New Cumberland Public Library - Around Town

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This collection includes a series of black and white photographs of buildings and streets throughout New Cumberland; advertisements from businesses circa 1900; and miscellaneous images of town.

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15th Street

Cities & towns, Residential streets

Scene from 15th Streeet on Hill just 1/2 block from Bridge Street.

200 block of 3rd Street

Cities & towns, Streets

3rd Street showing Cumberland Auto Parts, Semoff's Barber shop, Nauss Post 143 American Legion, and Cumberland Tavern.

3rd Street

Cities & towns, Streets

3rd Street looking west from Woodland Street, toward Poplar Avenue.

5th St (or Green Hill) school building

Cities & towns, Historic buildings

Captioned on reverse: Building located on northwest corner of Bridge Street and 5th Street. Built in 1894 with four rooms, two room addition built in 1904. Cline S Electrical Service located here when photo was taken.

Aquarium Center

Cities & towns

Located at 214 3rd Street

Buttorff Furniture store building

Cities & towns, Historic buildings

Corner of Bridge Street and 3rd Street. Captioned on reverse: Building empty at time of this picture as the Buttorff brothers went out of business the latter part of 1980.

Corner of Bridge and 2nd Streets

Cities & towns

Captioned on reverse: House at N.W. corner of Bridge and Second Sts.

Downtown New Cumberland

Cities & towns

Photograph of Esther Hempt store front in New Cumberland, probably taken 1970-71

Downtown New Cumberland

Cities & towns

Postcard of downtown shows Straub's Restaurant and the trolley to Harrisburg in the background, 3rd and Market Streets.

Fourth Street Alley

Cities & towns

Captioned on reverse: Building on corner of alley on N.W. side of Fourth St between Bridge and Market Sts. Original building was two story with a store front and was called New Cumberland Steam Bakery. Building to left across alley was once a three story building.