Saturday, August 6, 2011

River Excursions Past and Present

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For our Oak Glen High School Prom in 1981, we were taken by bus to Pittsburgh to spend the evening dining and dancing aboard the Liberty Bel...
Friday, August 5, 2011

Orchestra Leader Also Ran Radio Repair Shop in Chester

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"Eddie" McGraw was a “swing band” orchestra leader who played throughout the Tri-State Region of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and ...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Accident at Jethro Trestle

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This image is identified as “Jethro Trestle” in East Liverpool's Carnegie Library archives. The underside of the trestle bridge appears ...
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Trolley Car’s Wild Dash

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The Chester Bridge in 1899. Trolley car crossing. (From East Liverpool Historical Society) While recently viewing the 1972 film What’s Up Do...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Take the Yellow Car to Indian Rocks

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Images of America: Rock Springs Park , page 9, mentions the advertisement (left) featured in Roy C. Cashdollar’s The History of Chester: Gat...

Syria Auto Club Route in Previous Post Was the Old Lincoln Highway

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Curious about the route taken by the Syria Auto Club from West Carson Street in Pittsburgh to Rock Springs Park in 1928, I asked Lincoln Hig...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

1907 Merchants' Picnic Made Front Page Headlines

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In July 1907 the headline "TOOK FOUR TRAINS TO CARRY CROWD" was front page news in The Beaver Daily Times . The story tells of rec...