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75 Years Ago On The Main Line – February 1947

by Gerry

Paoli

Paoli Marie Antoinette

Berwyn

Berwyn Schools in TE

Radnor

Radnor One-Legged

Bryn Mawr

Bryn Mawr Theater
Bryn Mawr Theater

Haverford

Haverford Train Kills Socialite

Ardmore

Kaiser dealer a 261 E. Lancaster Avenue – It is now the location for Ardmore Nissan. In the interim, it was Nash Motors dealers, Lincoln Mercury, Dodge, Goodyear Tires, Jerrehian Brothers Oriental Rugs and Raymond P. Scott Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Saab.

Kaiser at 261 E. Lancaster

Wynnewood

Friends Central, which now plays in the Friends Leauge, used to compete in the Interacademic League.

Wynnewood FC Wins Interac

Penn Wynne

Narberth

An Advertisement in Our Town, a Narberth community weekly newspaper. The Acme was 114-118 N. Narberth Avenue, which would be across the street from the Narberth Theater, toward Haverford Avenue.

Narberth Acme Our Town

Merion

Merion Manor Fire

Bala Cynwyd

Wants Negro

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