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North Wayne Avenue Keystone Marker

Here is a perfect example of what can be learned from a seemingly unimportant photograph.

The Radnor Historical Society values every photo of Radnor, no matter how mundane it may seem. Here is a perfect example of what can be learned from a seemingly unimportant photograph.

This is a color Polaroid of North Wayne Avenue from Eagle Road after a snowstorm in the 1960s. The signage shows not only that North Wayne Avenue was part of Route 252, but also that a Pennsylvania-standard blue and yellow Keystone Marker was located there on the west side of the avenue!

There were thought to have been six of these markers in downtown Wayne (two exist; see last week's photo). The one pictured in the inset is from the other end of the old Rt. 252 on South Wayne Avenue. A groupcalled the Keystone Marker Trust was recently formed to restore andreproduce Pennsylvania's keystone markers, so we may see a marker on North Wayne Avenue again in thefuture.

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- Greg Prichard, Radnor Historical Society

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