The Facebook group Abandoned, Old or Interesting Places – Eastern PA has shared vintage aerial photos of our area, including a shot of Willow Grove Amusement Park and a map dating back to 1891.

Enjoy…

From the post:

Glenside, May 28, 1935. Looking west along Easton Road. The Keswick Theater is just left of Easton Road towards the center of the image. The (now) SEPTA train tracks cross over Easton Rd. towards the top of the image. 1st image is from Hagley Digital Archives (http://digital.hagley.org/) 2nd image is from Google Maps depicting a similar view.

The year of the photo above was not specified. If you can verify an approximate date, please share it with us.

Willow Grove Amusement Park. Years unspecified.

A comment from the post:

willow grove park had a roller coaster named the thunderbolt. one of the steepest of it kind in the 1960’s

Last, but not least, a map of Abington and Upper Dublin from 1891.

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