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Media Centennial Beard Contest.

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Date: 1950-06-09
Unidentified group of contestants and spectators. This is probably the night of the final judging, on the High School athletic field.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray in front of Media Post Office

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Date: 1950-06-04
See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19064.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19065.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19066.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19067.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19068.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19069.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19070.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Preliminary judging in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19071.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
Contestants in various categories are judged, with two winners each in five categories moving on to semifinals. See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Unknown contestant

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Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-04
The woman grooming his beard is also unknown.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Unknown contestant

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Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-04

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Unknown contestant

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3273.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-04

Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Francis (Duke) Cunningham and unidentified man, contestants in the Media Centennial Beard Contest, in the refreshment stand of the Media Fire Company.

Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops Tom Worrall, Francis Gray, and Jack Kelley, Jr.

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Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Keystone Kops, members of the Media Lions Club, punished beardless men during the festivities. See introduction to Zimmerman Photograph Collection for full explanation of the Lions Club beard contest.

Media Lions Club Keystone Kops

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
The performance of the Keystone Kops was part of the 8-day Media Centennial Celebration in June 1950. The Kops "punished" beardless men who had not purchased the required "Beardless Permits," which were sold by the Lions Club leading up to this…

Queen's Contest, Campbell A.M.E. Church, Media, Pa.

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Date: 1952
Elizabeth Oveide is the queen. Her son, Reginald, is the child on the far right. Oveide was the mother of Mary M. Edwards