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This is Cedar Lane in the Highland Park neighborhood of Upper Darby. But where exactly is it? Do you know? (Courtesy of Keith Lockhart)
Delaware County Historian Keith Lockhart has been digging through a bunch of postcards and photos from nearly a century ago, but is somehow stumped as to exact locations and directions. Keith needs your help.
Keith told The Daily Times that the attached photo is of Cedar Lane in the Highland Park neighborhood of Upper Darby, and he is looking for the block and intersection where it was located, as well as any other key information.
Can you help me? Keith’s email address is keith106@rcn.com.
Last week’s Boothwyn Road history mystery in Linwood had several detectives in the audience from the Daily Times, Town Talk and Delaware County News. In their own words:
Dennis and Jack McKnight: “This view is from Hadell Avenue looking east down Chichester Avenue toward Palmer Drive and Market Street. The address of the first house in the foreground on the left is 1558 Chichester Avenue.”
John Schuelen: “I am the treasurer of the Chichester Historical Society. I was very happy to find something from my area and was sure I could track it down. It is definitely Chichester Street. I have attached the photo and my notes. Thank you for posting. Please let me know if you find anything else in the Chichester area.”
Michael Johenning: “The photographer’s perspective is from 1570 Chichester Avenue, looking south down the road towards Marcus Hook. The stone wall is the same, the house is the same.”
Mary Ann Shawn: “The photo you are trying to solve is of the block where I grew up. Our house was at 1562 Chichester Avenue, just to the right of the first house on the right side of the photo, but our house is not in the photo. My father bought it in 1941 for $3,000 and it was at 72 Chichester Avenue. It was sold to my father by Hattie B. Smith, a real estate agent who lived across the street. Across from our house, at the corner of Ward Street and Chichester Avenue, was Wolf’s General Store. It was a very busy, good store. They always had one-cent candy. The house on the far right of the photo was Fred Miller’s house (1558). The house to the left of his house was the Mancini house (1556). To the left of that was the home of Marshall, the grandparents of the Mancini children. My father said that in the 1930s, all the kids would gather at Marshall’s house to play cards. It was a very popular house.”
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