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Temperence Society Coffee House on Audubon Avenue. This is an original sketch of the building, located in between the public school and fire house.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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The boiler room of the Wayne Steam Heat Plant on Plant Ave.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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Park Hardware, a popular Wayne institution for many years. Located on Lancaster avenue next to the Wayne Hotel, and now J.P. Sorkin.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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Looking down Lancaster Ave. in the 1940's or 50's. The store on the left is Wayne's first Acme, and a Hellman's mayonaisse truck is making a delivery. Park Hardware can be seen on the right.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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Conestoga Hardware, corner of Conestoga and West Wayne Ave.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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A brick office building on Lancaster Ave. This picture was used in a real estate ad when the building was up for sale or rent.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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The Village Market's grand opening after the departure of Camac's, corner of Poplar and Plant avenues, 1969.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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The Wayne Men's shop when first built on North Wayne Ave. The store later became C.W. Agnew realtors.
Radnor Historical Society Collection
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Scene from the property of L.K. Burket & Bro. on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wayne. Burket was long Wayne's oldest operating business, in service since 1887 until 2005, the whole time remaining in its original building.
From "Suburban and Wayne Times"
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A truck from the Wayne Iron Works. This company operated on Lancaster Ave. where the Land Rover dealer is today.
GP Collection
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The J.M. Fronefield realtor building, Lancaster avenue. Fronefield was the first tenant of the building, which is now the Gryphon Cafe.
From "Historic Wayne"
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Ned McGuire Ford, Lancaster Avenue in Wayne.
From "Radnor: A Pictorial History"
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Jackson Chevrolet.The car dealership changed hands several times before becoming the upscale store Anthropologie.
From "Radnor: A Pictorial History"
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Lynam Electric Company Employees at the Main Line Golf Club May 10, 1948 for the inauguration of the Quarter Century Club.
From "Radnor: A Pictorial History"
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An assortment of matchbook covers from various Wayne businesses.
GP Collection
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This is all that remains of Strafford Hardware, on the 750 block of Lancaster Ave. (now Topper's Spa). The sign was kept in the back of a neighboring building since the store closed, and is now being restored.
Private Collection; GP photo
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Harrison's Department Store, just a month before closing in January, 2003. Harrison's came to Wayne as a branch of the Ardmore store of the same name, in the 1950's. It moved to this location in the 1960's.
GP Photo
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Sources:
© 2005 Wayne History Online / Greg Prichard
Page Last Updated : 27 October 2005
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