan Streepers, Paul Wolf, William Hood, Hood Cemetery gate, William H. Stewart, Lower Burying Ground, *Grumblethorpe, 5267 Germantown Avenue, General Agnew, Revolutionary War, Jacob Washington, Notzing Castle. Page 38- Includes single article, on baseball players Bobby Shantz and "Wee Willie" Keeler. Article has no immediately apparent connection to Germantown. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 39- Includes two newspaper clippings. One discusses constitutional rights and appears to have no direct connection to Germantown. The other is titled "Baynton House For Sale; Gtn. Historians Worrying." Subjects mentioned in article include: Squire Baynton House, 5208 Germantown Avenue, Germantown Historical Society, Captain Edmund A. Crenshaw Jr., Frances Trevis, Charles Morrell, Mrs. Mary Billhardt, Mrs. Mary Lee Gibson, Burke's Peerage of Nobility, John Baynton, Peter Baynton, Eliza Baynton, Hetty Baynton, Hester Baynton, Joseph Bullock, Rebecca Bullock, Charles A. Wister Sr., Grumblethorpe, John H. Billhardt, Ruth and Kathleen Billhardt, William Billhardt, John D. Billhardt, Mrs. Jane Billhardt Harmon, Percy Mortimer, Shady Hill School, the Otterstetters. Page 40- Includes several newspaper clippings glued to page. Subjects mentioned in articles include *Bluebell [Blue Bell] Church, *Memorial Methodist Church, Reverend Thomas Bruce Beach, Mrs. Ruth Riley, First Methodist Episcopal Church, 617 Naomi Street, Rittenhouse estate, Reverend C. S. Albany, First Methodist Church of Germantown, Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Reverend Edwin H. Castor, Reverend H. H. W. Behney, Reverend Howard H. Prouse, Reverend Herbert Dewees, Women's Society of Christian Service, Mrs. Robert Greenwood, *Queen's House [9 West Tulpehocken Street], J. C. Fallon, Lindley Johnson, Queen Isabella, Andrew Jackson, Germantown Water Works, Joseph Donath Jr., Mrs. Jessie L. Collet, 1815 Ranstead Street. Page 40- Several articles are glued to this page, and mention the following subjects: *Martha Beresford Cope, *Mrs. Thomas Cope, Sparrow Jack House, Germantown Historical Society, George Washington, Sparrow Jack, Henry Sharpnack, Isaac Frank, John and Mary Will, George and Elizabeth Hergesheimer, Michael Billmeyer, John Crowson, 1 West Upsal Street, John Bardsley, *Old Abe, Civil War. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 41- Includes a single article "Germantown Ave. Century Ago," published in the March 11, 1954 issue of the Germantown Courier. Subjects include *8501 Germantown Avenue [Robertson's Florists/ Cress Hotel], Jacob Peters, Eagle Hotel, Nana Shop, Sign of the Swan, Bonny Jockey, Stag Inn, Old Rotterdam Inn [note: the information provided on the structure at 8501 Germantown Avenue is largely incorrect]. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 42- Includes an article- the next in the series of articles "Germantown Ave. 100 Years Ago" as published in the March 25, 1954 Courier. Subjects mentioned in article include *8327-8325 Germantown Avenue, Wigard Jacoby, Dr. Edward Jacoby, Henry S. Lentz, Jenks School, *8428 Germantown Avenue, John H. Johnson, Harmony School. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 43- Includes the next in the series of "Germantown Ave. Century Ago" articles. Subjects mentioned in article include Christ Evangelical and Lutheran Church, *8314-8316 Germantown Avenue, Jacob Stallman, *8226 Germantown Avenue, Carol H. Deshon, Felix Dottweiler [Detwiler/ Detweiler], Elizabeth Dottweiler, William Ruff. Page 44- Includes the next in the series of "Germantown Ave. Century Ago" articles. Subjects mentioned in article include *8220 Germantown Avenue [Swank/ Detwiler House], Jacob Swank, John Detwiler, Frederick Detwiler, *8217 Germantown Avenue [Hiram Lodge/ VFW Building]. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 45- Includes the next in the series of "Germantown Ave. Century Ago" articles. Subjects mentioned in article include *8031 Germantown Avenue [Rex Store, George Woodward Inc.], Abraham Rex, John Rex, Enouch Rex, William Rex, Matthias Hass [Haas??], Henry H. Houston estate, *8132-8134 Germantown Avenue [Stagecrafters Theatre/ Peters House], Ezra Sands, Peter Kalm. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 46- Includes the next in the series of "Germantown Ave. Century Ago" articles. Subjects mentioned in article include *7921 Germantown Avenue, Wigard Miller, Annabella Miller, Melchior Newman, Matthias Haas, Dr. Edward Jacoby, Woodward estate, *8002 Germantown Avenue [Cellar to Attic Antiques], Caroline Watson. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 47- Includes the next in the series of "Germantown Ave. Century Ago" articles. Subjects mentioned in article include *7627 Germantown Avenue [incorrectly listed in article as 7601], Reading Railroad, Germantown Avenue station, *Mermaid Hotel [Inn], Martin Painter, Israel Gilbert, [Chestnut Hill] Baptist Church, baptisms. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 48- Includes the next in the series of "Germantown Ave. Century Ago" articles. Subjects mentioned in article include *7413 Germantown Avenue, 7406 Germantown Avenue, Krisheim, Frankford Company, William Penn, Gerhard Rittenhouse, Johannes Bleikers, Levin Herberdinck, Francis Daniel Pastorius. Includes additional nature stamps. Page 49- Includes five newspaper articles glued to page, including the obituaries of baseball players/ officials Bill Dineen and Cy Young. Also includes article on bees and honey making. Articles have no clear connection to Germantown. Page 50- an entire page of nature stamps. Page 51- Includes three articles on dancers, including Adeline Genee, Ruth St. Denis, and Fred Stone. None appear to be directly connected to Germant... [truncated due to length]

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1921 - 1962