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Boonie Doon Plantation
Address: Southhampton County, VA
Date: 1999 ca.
The dilapidated Bonnie Doon plantation house in Southhampton County, Va., from which Cornelius Ridley ran away in 1862.
Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley's house
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
They purchased their home at 308 North Olive Street in 1872, 10 years or so after escaping Virginia. Their descendants continued to live in the house until about 1972, when it was sold and torn down.
Cornelius Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Pictured here driving a mule-drawn delivery wagon for Hawley and Snowden's hardware store on State Street.
Elizabeth Oveide
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
First woman assistant pastor at Campbell A.M.E. Church
Elizabeth Oveide
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
First woman assistant pastor at Campbell A.M.E. Church
Elizabeth Oveide's home
Address: 525 N. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Elizabeth Oveide home at 525 N. Orange Street, Media Pa., It is now a townhouse development
Juanita Edwards
Address: 125 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1955
Daughter of Mary M. Edwards. On a swing at Media Friends School, winter of 1955
Juanita Edwards
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1952
Juanita Edwards in a playpen. She is the daughter of Mary M. Edwards.
Juanita Edwards
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1953
Juanita Edwards in toy police car on playground formerly at the 200 block of Olive Street, Media, Pa. This property is now part of the Delaware County Government Center.
Mary M. Edwards and Dr. Dorothy Height
Address: Not known
Date: 1980 ca.
Mary M. Edwards and Dr. Dorothy Height at the National Council of Negro Women Convention
Mary M. Edwards and Hamilton Jordan
Address: Not known
Date: 1980 ca.
On reverse: "Hamilton Jordan, Chief of Staff for Jimmy Carter, and Mary Edwards"
Mary M. Edwards and Irene Bennett
Address: Not known
Date: Not known
Mary Edwards with Irene Bennett (far left) at the National Council of Negro Women convention.
Mary M. Edwards and others
Date: Not known
(L to R) Marjorie Moat, Martin Luther King, III, and Mary Edwards, at Academy of Music, Philadelphia.
Mary Matthews and Marie Matthews Posey
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
Mary was about 10 years old in this picture; her sister Marie was about 6.
Mary Matthews Short and friends
Address: Not known
Date: 1948
On reverse: "Left to right: Claudia Williams, Thelma Nacho, Hazel Chambers, Elward Gales, Mary Short [standing, right; later Mary M. Edwards], and Caroline White [probably in front]
Myrtle and Hilda Rhoades
Address: 309 S. Plum St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Nieces of Elizabeth Oveide. On reverse: "Aunt Hun's kids, 309 South Plum Street, Media, PA"
Reginald Oveide, Skip Burrell, and [?] Summerville
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961-06-12
At Media High School commencement, 1961. On reverse: "From mother to Reggie good luck. May God bless you in the years to come and in every walk of life. Lots of luck. From mother, Elizabeth Oveide, 525 N. Orange Street, Media, PA. " (L to R); [ ?]…
Residence of Dr. Arthur W. King
Address: 525 N. Olive St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Dr. Athur W. King was a Media dentist who practiced from 1932 until his death, in his clinic, in 1985 at age 79. (Obituary, Wilmington (Del.) News-Journal, May 31, 1985) On the left is probably the house at 525 N. Olive Street, which is still…