On display at the Wye Beer Company
Thanks for your interest in the photographs on display at the Wye Beer Company, Trafford PA.
(Above) The Blackburn Wye circa 1917 by Charles Vitous. Read: How did the B.Y. Park get its name?
(Above) The North Trafford "cut" on the Murrysville Branch of the Turtle Creek Vally Railroad. The North Trafford Station was built in 1911. The branch line from Stewart Station to Murrysville was completed in February 1888 and the Turtle Creek Vally became a branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1903.
(Above) The Blackburn Dairy Store photo taken in 1968. The building was built in 1960 and was first operated as the Dairy Store by Bill & Mil Hricsina from 1960-1963, later proprietors of the store included Bill & Mable Lutz, Pete Muro, Tom Setz, and Tom Urban.
Boxing (Above) Searching through an envelope of old film negatives that were donated to us by the late Donald Vitous, we came across several images of a boxing match that took place where the ballfields are currently located today. The film captures early images of Trafford's buildings in the background. Note the old Trafford Inn (old bank building) has only the word "Trafford" painted on the exterior. The vast amount of building supplies seen here was likely from the "Wynn Brick Company" which once had a business in this location.
(Above) An early photograph of men fishing at the B.Y. Pond. The man on the far left in the Bowler hat was Charles J. Vitous (1881-1968). He built his home on 8th Street overlooking the pond. Note the tent in the background.
(Above) This Westinghouse High Voltage laboratory show Dr. Gilbert D. McCann allowing a strak of artifical lightnin crash down on top of the car to prove that the vehicle serves as a metal cage, a safe place to be in a lightning storm. Watch this YouTube video about Trafford's High Voltage Laboratory.
(Above) The Patternmakers
(Above) Forbes Road before improvements. The present-day Wye Beer Co location would be in the right side of this photograph. Portions of the wall seen on the left side of the photostill exist. The home on the left, still standing today, was owned by Edward D. Seitz, a prominent citizen in Trafford’s early history.
(Above) Forbes Road Bridge crossing the Turtle Creek (colorized).
(Above) The Harrison City-Trafford Road (brick) near the present-day entrace of Belleau Wood Blvd.
