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Carriage house at rear of Dr. Walter E. Wentz home, 19 W. Baltimore Avenue, from Baker and Plum streets
Address: 19 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967
View looking west on Baker Street from Plum Street. Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Chalfant’s Livery Stable, northwest corner of State and Jackson streets
Date: 1890-1900
Frank Lees dated this as 1915 (Circa), but it is probably older. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Charles A. Limburg in tow truck at J. E. Fitzgerald's Gas Station, Baltimore Avenue between Edgemont and Radnor streets.
Date: 1920 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: In the 1920s J. E. Fitzgerald also had a gas station at Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Charles A. Limburg, International Trucks, General Repairs. 24 hour Towing. Battery, Ignition & Generator Work.
Address: 32 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1940-1950
As of 2019, this building still stands at the southeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street, and still houses an automotive repair business.
Christ Episcopal Church
Address: 311 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption on reverse: Photographed from Dr. Michael's house, S. Orange St. Yellow brick street, circa 1900.
Christ Episcopal Church Choir
Address: 311 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1910 (circa)
Earl Babbitt, Mr. (Richard H.) Crockford (the church's organist and choir director), Bill Halsey, Horace Ross, Bill Mingin, and L.C.S. (Lewis Cheyney Smith).
Christ Episcopal Church, prior to 1878
Address: 311 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1870-1877
According to Frank Lees caption on reverse, the cornerstone of this church was laid in 1858.
Christmas Season 1958, Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co.
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958
This bank was formerly the First National Bank of Media. Kodachrome enlargement dated January 12, 1959
Christmas Season 1958, Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co.
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958
This bank was formerly the First National Bank of Media. Kodachrome enlargement dated January 12, 1959
Christmas Season 1958, Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co.
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958
Edward H. Rigby is on the right. This bank was formerly the First National Bank of Media. Kodachrome enlargement dated January 12, 1959
Clayton T. Smith Post #93, American Legion, Media, Pa.
Address: 104 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1930 (circa)
[Possibly in Media Theatre, perhaps a performance of a drum corps or drum and bugle corps.
Clifford "Hap" Lindsay, Media Police Department, directing traffic at Baltimore Avenue and Providence Road
Date: 1921
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Co-operative Store, northeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Collapse of covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek at Victoria Plush Mills
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1913-04
The Plush Mill Bridge collapsed April 20, 1913, when an 18-ton steamroller was crossing and crashed through the floor. See Chester Times, April 21, 1913 and a March 13, 1914 article about the lawsuit that ensued. Frank Lees caption: "Trolley…
Commodore Barry Bridge
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1974-02
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1974-02
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1974-02
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Commodore Barry Bridge under construction, with Chester (Pa.) to Bridgeport (N.J.) ferry
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1973-03
Bridge over the Delaware River between Bridgeport, New Jersey and Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in 1974. With negatives. See “Delaware County Today, 1975-50th Edition” (in MHAC Collection), pages 9-12, for more photos of the bridge.
Company “M” 111th, Mt. Gretna
Address: Mt. Gretna (Pa.)
Date: 1927
This was part of the Pennsylvania National Guard unit based in the Media Armory, at camp in Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania. Paul Clark is second from left; the rest are unidentified.