Ambler on the Wissahickon: A Vintage Scene circa 1910

On a recent business trip to the midwest, I pulled off the interstate to get gas and  to browse the wares of a small antique shop.

I purchased a small collection of vintage postcards containing photographs of various places in the early 20th century.

One card contained a hand-colored photograph of the Wissahickon Creek at Ambler, Pennsylvania.

Ambler is a small town about twenty miles outside of Philadelphia.

Ambler, Pennsylvania

Many years ago, I visited Ambler on several occassions to attend a wonderful summer concert series there. 

Here is a link to the Joni Mitchell concert at the Ambler Music festival in 1974. 

This concert was given a few years before I visited Ambler, but this link is one of the few listings I found in a quick internet search.  I recall hearing the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on at least one occassion in Ambler.)

It occurred to me that I had a friend on Gather who might be familiar with this communty.

Dorine H. has a great interest in the communities around Philadelphia, so I am posting this vintage postcard for her.

Here is a photograph of the Wissahickon Creek at Ambler, Pa, circa 1910.

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