Ambridge Memories

  Intersection of Park Rd. and 4th St. April 10, 1946 Laughlin Memorial Library archives The photo above shows the practically brand-new int...

  Big Sewickley Creek Bridge From Allegheny Co. looking north into Ambridge, Beaver County 1917 credit: Allegheny Co. Dept. of Public Works ...

Prince Theatre Building 600 block of Merchant St., East (even numbered) side 1951 courtesy Jeffrey Snedden This wonderful photo of A...

This "Taits Garage" sign is one of the larger pieces of Ambridge memorabilia someone has shared with me. "Taits Garage...

This photo of the Sudia Meats market, one of many small food markets that once could be found throughout Ambridge, came from his granddaught...

This is the 500 block of Merchant Street at night in December, 1960, looking north towards 6th St.: a canopy of big, colorful Christmas ligh...

Today is Veterans Day, so it seemed like an apt day to post this: Spang-Chalfant Veterans Memorial Beaver Valley Times July 15, ...

Yesterday, I updated a post from February 2, 2015: Hidden between the walls . Then Jim Ernst mentioned that as Rooks Cantina 505 was being r...

700 block Merchant Street, looking south circa mid-1940s National Electric "Nationalist" newsletter? Original caption: ...

The razing of an Ambridge building can reveal some long-hidden surprises. Timney's 612 Merchant Street The Daily Citizen Trad...

Over the past year, I've seen this postcard, or ones like it, being discussed on several Facebook pages. The postcard is of the Ambridge...

"The French Point Monument" at the intersection of Church and Henrici Streets commemorates the arrival of the Harmonists in the ar...

Merchant Street has changed a lot since the 1970s. Most of the businesses from the '50s and '60s are gone. But if you look carefully...

When I stopped at the rather unremarkable looking building at 462 Maplewood Avenue during a visit to Ambridge, it was to take a photo of the...