ELSMERE - THEN AND NOW

This photo shows a row of stately homes on Delaware Avenue in 1908. From left to right, they were the residences of William A. Glenn, James J. Rodgers, Frank Knight and Captain William F. Wheelock.  The Glenn and Rodgers homes were moved to nearby Booth Road to make way for the A&P. They are still there today.

The A & P in about 1950, and today.

Notes with this photo indicate it was taken from Mr. Simmons window on Booth Road. In the foreground is the Glenn yard.  In the background can be seen School No. 15, the Elsmere Station and the grocery story/post office.  In 1911, about when this photo was taken, Elsmere Avenue had a level grade crossing the railroad tracks.  Today the road goes under the tracks.  The old grocery story/post office building is still there near the corner with Huber Avenue.

The “new” Elsmere Elementary School, District School No. 15, was a one room schoolhouse with eight grades, built in 1911.

In 1906, Walter Wright, eldest son of Francis Wright, delivered milk daily from this milk wagon.  Note the large can from which the milk was ladled into the pail or container of the customers.  The photo was taken on the Albany and Delaware Turnpike, now Delaware Avenue, in Elsmere near the Booth Farm.

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