A history of Ambler,
since 1859
Postcards, papers and photographs of Ambler from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The historical territory of the Lenape Native American tribe was in the Delaware Valley in an area spanning from Cape Henlopen in Delaware, north to the lower Hudson Valley in southern New York. The area in the south, including present-day Philadelphia and nearby Ambler, was the home of Unami-speaking Lenape. The Lenape established a peace treaty with Quaker William Penn in the 1680s.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Ambler’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAmbler PA Opera House Block Postc…, 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Ambler
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Ambler, decade by decade
CommonsKeasbey and Mattison plant Ambler PA 19001900
CommonsAmbler PA Opera House Block Postcard 19061906 · postcard
CommonsDawesfield George Washington bedroom from The Morris Family…1908
CommonsDawesfield House from The Morris Family of Philadelphia Vol…1908
CommonsDawesfield North Dining Room from The Morris Family of Phil…1908
CommonsDawesfield North Parlor from The Morris Family of Philadelp…1908
CommonsJames Morris Mill from The Morris Family of Philadelphia Vo…1908
CommonsThe lucky Well Motel, Bethlehem Pike (Rt. 309), Ambler, Pa …c. 1930 · postcard
CommonsDawesfield, Barn, 585 Lewis Lane, Blue Bell, Montgomery Cou…1933
CommonsEND ELEVATION - Stone Barn, Mount Pleasant Road1933
CommonsFRAMING DETAIL - Stone Barn, Mount Pleasant Road1933
CommonsGENERAL VIEW. HOLES IN THE BOTTOM PART OF THE STONE WALL SH…1933
CommonsHart Mansion, Carriage House, 224 Forrest Avenue1933
CommonsHart Mansion, Carriage House, 224 Forrest Avenue1933
CommonsHart Mansion, Carriage House, 224 Forrest Avenue1933
CommonsKeasbey and Mattison Company, 2 1-2 Story Double House, Hip…1933
CommonsKeasbey and Mattison Company, 2 1-2 Story Double House, Hip…1933
CommonsKeasbey and Mattison Company, 2 1-2 Story Double House, Hip…1933
CommonsKeasbey and Mattison Company, 2 1-2 Story Double House, Sid…1933
CommonsKeasbey and Mattison Company, 2 1-2 Story Double House, Sid…19331990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mary Johnson Ambler 1805-1868 (1868) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (23) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.