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1. P-0022.10 - AERIAL / HERSHEY

   AERIALS - HERSHEY 14 - From south of Chocolate Avenue looking northwest with Park, Arena, Stadium, Milton Hershey School and Hotel Hershey in the background. In the foreground the Chocolate Factory, Power Plant, Cocoa Bean Silos and the Hershey Cocoa Bushes - note that the houses that were on the curve of Java Avenue have been torn down and now Homestead Road goes straight to Chocolate Avenue; *

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2. P-0040 - DISASTER / HURRICANE

   SNAVELY HOUSE 1 - Cleaning up the Joseph Snavely house on Java Avenue destroyed by the uprooting of a gas line by a falling tree during Hurricane Hazel in 1954. The house blew up when one of the occupants tried to light a match because of the loss of electrical lights. Though the house did not have a gas line to it, the uprooted line allowed gas to seep into the structure. Mrs. Snavely was killed and Joseph was seriously injured, ...

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3. P-0040.01 - DISASTER / HURRICANE

   SNAVELY HOUSE 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 - The remains of the Joseph Snavely House after the October 15, 1954 explosion that destroyed the house. During Hurricane Hazel a tree fell and broke a gas line. When a candle was lit inside the house an explosion caused this damage. Gilbert Lugar, a Hershey Vocational School teacher, helped to clean up the debris from the explosion. He found the workings of the Snavely Grandfathers clock i...

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4. P-0040.02 - DISASTER / HURRICANE

   SNAVELY HOUSE 13,14,15,16 - The remains of the Joseph Snavely House after the October 15, 1954 explosion that destroyed the house. During Hurricane Hazel a tree fell and broke a gas line. When a candle was lit inside the house an explosion caused this damage. The Snavely House was actually on Java Avenue in 1954. When it was rebuilt it faced Caracas Avenue;

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5. P-0054.06 - CHOCOLATE CO / CORP / FOODS - PRE-WINDOWLESS OFFICE

   FACTORY - PRE WINDOWLESS OFFICE 9 - View of factory offices entrance on the west side of factory from the north side of railroad tracks with the two train stations in foreground; 13,17 - Unusual aerial view of the center of the factory, whch is at ground level, with railroad tracks and railroad cars on it - the bottom of one of the smoke stacks can be seen, as well as the other two smoke stacks nearby; 16 - Aerial view o...

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6. P-0395 - AERIAL / CHOCOLATE FACTORY

   AERIAL OF THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 1,2,3 - Similar views of the factory shows Hershey Cocoa Bushes - looks to have been taken during the transition period of bringing Homestead Road directly across to the access road on the east of the factory, eliminating the first block of Java - #2 shows Java opening onto Chocolate Avenue and #1 shows Homestead Road across from the factory access road;

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7. P-0395.01 - AERIAL / CHOCOLATE FACTORY

   AERIAL OF THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 4 - Shows the basements of the buildings that have just been removed from the curve of Java Avenue ca. 1960 - good view of the countryside beyond the factory - landmarks across top half of photo - l-r - tree lined Park Boulevard from Derry Road to Airport Road, Arena, Stadium, Senior Hall, Airport, Hotel Hershey; Park Avenue. The train station can be seen in this photo. It was demolished in 1964;

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8. P-0488.03 - TRANSPORTATION / TROLLEY CAR #23

   TROLLEY #23 4 - Trolley #23 westbound on East Chocolate Avenue approaching Chocolate Factory - note Java Avenue merging with Chocolate on right side of photo; *

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