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Stafford Parker (L) and Matthew Fox (R) with the Autogyro at "Wilson Airport"https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/airmail-stamp-1938.jpgAirMail Stamp 1938Special Wallingford Cachethttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/airmail-stamp-e1558201043448.jpgAirmail Stamp1938 6¢ Bicolored Eagle2019-05-18T19:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2019/03/27/trenchart/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/trench-art.jpgTrench Art2019-03-28T02:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2019/02/22/eddystonerifleworks/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/remington-pic.jpgremington pichttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/eddystone-rifle-works-e1550876491658.jpgEddystone Rifle Works2019-02-22T23:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2018/09/24/william-penn-weekend/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/chester-meeting-house.jpegChester Meeting House2018-09-24T18:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2018/04/08/770/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/m-louise-baker-e1523161069426.jpgM Louise Baker2018-04-08T04:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2017/09/21/757/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/american_troops_in_the_field_during_world_war_i.jpgAmerican_troops_in_the_field_during_World_War_I2017-09-25T02:50:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2017/05/17/long-before-ellis-island-there-was-lazaretto/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/381308pu.jpg2017-05-17T04:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2017/04/13/an-oyster-cart-on-every-street-corner/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/oyster.jpegOyster Shucker2017-04-14T14:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2017/04/06/local-familys-immigrant-roots/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kassabbrothers.jpgKassabBrothers2017-04-06T22:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2017/01/06/nancy-webster-publishes-colonial-cooking-article/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/earlyamlife.gifEarly American Life - Feb 20172017-01-06T21:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2016/12/07/colonial-christmas-open-house-2/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/leiperhousecover.jpgLeiperHouse2016-12-07T21:59:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2014/11/02/wwi-lecture-at-helen-kate/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wwitrench.jpg2016-10-17T17:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2015/10/03/the-architecture-of-frank-furness/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/frankfurness-e1443918590526.jpgFrank Furness2016-10-17T17:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2016/03/06/an-armchair-tour-of-crum-woods/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mansion.jpgMansion2016-10-17T17:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2016/10/17/helen-kate-furness-portraits-of-a-life/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/helenkaterogersfamily.jpgRogers Family2016-10-17T17:28:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2016/04/17/100-years-ago-today-flower-show-at-bickmore-farms/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bickmore.jpgBickmoreChester Times, April 17, 1916.https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bickleydrugstore-4th-and-market.jpgBickley StoreBickley Druggist and Apothecary at 4th and Market Streets in Chester2016-04-18T04:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/about/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/nphs-avatar-vsm.jpgvSm Avatarhttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/nphs-avatar-sm1.jpgSm Avatarhttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/nphs-avatar.jpgAvatar2016-03-22T22:20:35+00:00weekly0.6https://nphistory.org/2015/05/20/program-the-fort-that-saved-america/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ftmifflinbirdseyeresize.jpgFtMifflinBirdsEyeResize2015-05-22T16:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2015/03/31/program-the-first-worlds-fair-in-america/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/centennialbkltsm.jpg1876 Centennial2015-03-31T15:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2015/02/27/living-history-program-hkf/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/earlyirishimmigrants.gifEarlyIrishImmigrants2015-02-27T23:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2014/12/03/youre-invited/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/leiperhousexmasopnhspic.jpgChristmas Open House2014-12-03T15:26:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2014/11/03/prez-wins-award/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/angelahewettsq-e1415041255466.jpgAngela Hewett2014-11-03T19:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2014/07/28/hsp-surveys-collection/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/diary.jpgVon Byre Diary2014-07-28T13:35:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2014/05/25/friends-of-thomas/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/frontentry-e1401041089200.jpgFrontEntry2014-05-25T21:33:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2014/01/31/where-to-go-for-what-you-want-to-know/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/archivespic2.jpgICFA Archive Stacks2014-01-31T17:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2013/12/11/perfect-for-holiday-gift-giving/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/historyfbcovercover.jpg2013-12-12T03:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2013/11/22/diamond-named-for-nethers-favorite-slugger/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/vernonjfk.jpgKN-C27783President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Washington Senators Manager, Mickey Vernon, during opening day of the 1963 season at D.C. Stadium.https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/vernoncard.jpgVernonCard1955 Red Man Cardhttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-nov-mickeyvernonsign.jpgSignNew Sign at Mickey Vernon Field2013-11-22T05:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2013/05/18/the-battle-of-gettysburg/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gettysburg.jpgGettysburg2013-05-18T15:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2013/04/21/new-acquisitions-in-the-leiper-house-collection/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kanethomasleiper.jpgKaneThomasLeiperThomas Leiper Kane (1822 – 1883) was an American attorney, abolitionist, and military officer who served as a Union Army colonel and general of volunteers in the Civil War. He received a brevet promotion to major general for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. Kane was born in Philadelphia, to John Kintzing Kane, a U.S. district judge, and Jane Duval Leiper. 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River2012-05-25T19:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2012/05/25/old-union-united-methodist-church/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/old-unionsepia.jpgOld Union Methodist Church2012-05-25T19:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2012/04/23/remembering-dick-clark/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dickclarkvisitsdance.jpgDickClarkVisitsDanceClick to enlarge.https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012aprdickclkmem1.jpg2012AprDickClkMem1Click to enlarge.2012-04-23T20:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2011/11/19/in-the-news-february-12-1959/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1959-feb-121.jpg1959 FEB 12https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1959-feb-12.jpg1959 FEB 122011-11-20T21:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2011/11/01/marquis-de-lafayette-founding-son-of-the-american-revolution/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lafayettew.jpgLafayette2011-11-01T15:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2011/10/06/bovine-hijinks-at-swarthmore-college-%e2%80%93-halloween-1929/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cow.jpgcowhttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dorothymcdiarmid.jpgDorothyMcDiarmidThe Free Lance Star, Fredericksburg, VA, June 14, 1994https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cownappingmap.jpgCownapping Map2011-10-06T15:35:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2010/11/19/a-brief-history-of-nether-providence/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/nphistorybookcover-e1289536247606.jpgNPHistoryBookCover2011-10-05T16:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2011/05/13/delaware-countys-underground-railroad/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/undergroundrr-e1305300980207.jpgundergroundrr2011-10-05T16:38:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2010/04/02/the-springhaven-club-%e2%80%93-delaware-countys-first-golf-club/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/springhaven-clubhouse-1911.jpgSpringhaven Clubhouse 1911Springhaven Clubhouse, c.1911https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/springhaven-clubhouse-1907.jpgSpringhaven Clubhouse 1907Springhaven Clubhouse, c.19072010-04-15T19:48:42+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2010/04/02/do-you-live-in-providence-village-did-you-know-your-neighborhood-had-a-name/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/providencevillageadvert5.jpgProvidenceVillageAdvert5https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/providencevillageadvert4.jpgProvidenceVillageAdvert4https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/providencevillageadvert3.jpgProvidenceVillageAdvert3https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/providencevillageadvert2.jpgProvidenceVillageAdvert2https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/providencevillageadvert1.jpgProvidenceVillageAdvert12010-04-15T19:39:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/gallery/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/heatherwold1938.jpgHeatherwold1938Heatherwold, c. 1938https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/heatherwold-aug-1938.jpgHeatherwold Aug 1938Real Estate Ad, August 1938https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/npaa-baseball-opngday-1961.jpgNPAA Baseball OpngDay 1961Article: NPAA Baseball Opening Day, 1961https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/wallingford-mkt-1951-copy.jpgWallingford Mkt.1951 copyWallingford Market, c. 1951https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/wallingford-mkt-pholeric-copy.jpgWallingford Mkt- Pholeric copyWallingford Market, the Pholerics, c. 1951https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/trolley-rabbit-rn-n-brkhvn-rd-1937-copy.jpgTrolley Rabbit Rn n Brkhvn Rd 1937 copyBrookhaven Road at Rabbit Runhttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sykes-estate-1948-copy.jpgSykes Estate 1948 copySykes Estate, c. 1948https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/southmediaschool-1940.jpgSouthMediaSchool 1940South Media School, c. 1940 (photo: Charles Morris)https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/shoemakervillebridge1925b.jpgShoemakervilleBridge1925bShoemakerville Bridge, Rt. 320 heading into Nether Providencehttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/shoemakervillebridge1925a.jpgShoemakervilleBridge1925aShoemakerville Bridge, Rt. 320 heading into Nether Providence2010-04-02T04:47:26+00:00weekly0.6https://nphistory.org/2010/01/11/love-is-in-the-air-love-letters-of-thomas-and-elizabeth-gray-leiper/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/leiperloveletters2.jpgLeiper Love Letters2010-04-02T04:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2010/01/12/founding-of-furness-library-as-recalled-by-one-of-its-founders-a-b-geary/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dr-furness-in-lindenshade-library.jpgDr Furness in Lindenshade Libraryhttps://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hkf-ab-geary2.jpgHKF AB Geary2010-03-22T04:22:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2010/01/11/hello-world/2010-03-20T20:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/2010/01/11/notorious-and-colorful-characters-of-delaware-county/https://nphistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/notorious-art1.jpgnotorious art2010-03-20T20:01:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nphistory.org/membership-application/2010-03-19T16:09:31+00:00weekly0.6https://nphistory.orgdaily1.02026-03-24T22:32:55+00:00