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Showing posts with label recreation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recreation. Show all posts
Saturday, May 25, 2019

The opening of the Ambridge Borough Pool

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Pool side of bathhouse Ambridge Borough Pool Borough Park Daily Citizen May 29, 1942 Such a joyous and long-anticipated event....
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Friday, October 6, 2017

Lions Boy Scout Troop circa 1938 - 1941

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When I began visiting Laughlin Memorial Library's archives to look through the late Bill Bowan's photo albums, I never expected to f...
Friday, September 15, 2017

Ambridge Borough Swimming Pool construction, 1939--and Ambridge's earlier playground pool

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This year's summer swimming season may have ended, but for Ambridge children, in 1939, the promise of summers filled with laughter, spla...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Maplewood Ave. at 7th St., 1904

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Children "Corner 7th and  Maplewood Ave. 1904 Looking North on Maplewood" Laughlin Memorial Library archives The furthest ...
Saturday, July 2, 2016

Swimming lessons at Ambridge Borough Pool

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While I practically lived at the pool during the summers, I detested swimming lessons which were always given in the morning before the pool...
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Group photo: P. J. Cauls baseball team, 1925

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P.J. Cauls baseball team 1925 courtesy Laughlin Memorial Library archives Sorry, I have no information yet on the team or the identit...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Ambridge memorabilia: Ambridge swimming pool bathhouse pin

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I've seen quite a bit of Ambridge memorabilia over the past few years, but this is the one that brings back the best memories for me. ...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Group photo: Girl Scout Day Camp 1964

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I remember going to Girl Scout Day Camp at Economy Park in the 1960s: Getting on a school bus with other Girl Scouts and leaders for the...
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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Group photo: Ambridge Our Boys baseball team 1919

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Yesterday's post about the 400 and 500 blocks of Park Rd ., mentioned the Ambridge Our Boys baseball team. Here's a photo of the 191...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Group photo: Carpatho-Russian Band 1920

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Many Ambridge organizations once had bands. The photo below is of the Carpatho-Russian Band of Ambridge PA, from the collection of the l...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Ambridge memorabilia: Grand opening Leo's Pharmacy--and Pat Boone

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What's the connection between Ambridge's Leo's Pharmacy and singer and actor Pat Boone? Sue Ann James says she got the flier b...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

The Ambridge Pool slide

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Remember those hot summer days when you just couldn't wait to get to the Ambridge Borough Pool and zip down the metal water slide into t...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

American Bridge Duckpins Bowling Team 1952

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If American Bridge once had a tennis team , you just know they would have had duckpin bowling teams. In honor of Father's Day, I'...
Saturday, June 6, 2015

American Bridge tennis courts, 4th Street and Park Road

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American Bridge tennis courts 4th St. and Park Rd., looking north 1925 Laughlin Memorial Library archives used with permission Amer...
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Monday, June 1, 2015

John Domansky: memories of growing up in Ambridge, 1935 - 1954

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John Domansky, Jr., John Domansky, Sr., and Jack Eppley in front of John Domansky Tailor Shop 293 Fourteenth Street 1941 photo ...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Second Ward School, Ambridge's second public school

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Second Ward School Maplewood Avenue near Eighth Street Daily Citizen  supplement August 10, 1929 The Second Ward School on the wes...
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