Videos
Lower Merion TV: Eye On
Lower Merion Historical Society
Jerry Francis, Historical Society president, introduces this special library of local maps, photographs, documents and objects housed in a restored 1812 school building. (2014)
Cynwyd Train Station
Jerry Francis, Historical Society president, guides us through the 1890 train station, its recent restoration and the Cynwyd Heritage Trail. (2013)
Living History With Ted Goldsborough
Ted Goldsborough, past president of The Lower Merion Historical Society, interviews participants about Lower Merion or Narberth.
ABC House
Dr. Patricia Krisch: enabling inner city kids to attend Lower Merion High School (2015)
Affordable Housing in Lower Merion
Maryam Phillips & Nolan Atkinson, former Township commissioners on projects 1970-2015 (2015)
“Chief” Anderson
Christina Anderson, granddaughter, the life and times in Bryn Mawr of the WW II Tuskegee Airmen instructor. (January 2014)
Ardmore Junior High
Kenneth Trotter & Dennis Dool, retired teachers, recall the special feelings under the maxim “Enter to Learn Go Forth to Serve”. (2014)
Nolan Atkinson, Jr., Esq.
Lower Merion’s first African-American Commissioner remembers growing up in Bryn Mawr in the 1950s. (2012)
Bala Cynwyd Junior High, 1955
Lita Indzel Cohen and Marlene Bronstein Dubin’s real-life “Happy Days” (2012)
Lt. General Julius Becton
One of the highest-ranking African Americans in U.S. history grew up in Bryn Mawr in the 1930s and ’40s. (9/11/2013)
Max Buten
Max’s is among the early Jewish families in Lower Merion, of Buten Paints and Buten Museum of Wedgwood renown. (June-July 2012)
Russell Byerley’s WWII letters from LM students
Son David Byerley, class of 1945, remembers the War at Lower Merion High School. (October 2012)
Cynwyd School Centennial, 2014
Arlene Flicker, retired Cynwyd School teacher (February 2014)
Cynwyd Station
Jerry Francis, Historical Society President, discusses the history and revitalization of the 1890 Pennsylvania Railroad station (April 2015)
River Road Before the Expressway
Helene Porter Dixon’s family ran a store on River Road at Mill Creek in the 1950s. (February-March 2011)
School Desegregation in Lower Merion
Samuel and Dorothy Edgerton were local members of the NAACP in the 1960s. (September 2013)
The Oldest Store on the Main Line
David Fish is a third-generation jeweler in Bryn Mawr (January-February 2012)
Dr. Herman C. Giersch
Growing up in Bryn Mawr before WWII, teaching music in Lower Merion schools, liberating a concentration camp. Recorded with Ed Minshall. (March 2012)
Ted Goldsborough
On growing up in Narberth, 28 years teaching in Lower Merion, and the organizations he’s been involved with.
Theobald Harsch, 1900 Narberth contractor
Edward Davis Lewis of Gladwyne, Harsch’s grandson. (August 2013)
Rock Hill Quarry
Patrick McCabe, Jr.’s family ran the business for decades. (2012-13)
Merion Fire Company
Tom Hayden, Fire Chief of the first fire brigade in the township, recalls its history, equipment and the fires it fought. (December 2014)
Merion Tribute House
Colette Speakman, manager of the Tribute House, dedicated May 1924 to those who served in The Great War.
Life in Early Penn Wynne and Ardmore
Edward Minshall’s family were early settlers in 1920s Penn Wynne and worked for Autocar in Ardmore. (April/May 2011)
Moment of Integration
Wendell Holland and Michael Antonoplos as students experienced the integration of Lower Merion public schools in 1963. (2013)
Photos of Early Bala Cynwyd and Merion Park
97-year-old Gladys Baker Reynolds Monier, born 1914, shares memories and photos. (2011)
Narberth Public School
Robert Jordan and Caryn McTighe Musil attended NPS through eighth grade in the 1950s. (2014)
Narbrook Park
Elaine Reed and Louise Slama, residents, discuss the unique Narberth community. (2014)
Childhood on Spring Ave., Ardmore
Maryam Walker Puller Phillips became head librarian at Ardmore, director of the Township Libraries and a Township Commissioner. (2014)
Working on the Railroad
Frank Weer of Gladwyne worked for the Pennsy, the Reading, and Conrail. (October/November 2011)
Armistice Day Centennial at the Merion Tribute House
The Great War: Lower Merion Celebration
Three short videos of excerpts of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
WFIL-TV Community Salutes 1965-66
These three episodes were preserved in the home of a local resident until they were given to Lower Merion Township in 2019. The 30-minute videos open on the Lower Merion TV website.
Salute to Lower Merion
First aired April 4-10, 1966
Salute to Bryn Mawr
First aired August 2-8, 1965
Salute to Haverford
First aired August 16-22, 1965