Call Number:

1999.696

Repository:

Chestnut Hill Historical Society

Extent:

0.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

1999.696

Date:

1899-1984 (bulk) and 1800-1999 (inclusive)

Creator:

Bourquin, Elizabeth

Abstract:

Elizabeth Shantz Bourquin, born in 1917, was a resident of the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. The Elizabeth Shantz Bourquin Collection, 1800-1999, consists of an oral history transcript, photographs of Chestnut Hill scenes and carriage driving, and other items. The oral history is a conversation between Elizabeth Bourquin and her brother Raymond Schantz, discussing their childhood in Chestnut Hill.

Elizabeth Shantz Bourquin, born in 1917, was a resident of the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. Her brother Raymond Shantz was born in 1909 and died in 2000.

This collection consists of an oral history transcript, photographs of Chestnut Hill scenes and carriage driving, and books and pegs and nails from a Chestnut Hill log house formerly at the corner of Germantown Ave. and Mermaid Lane. The oral history is a conversation between Elizabeth Bourquin and her brother Raymond Schantz, discussing their childhood in Chestnut Hill. Subjects include: 31, 33 W. Springfield Ave., Wissahickon Creek, Venetian Club, Gilbert Consolidated School, Mr. Lehr, John Story Jenks, Germantown High School, Chestnut Hill Theater (Theatre), Titus, Anna Sands and Ezra Shermer, Wesley Shantz, Benjamin Shantz, Archie Cromie, Mr. McGuigan, Gypsies, 86, 88, 90 Bethlehem Pike, Women's Friendly Group, Dwyer family, Russell Aiman, Kolb's Bakery, Mr. Asquith, 7935, 8413 Germantown Ave., John Sergeant Price, Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, Chestnut Hill Men's Club (also called Chestnut Hill Club), Tomlinson's store, ice house on Moreland Ave. [Glen Willow Ice Company], Willets Stained Glass Studio, Italian Americans, Reuben Sands, Indian Queen Inn, Frank and Leon Moffett, Eisele's Bakery, African Americans, Mr. Worrall, Dr. Funk, Foster Drug Store, the "Gut".