Call Number:

05

Repository:

Historic Langhorne Association

Extent:

4.0 linear feet

Language:

English

Date:

circa 1867-2012

Creator:

Historic Langhorne Association

Form:

Photographic postcards

Abstract:

Settled by Quakers beginning in 1680, the small town of Langhorne in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, grew as an important transportation center between Trenton and Philadelphia due to its location at the intersection of major roads connecting the two cities. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the town, which served as a stop along the rail line, became a popular summer vacation destination for wealthy Philadelphians. The Historic Langhorne Association photograph and photo postcard collection, circa 1867-2012 contains photographs, postcards, negatives, and oversized images that document the people, buildings, events, and streets of Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area from the mid-19th century until the present.

Located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the borough of Langhorne is a small town whose name is used broadly to describe the majority of surrounding Middletown Township. The center of town is located at the intersection of two prominent roads, Maple and Bellevue Avenues. Once Lenni-Lenape paths, these roads run between Bristol and Durham, Pennsylvania, and between Philadelphia and Trenton, New Jersey.

Settled by Quakers beginning in 1680, the area grew as an important transportation center between Trenton and Philadelphia, becoming the stagecoach transportation hub of Bucks County. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the town, which served as a stop along the rail line, became a popular summer vacation destination for wealthy Philadelphians who constructed large homes and businesses.

Langhorne was known as Attleborough until 1876, when it was incorporated and named for Jeremiah Langhorne, an early resident of the area and former Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

This collection includes photographs, photo postcards, and oversized images that document the people, buildings, events, and streets of Langhorne and surrounding areas from the mid-19th century until the present.

The photographs, arranged alphabetically by subject, are mostly originals although there are some photocopies. Most of the photographs have been scanned and are searchable on-site via detailed accession inventories. Some subjects include:

Baseball team of Langhorne

Bellevue Institute

Boy Scouts

Edge Hill School

Flowers Mill

Knight of the Golden Eagle

Langhorne Country Club

Middletown Monthly Meeting House

Langhorne Methodist Episcopal Church

Longshore Feed Store

Oxford Valley School

Parades

Parkland

Parry Building

People's National Bank

Pine Street School pupils

Plays

Townsend Building

Trolleys

Oversized items include prints, aerial views, and film negatives. The following is a partial inventory:

Bellevue Institute Attleboro PA pencil sketch transferred from museum to archives

Pictures of experimental planes and pilots

Aerial view Langhorne January 5, 1938

Aerial view of Hulmeville 1946

Aerial view Langhorne January 5, 1938 and 2008 side by side

Photos of Houses in Langhorne from the 1940's

Picture of Unknown House

Langhorne Centennial book negatives and maps

Photo of Langhorne high school

The photo postcards, which include some 4x5" negatives, are roughly arranged alphabetically by town or building. An inventory is provided below:

BUILDINGS

#5A - Hotel Bellevue (2) 13 total

#9 - Bellevue Hotel/ Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Hotel, Dec. 6, 1988 - photograph

Bellevue Hotel, (2)

Bellevue Hotel, 1906 (2)

Bellevue Hotel, 1906

Bellevue Hotel, 1914, (2)

Bellevue Hotel (2)

Langhorne Hotel:

Post card, circa 1970 2003-50-01

Post cards of Langhorne Hotel, winter scene, showing trolley tracks and sign of George Ehrlen (4) 2003-50-02

Post cards showing George Ehrlen and his car in front of Langhorne Hotel (3) 2003-50-03

Post cards showing the pump, metal railing on the second floor, but no sign for George Ehrlen. (Beer advertisement sign had to be removed for Prohibition) (14) 2003-50-04

#64 - Flannery's, 1973

Irwin's Drug Store (4)

Irwin's Drug Store from Maple Ave. (11) 2003-50-05

#44C - Langhorne Buildings, 1918

#21A - Langhorne Hotel, June, 1976 (4)

#19A - Neshaminy High School

#19B - Neshaminy Maple Point (2)

Oxford Valley

#58 - Union Chapel

#59, #59A - School House, Oxford Valley

#60 - Edge Hill School

#61 - School House, Oxford Valley

#65 - Old Cider Mill, Oxford Valley, 1908

#25 - Parry Building/Hicks Building, 1914

#26A/B- Parry Building/Hicks Building, 1976

#2 - (2) Peoples National Bank (1906?)

#3 - Peoples National Bank

#4 - Peoples National Bank

Peoples National Bank 2003-57-03

Peoples National Bank 1958? 2007-35-01

#50 - Peaceable Kingdom, 1988

Philadelphia College of Bible, St. Mary's Manor (Marist Fathers), Foulke & Long Institute

#45, 45A, Foulke & Long Institute,1906 (2)

#45, 45A/B - Foulke & Long Institute (2)

# 48 C - Foulke & Long Institute

? - Foulke & Long Institute

1917 - St. Mary's Manor (Marist Fathers) (2)

#47, 47A - St. Mary's Manor (Marist Fathers) (2)

Lake #48, 48A - St. Mary's Manor (Marist Fathers)

#46, 46A - St. Mary's Manor (Marist Fathers) (2)

Foulke & Long Institute, Langhorne Manor, PA.

Foulke & Long Institute, Langhorne, PA.

#32 - Post Office

#33, #33A - Post Office/Town Hall - 1941

Fire House / Post Office 1958? 2007-35-01

#27 - Post Office/Langhorne 1959

#17 - Richardson House

#28A, - Richardson House (2)

#28B, - Richardson House

#28D, - Richardson House , 1928

#29A, - Richardson House 1976 (3)

#30 - Richardson House , 1976

#30A - Richardson House , 1976

#49A - South Langhorne, 1946 (2)

Townsend Building (2)

#39 - Townsend Building at Maple Ave.

#39A - Townsend Building

Townsend Building

#4 - Village Farm, 1917 (2)

#63 - Village Farm

#44A - Train Station (Reading Railroad) 1910

Bethlehem A.M.E. - 1

Catholic Church of Langhorne - 1

Friends Meeting House - 9

Methodist Episcopal Church (1915) - 1

Presbyterian Church, Langhorne - 4

St. James Episcopal Church - 4

St. James Church, Langhorne late 1960's (5) 2003-50-06

Langhorne Presbyterian Church 2003-57-04

HOMES

124 E. Maple Ave, 1905

Rose Wood, S. Bellevue Ave

Quaker Meetings House, N. Bellevue & Watson Aves.

146 N. Bellevue (2) , 1906

109 W. Maple Ave (2)

Bellevue Avenue Colored card

126 S. Bellevue Ave. , 1920, (2)

Varien Home, Pine St.

Fabian House, Hill Ave.

Methodist-Episcopal Parsonage, N. Bellevue Ave.

Old Moon Residence (2)

William Parry Home, 1924 (2)

Charles Matthew Home, 1924

LANGHORNE LIBRARY

#26 HLA - 1

1906/1910 - 5

Public Library, Langhorne - 8 (HLA #23, 23A, 23B)

STREETS

North Bellevue Ave. Shows Hotel and Townsend Building. Located in Newtown folder in the archive file.

#36 Kirk's Corner & Maple Ave. 1910

Reedman Car-Truck World

LANGHORNE NEGATIVES

#1 Newtown-Langhorne Trolley

#2 Peoples National Bank

#3 Presbyterian Church

#4 Friends Meeting House

#5 Center of Town

#6 Greenwood - Woods School

#7 Country Club, 17th Fairway

#8 Wildwood - Woods School

#9 Harewood - Woods School

#10 High School, Maple Ave. & Cherry Street

#11 Friends Meeting House

#12 Methodist Church

#13 Town Hall

#14 Friends Meeting

#15 Town Hall

#16 Practice House - Woods School (Ridgewood)

#17 Larchwood - Woods School

#18 Rosewood - Woods School

#19 Country Club

#20 Country Club - 13th Green

LAMBERTVILLE NEGATIVES

#1 Catholic Church

#2 Bridge

NEW HOPE NEGATIVES

#1 Logan Inn

YARDLEY NEGATIVES

#1 Lake Afton

#2 Episcopal Church

#3 Bridge

#4 Theater

PARKLAND POSTCARDS

The Bridge at Parkland, PA. (Walkway over the Railroad)

Dance Pavilion (End of building and street view)

Lower Parkland showing Hulmeville Ave. & Creek

Parkland 50th Anniversary Card showing Elementary School, Community House, Presbyterian Church and Fire Company. Distributed by Parkland Heights Improvement Association #1421. (10 Copies)

Bucks County Postcards

Aerial View of Bowman's Hill and Tower Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown, NJ. #20609 (2 Copies)

Bowman's Tower Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown NJ. #41370

The Thompson-Neely House Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown NJ. #28284 (3 Copies)

Council Room at Thompson-Neely House Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown NJ. #25704 (3 Copies)

Entrance Hall of Thompson-Neely House Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown NJ. #2709?

Soldiers' Graves - Washington Crossing Park Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown NJ. #28290

Old Mill - Washington Crossing Park Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown NJ. #28289 (3 Copies)

Washington Crossing Memorial Building in Park Pub. by Scheller Co. Hackettstown NJ. #46167

BUCKS COUNTY

Old Ferry Inn, Washington Crossing Park Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ. #20072 (2 copies)

Washington Crossing the Delaware Pub. by the American Aerial Survey Company #17794

Washington Crossing the Delaware Pub. by K.F. Lutz, Philadelphia (Painting done by Emanuel Leutze) WC-1

Museum of the BCHS Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ 17042

Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum Published by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ (Building view) #41216

Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ Food Rooms, Canoe, Chairs and Mill Wheel, ground floor view #41213

Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ Concord Stage Coach and the Great wheel lathe, Third Gallery #29012

Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ Healing Arts, Gallery 2, room 40 surgeons, dentist and veterinarians equipment #41214

Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ Pottery Room #29011

Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ The Library - Reference Room and adjoining archives room view #41215

Vansant's Covered Bridge Bucks County Bridge #73 Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ Copyright 1962 #C-25935

The Ringing Rocks Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ #66565

Bird-In-Hand Newtown (Oldest frame house standing in PA.) Pub. by Chuck West, Newtown, PA. 81832 (2 copies)

The Historic Old Church of the Presbyterian Congregation of Newtown Pub. by The Scheller Company, Hackettstown, NJ Copyright 1962 #C-25791

Pennsbury Manor Gardens Pub. by Jos. F. Morsella, Philadelphia #S11169

Pennsbury Manor Dining Room Pub. by Jos. F. Morsella, Philadelphia #S11200

China Retreat Near Bristol Pub. by Arnold Brothers Printers, Rushland Card #142

The Fountain House Doylestown c1748/George Slotter Prop.

Doylestown, PA Dirt road & trolley tracks outside of town Pub. by Craven & Co. Doylestown

High School - Doylestown #18054

Johnsville Store & P.O. E.M. Walton, P.M. Pub. by Chas. R. Arnold Pub. Ivyland Card #115

Public School - Newportville, PA. (2 copies)

Washington's Headquarters Newtown, PA H.K. Mahon Pub.

Spring Garden Dam on the Neshaminy, Newtown Pub. by Souvenir Postcard Co., NY. Printed in Germany

White Bear Hotel, Richboro

Hiram S. McCool Prop. Pub. by Arnold Brothers Printers, Rushland Card #76

Rush Valley Mills, Rushland Pub. by Arnold Brothers Printers, Rushland Card #21

Washington's Headquarters at Foot of Jericho Hill Pub. by Arnold Brothers Printers, Rushland Card #72

Old Cuttalossa Mill, Solebury Township Pub. by Chas. R. Arnold Pub. Ivyland Card #149

Wood Hill Chapel Pub. by Arnold Brothers Printers, Rushland Card #168 (2 copies)

Yardley Theater

Yardley Church

Lake Afton

St. Andrews R.C. Church Newtown Pub. by Frank E. Walker #4926 (2 copies)

New Hope – New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, Photo of train in snow by P.A. Mensing

Newtown Group (10 pcs.) - Located in the Newtown folder in the archives file. Donated by

Elizabeth Foster Smith of Newportville, 2/3/1986.

Souvenir of formal opening of paved streets in Hulmeville, PA. Sept. 6, 1924

Old and New Bank, Newtown #4919

High School, Newtown

Primary School, Newtown

Business district street scene, Newtown

Washington Ave. with Trolley, Newtown

Volunteer Fire Department, Newtown

Methodist Episcopal Church, Newtown

Cottage, George School, Newtown #6363

George School Pond, Newtown #22904

Post card of "Ye Old Temperance House" 2003-50-07