An incredible poster for a girl's field track event in Delco, dating sometime around 1910-1920. The signature on the piece is of Emma Warfield, but little else is known about the artist or the event. According to historian John Lemon, this may be the only surviving poster of its kind from this period of Delco sports history. It's on display now at DCHS. Events and Programming: Designed by Frances Beaver. Credit to William Lightfoot Price, 1903. Second Annual Delco Historical Conference DCHS...

Portrait of Spencer McIlvain by Samuel Bell Waugh (1876). Spencer McIlvain was born in 1803, in what is today known as Ridley, but was also known as Leiperville. McIlvain was employed in the sawmill, tannery, and homestead farm during the life of his father. All of McIlvain's active business life was devoted to farming, grazing beef cattle for the Philadelphia markets, and operating in the extensive quarries on his estate. In 1838, he was elected one of the County Commissioners. I n 1872, he...

Here we have an 1851 indenture signed by both John Price Crozer and his wife Sarah, selling a portion of their land to the establish the church, at the time established as the Rockdale Methodist Episcopal Church, later to be renamed as the Crozerville Methodist Church. Today, the building serves as the Mill Works Creator Space in Rockdale Arts District . Events and Programming: Poster by Frances Beaver In partnership with the NAACP Media Area Branch, DCHS will be hosting our Winter Open House...