Craig Spedden
Craig Spedden
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Battle of Brandywine Historic Building Photos Past and Present
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5 historic buildings related to the Battle of the Brandywine in old and new photographs.
Delaware County Pennsylvania in Old Photos. Then and Now
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Delaware County in early photographs from 1890 to 1920s. Compared alongside photos of the same scene today.
SS Atlantus Cape May NJ, Then and Now
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The concrete ship SS Atlantus at Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) through the years and today.
SEPTA Regional rail station at WAWA. THEN and NOW.
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A short slideshow of Wawa train stations and the surrounding area, past and present.
Old Philadelphia Photographs Then and Now Part 3
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Delaware River Front Neighborhood
1964 Columbia Avenue riot in Philadelphia Then and Now
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Photo comparison of the 1964 Columbia Avenue riot locations, in 1964 and 2022. There is some confusion over the location of the Liberty Theater. Phillyhistory.org has a photo with a street sign in the foreground indicating a location at 1600 N Carlisle St. Other information shows it at 1425 Columbia Avenue. The "now" location in the video is at the Phillyhistory 1600 Carlisle St. location. Sorr...
The Thin White Line, Route 66 Episode, Filming locations then and now
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Route 66 "The Thin White Line" filming locations in Philadelphia in 1961 and today. Link to full episode: ua-cam.com/video/djt8QEa87cI/v-deo.html
“BlowOut” movie locations shot in Philadelphia - Then and Now
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"Blow Out" movie scenes shot in Philadelphia - Then and Now
Malmedy Massacre Location Then and Now
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A brief slide show of the World War 2 massacre location in Baugnez Belgium, in 1944 and today.
Old Philadelphia Then and Now Part 2
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For most of the modern present views, I tried to take the photo from the same perspective as the photographer back in the day. That's not always possible as there may be a building, tree, or some other obstruction that has popped up over the last 130 years.
Old Philadelphia Photographs Then and Now
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A side by side comparison of old photograph scenes in Philadelphia and what those scenes look like today. *Corrections* The Captain Swafford house is at Front & Bainbridge Street, not 2nd and Bainbridge. Swafford died in 1768, not 1763.
Shipping and Tanker Traffic on the Delaware River
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A short video of a tanker, tugboats, barges, and cargo ship.
Views of Philadelphia from One Liberty Place Observation Deck (900 feet)
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Slideshow of Philadelphia from the 900 foot observation deck of Philadelphia's 3rd tallest building.
Lancaster Oxford & Southern Doodlebug At Strasburg Station
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Doodlebug Operating at Strasburg Station
1876 Centennial buildings and grounds in Fairmount Park
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1876 Centennial buildings and grounds in Fairmount Park
Learning to fly my drone (with crash included)
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Learning to fly my drone (with crash included)
Philadelphia Scenes
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Philadelphia Scenes
Trout Stocking at Ridley Creek State Park
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Trout Stocking at Ridley Creek State Park
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg PA
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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg PA
Strasburg Railroad
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Strasburg Railroad
Delaware County Trolley Scenes, Past and Present
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Delaware County Trolley Scenes, Past and Present
Summer scenes from Chester Park Pennsylvania
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Summer scenes from Chester Park Pennsylvania
Trout stocking at Chester Park
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Trout stocking at Chester Park
Independence Hall and other Old City Buildings
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Independence Hall and other Old City Buildings

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  • @MLife1972
    @MLife1972 2 дні тому

    I watched Blow Out for the first time. I always check for filming locations for 70s and 80s films and stumbled on your fantastic video. You did a great job in lining up your photos with the original stills. Even though some Philadelphia locations have gone, I think there's better preservation than for some of the New York locations I've seen for other movies. Thanks for making this video.

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped 2 дні тому

      @@MLife1972 Thanks for your comment.

  • @clete3977
    @clete3977 10 днів тому

    The Betsy Ross House would have been part of an entire row of similar homes, all conjoined for the length of the block. Even the 1900 photo doesn't depict this. The taller buildings left and right are 19th century constructs.

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 18 днів тому

    They certainly do not build them like they used to. Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸

  • @enarccrane
    @enarccrane 19 днів тому

    Thanks for the picture of Media with the buildings at Orange and Baker...they were torn down in the late 60's-early 1970's as I recall...they were vacant for a few years... there was a shoe store there which may have been the 2nd or 3rd building off Baltimore Pike where I purchased a pair of workman's boots as a kid...

  • @jimdellavecchia4594
    @jimdellavecchia4594 20 днів тому

    It will always be Columbia Ave. Renaming streets is ridiculous

  • @Mike-e2k
    @Mike-e2k 24 дні тому

    These buildings are a lot older than that. History is a lie. Research old world Tartaria.

  • @JLukens48
    @JLukens48 26 днів тому

    Speed it up

  • @FrontDesk-f3k
    @FrontDesk-f3k 29 днів тому

    That Broad st station was an incredible piece of architecture taken down to build a glass box

  • @enarccrane
    @enarccrane Місяць тому

    Had no idea all these trolley lines traversed Delco...fond memories in the 60's of riding in the trolley car driver's seat (rear) from Media to 69th st or pulling the wooden seat out of its pocket that enabled you to sit in front of the rear door. Probably can't do either of these things now! Great video's Craig.

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped Місяць тому

      I’ve had many people say the same thing. They had no idea that a trolley line ran right down the street in front of their house. Thanks for your comment.

  • @chimichanga1972
    @chimichanga1972 Місяць тому

    Wonderful photos - I worked a few blocks from Independence Mall for 30 years. I have to go back and walk the streets again. Thank you for photos.

  • @bennyboogenheimer4553
    @bennyboogenheimer4553 Місяць тому

    My Great Aunt lived in Elfreth's Alley in the 1890's. I saw her expenses book she kept for her whole life. Rent was 12 cents a week, and her bread was a Hey Penny. (1/10th of a cent) A beef shoulder for a stew, was 3 cents!!! Wood for her stove, delivered, was 1 cent for a fascist.

  • @sueb8875
    @sueb8875 Місяць тому

    A.M. Blanche was an independent car and boat insurance salesman. And my Grandfather.

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped Місяць тому

      @@sueb8875 Thanks for sharing that info!

  • @ripjanetstrimel3312
    @ripjanetstrimel3312 Місяць тому

    All old city

  • @BleedgreenFrank
    @BleedgreenFrank Місяць тому

    Always love watching these types of videos, but then it gets ruined when I go to the comment section and see people say some extremely racist things

  • @phyllisalexander1012
    @phyllisalexander1012 Місяць тому

    Born n Raised in South Philly went to 12yrs of Catholic school here. WIW👍👍👍

  • @thuggernaut1
    @thuggernaut1 2 місяці тому

    I be trying to get photos of 60th kingsessing an 20 hundred block of Salford st

  • @GwynethLV
    @GwynethLV 3 місяці тому

    Think about adding a soundscape please.. doesn't have to be all loud n showy either..still it's an excellent video ❤

  • @merryrose6788
    @merryrose6788 3 місяці тому

    This is an incredible place to visit and learn the history. Thank You!

  • @Irvinlopez-v9s
    @Irvinlopez-v9s 3 місяці тому

    Thankfully it was handled.Though a waste since There was a college looking and ready to buy

  • @markgordon5387
    @markgordon5387 4 місяці тому

    Can you show a picture of where the old St. Alphonsus was in Philadelphia? My Great-Great-Grandmother was baptized in the then new building in December 1855 or early January 1856. I know the St Alphonsus there now is a new place in a different location.

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped 4 місяці тому

      Maybe this can help. I could only find this lithograph. The location of the church is in the description. digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A64465

    • @markgordon5387
      @markgordon5387 4 місяці тому

      @@craigsped Thank you. I've had this lithograph for a while . I was just wondering if there is a picture of that area now days. After my Great-Great-Grandmother was born in 1855, my Great-Great-Great-Grandfather moved the family to Chicago. He was a professor of music and played for the Academy of Music that is in Philadelphia. He was originally a professor of music at Charles University in Prague. In Chicago, he opened his own music studio in 1860.

    • @markgordon5387
      @markgordon5387 4 місяці тому

      @@craigsped I just wanted to know the neighborhood now. Thanks for the lithograph.

  • @kw19193
    @kw19193 4 місяці тому

    Absolutely superb. Very well done mate. I especially like that after the two then and now photos you do a side by side. Too, your ability to capture the spot from which the original photographer captured his shot to take yours is marvellous. Cheers!

  • @stevenwilgus5422
    @stevenwilgus5422 4 місяці тому

    The photo at 11 seconds shows a completed City Hall in circa 1885. Not possible. The accurate photo at 2:05 shows City Hall under construction. (It took thirty years to complete.)

  • @vinceb9310
    @vinceb9310 4 місяці тому

    Great Job, Thank you.

  • @stevenmorrell5747
    @stevenmorrell5747 4 місяці тому

    The part that’s still above water ….. do we know what part of the ship that is???

  • @arnhay
    @arnhay 4 місяці тому

    1:30 hey 7x Great Uncle Caleb, it’s your black great nephew.

  • @kevinchambers1101
    @kevinchambers1101 5 місяців тому

    Trajicly, many towns have lost some of their most important pieces of early architecture because of urban renewal. Philadelphia city planner, Bacon, did a real number on it, not for the better.

  • @EdwardM-t8p
    @EdwardM-t8p 5 місяців тому

    Philadelphia seemed to have back-to-back houses back then. And how different Dock Street would be today had the city decided to renovate the buildings and pedestrianize the street with trees.

  • @GlennMandeville154
    @GlennMandeville154 5 місяців тому

    A job well done sir. It was wonderful to see the photos side by side. It really added a lot to the presentation. Thank you very much for a very enjoyable afternoon.

  • @russianprincess3673
    @russianprincess3673 5 місяців тому

    Amerika has been & will continue to pay a very high price for bringing BLACK SLAVES to North Amerika they don't belong in North Amerika they must be given fair reparations and allowed to return to their African Motherland WE Russians never ever engaged in BLACK SLAVERY nor had AFRICAN COLONIES. MUCH BLESSINGS 🇷🇺🇷🇺✝️

  • @rsin-uh9ec
    @rsin-uh9ec 5 місяців тому

    YES SIR THOSE WIER THE DAYS. THANK YOU FOR A FINE VIDEO. ROBBIE PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN

  • @rsin-uh9ec
    @rsin-uh9ec 5 місяців тому

    THANK YOU SIR FOR SHARING GREAT PICTURE OF PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN ROBBIE

    • @rsin-uh9ec
      @rsin-uh9ec 5 місяців тому

      YOU ARE VERY MUCH THANKFUL. TOLD FRIENDS ABOUT YOU THEY SAY THE SAME ENJOY THE REST OF THE WEEKEND ROBBIE PHILADELPHIA PA

  • @backpain4ever505
    @backpain4ever505 6 місяців тому

    One of the escapees lived in my area. He killed his wife in 88 or 89 and disappeared. His body was found on the Appalachian Trail in 2004.

  • @ValisX
    @ValisX 7 місяців тому

    Watching Blowout Right now, thanks for making this comparison.

  • @a4realbrotha50
    @a4realbrotha50 7 місяців тому

    Need some music

  • @JASIJO
    @JASIJO 7 місяців тому

    it’s cool to know people got to see it before it became what it was today. i still have pictures from when i was a kid with it in the background

  • @adamschwartz2656
    @adamschwartz2656 7 місяців тому

    Being a home-grown boy from South Philly, I can only add to the accolades expressed by previous viewers. I am almost painfully nostalgic and I love these you tube videos that transport me back to a time long past compared to current days. In many scenes, there is nothing left compared to now and it's fascinating to view all the folks in the many scenes and wonder....what were their stories like and what became of them.......

  • @Karl_Martin83
    @Karl_Martin83 7 місяців тому

    0:26 to 0:55 what track that turned left lead to?

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped 7 місяців тому

      Concordville, Chadds Ford, and points west.

  • @Lisa-di1wi
    @Lisa-di1wi 7 місяців тому

    Wow! I never knew that this episode was Philly! Unfortunately, and at that time, I was only a 4-year-old girl living in Folcroft. (After all, I was raised in Folcroft.), plus I can't remember that far back either. The furthest back that I can remember was when I was in kindergarten at the Folcroft Union Church; which was back in 1962-63. Secondly, if Route 66 only ran from Chicago to Los Angeles, how did George Maharis and Martin Miller get to Philly? Did they drive to Chicago, and then take another route there to Philly?

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped 7 місяців тому

      Almost every episode was filmed in a different city. The actual Route 66 was almost never used. There was one more episode filmed in Philly starring a young Martin Sheen and James Caan. I think they were both around 19 years old.

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 8 місяців тому

    interesting how elements of terra Dr-Seuss grace l o t s of stuff thereabouts too..! 🍸

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 8 місяців тому

    hell bent secret societies must've been what have hideously transformed the union into Corporateria there, it'd be spellbinding to watch that trash be upturned and marvel at its overdue replacement 🍿🍿🍿

  • @shaunl446
    @shaunl446 8 місяців тому

    I grew up in North Cape May in the 80s and 90s and have great memories of visiting the sunken ship over the years. This video brought back wonderful memories.

  • @j.burgess4459
    @j.burgess4459 8 місяців тому

    A horrible dark episode! It was also one where justice may never have been satisfactorily done. I understand many of the surviving perpetrators (notably the responsible German commanders) were put on trial right after the end of the war, were found guilty and sentenced to death. But then these sentences were commuted to 35 years imprisonment. And in actual fact they they got set free after only 10 years - maybe less in some cases. I've never really understood this. I guess there may have been a feeling that the slain US prisoners were already "avenged" - so to speak - when some German POWs were killed in a reprisal attack? Also I think there were unfortunate allegations about these defendants having been beaten or otherwise badly treated by US military police while in prison awaiting trial? Obviously I wouldn't condone brutality - but under the circumstances they also couldn't expect to be treated super nicely, in my opinion. Either way, it does feel very weird that the SS officers Sepp Dietrich and Joachim Peiper both died in their beds many years after the end of the war. Those two, at least, probably should have been executed for the crime, or at least have gotten life imprisonment.

  • @slsgrassroots
    @slsgrassroots 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing these awesome photos! I’m a Delco girl from way back. I even have the T-shirt “It’s A Delco Thing”. I remember a lot of these areas. I was raised in Clifton Heights, but was forced to go to Upper Darby High School after they shut down our cute little school on Baltimore Pike. Did two years at UDHS and hated every moment. All my family still live in Media, West Chester, and surrounding areas. I love to visit Delaware County, but now live in Clearwater since 1997. There’s no place like home. We have a great Philly cheese steak place down here called “Delco’s”…but, there’s no place like home. You brought back all the nostalgia of the good old days. Thank you and Happy New Year from Fl.😎

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped 9 місяців тому

      I remember the small high schools. Collingdale, Sharon Hill, Darby-Colwyn, etc. Garnet Valley was also a small high school back in the 60s and 70s, but with massive residential and commercial development in Concord Twp., it’s now one of the larger high schools in Delco. Thanks for commenting.

  • @Stussmeister
    @Stussmeister 9 місяців тому

    Very interesting. I've lived over thirty years in Delaware County (though I was born in Montco), and as a history buff, I enjoy looking at these photos and buildings from times gone by (not to mention the railroads).

  • @DoverMovies19
    @DoverMovies19 9 місяців тому

    Wow

  • @erty7012
    @erty7012 9 місяців тому

    Wondering if there are any photos around of the once stood Immigration Station that was located at the foot of Washington St, at the Delaware River. So many people came from all over the world thru that place. That was Philly's Ellis Island during the late 1800's thru the early 1900's. There are hardly any signs located at that location today.

    • @craigsped
      @craigsped 9 місяців тому

      Try searching phillyhistory.org or freelibrary.org.

  • @rhodamiller7338
    @rhodamiller7338 10 місяців тому

    In 1952 I attended religious classes after school at the synagogue at Broad and Columbia. After class I would wait for my father on the corner of 15th and Columbia to pick me up on his way home. The neighborhood was Black then, but there was no sense of discomfort, never mind danger, even in the winter when it was dark by 5 o’clock.

  • @OsamaBinBombin
    @OsamaBinBombin 11 місяців тому

    We have tons of old buildings

  • @phillyphilly2095
    @phillyphilly2095 11 місяців тому

    The white cops were quite racist and abusive back then. When I started attending Temple University in 1977, a white cop referred to his club as his "ni**er beater." I guess because I am white he thought it was safe to say that to me. I sometimes drank at a local bar at 15th & Columbia.

  • @bevygaines
    @bevygaines Рік тому

    I worked at 4th and Walnut, use to walk past these places. I miss that. I walked through city hall, and never had the time to go in. I wish I had.