{"id":4869,"date":"2014-11-25T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T21:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=4869"},"modified":"2014-11-25T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T21:22:08","slug":"1939-photos-of-glen-providence-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2014\/11\/25\/1939-photos-of-glen-providence-park\/","title":{"rendered":"1939 Photos of Glen Providence Park!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were delighted last year when local resident William Vanleer shared with us a series of 12 photographs by his grandfather, GJ Ulshafer, taken in Glen Providence Park around 1939<\/strong>!\u00a0There are wonderful written descriptions of the park\u00a0from its early years in the Chester Times and elsewhere, but early photos are harder to find.<\/p>\n

These 1939 photographs are enchanting, showing entrance signs\u00a0for “Glen Providence Bird Sanctuary & Arboretum,” rustic footbridges<\/strong>, and even the park’s original drinking spring<\/a> <\/strong>by the base of Broomall’s Dam, as described in the 1941 Nature Guide to Glen Providence Park<\/a><\/strong>. That guide was written by long-time park supervisor James R. Stokes, Jr.<\/strong>, who may be the park guard in one of the photos! The park visitors’ attire alone evokes a bygone\u00a0era.<\/p>\n

This collection of images is a treasure, and we are very grateful to William Vanleer for sharing his grandfather’s photographs with us.<\/p>\n

Click on any photo for a closer look! There is further information about some of the photographs in our History album<\/a><\/strong> on Facebook.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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