This past week I was digging around for stock film footage showing the Alley and found this (brief) gem from sometime in the 1960s. I especially like the emphasis that the houses “are not restorations; they have been in continuous use as residences since Colonial times.” While that last bit is something of a stretch (many of the homes on the Alley were built after the American Revolution), I appreciate this framing of why the street is special!
-TM
A short clip showing Elfreth's Alley as it looked in the 1960s. All rights owned by the Travel Film Archive, which has allowed us to share this brief clip.
Captions added by Museum staff. All rights to this video belong to the Travel Film Archive, who have allowed us to use the low-quality version of the clip for educational and promotional purposes.