75 Years Ago On The Main Line – February 1947

by Gerry February 7, 2022

Paoli

Berwyn

Radnor

Bryn Mawr

Haverford

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.

Wynnewood

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

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.

Merion

Bala Cynwyd

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