Thanks to Mr. Dennis Hawver of West Windsor for this interesting link to the 1950's in the Delaware Valley.
Dennis wrote:
Liked your Sunday column on earlier TV. Here's a video from only 58 years ago (only???)
Notice all the things and places that aren't there anymore!
Thought you might like to re-see a little history ---
This is a Mid-Fifties slice of life and landscape in Philadelphia and its surrounding towns, with excellent color footage of downtown scenes, neighborhoods, the Mummers Parade, Levittown, factories in Camden, NJ, and many other subjects that can no longer be seen.
It was produced at the time by WPTZ Channel 3, now known as KYW CBS 3. Pete Boyle Sr., father of Pete Boyle, cast member of Everybody Loves Raymond, had a children's show and is briefly shown in this clip. Some good shots of Dock Street as well. Notice too that all the cars shown are American!
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http://www.archive.org/details/Miracleo1955
HI TOM...I 1946 ALL WE GOT WERE TEST PATTERNS ALONG WITH SOME FIGHTS AND A SHOW WITH ERNIE KOVACS. HE LIVED IN MERCERVILLE FOR A SHORT WHILE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACQUIRE RIGHTS TO HIS DAUGHTERS. I RECALL DELIVERING MAIL TO HIM AT THAT TIME. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
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