Then: The Business Block on Lancaster Ave, Wayne. The building was erected in 1890 by Christopher Fallon.
Today: Most of the buiding's segments still stand today, although the two towers at the ends are gone.
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Then: The Wayne Country Club, also called the Merryvale Country Club and the Radnor Cricket Club.
Today: A portion of the Cricket Club building is now a private residence.

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Then: The Wayne Opera House, corner of Lancaster and North Wayne Ave.
Today: The corner has changed little, yet the Opera House, now an office building, has been greatly altered.

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Then: The Saturday Club on West Wayne Avenue.
Today: The clubhouse today has not changed much in appearance, although there are many more trees and the driveway has been enlarged.

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Then: The Saturday Club on West Wayne Avenue.
Today: The clubhouse today has not changed much in appearance, although there are many more trees and the driveway has been enlarged.

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Then: The Wayne Fire House located on South Wayne Ave. The building on the left is the Masonic Hall.
Today: Both buildings no longer remain, yet the Fire Company remains on the site with a newer building.

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Then: The original Radnor Fire Co. building on South Wayne Avenue, decorated for a holiday with bunting.
Today: The original fire house stood where the right half of the current fire house stands.

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Then: A horse-drawn fire apparatus in front of the Radnor Fire House. (There is no present-day picture because this is a detail of a location that no longer exists)

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Then: The Wayne Fire House located on South Wayne Ave. The building on the left is the Masonic Hall.
Today: Both buildings no longer remain, yet the Fire Company remains on the site with a newer building.

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Then: The George W. Childs Memorial Library on Lancaster Ave.
Today: The original library building still stands, and is now used as an office building.

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Then: An advertising postcard for the George W. Childs Libary, located on Lancaster Ave. The building is still there today, being used as an office building.

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Then: Wayne's original movie theatre, located on North Wayne Avenue.
Today: The corner has changed little, yet the Opera House, now an office building, has been greatly altered.

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Then: An early Wayne post office, located on the west end of the Opera House building. The section with the post office was added to the 1871 building in 1903.
Today: Although the Opera House building still stands, the facade of this section has changed. The old post office storefront has recently been occupied by Sweet Daddie's, The Blackbird Bakery, the Belrose Bakery, and now Coldstone Creamery.

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Then: The first building in Wayne wholly dedicated to being the post office, soon after it was built in the 1940's.
Today: The Post Office has less trees surrounding it today, though the frontward appearance of the building has changed little.

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Then: The Wayne Post Office in the 1960's or 70's. Its first coupola was much larger than the current one.
Today: Besides the newer coupola, not much has changed.

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Then: The Wayne Sanatorium, where Tuberculosus patients could get treatment away from the city. The land is now property of the St. Davids Golf Club. (No present-day picture because the location is unknown)

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Then: The Old Eagle School, named for the town which is now called Strafford. It underwent renovations in 1895, which are visible from this view.
Today: The Old Eagle School remains virtually unchanged, and is still a very important historical landmark.

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Then: The Radnor Friends Meeting House, Ithan..
Today: Because of additions to the building this angle of the Meeting House appears different today.

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Then: The Mill Dam Club in West Wayne.
Today: The Mill Dam Clubhouse still stands, and the lake in West Wayne remians.

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Then: The Mill Dam Club in West Wayne.
Today: The Mill Dam Clubhouse still stands, and the lake in West Wayne remians.

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This rare postcard, dated 1898, is not a picture postcard, but rather a public notice advertising an upcoming event at the Hall of the Wayne Public Safety Association. It refers to the Fire Company building, but this card predates the Fire Company by 8 years. At this time the building was used by the Public Safety Association (South Wayne's version of the NWPA) as its headquarters.

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