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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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Car 1284 on trolley route 71, into Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04024.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1910-1920
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Carriage house at rear of Dr. Walter E. Wentz home, 19 W. Baltimore Avenue, from Baker and Plum streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01059.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01238.jpg
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.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01144.jpg
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.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01145.jpg
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.

Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14009C.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1912
One of four cyanotypes. Exact location not noted.

Christ Episcopal Church

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-02021.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-02026.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-02025.jpg
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.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17046.jpg
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.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17047.jpg
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.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17048.jpg
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.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01464.jpg
Date: 1930 (circa)
[Possibly in Media Theatre, perhaps a performance of a drum corps or drum and bugle corps.

Co-operative Store, northeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01049A.jpg
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.

Collapse of covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek at Victoria Plush Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10001.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14010E.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14010F.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14010G.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14010A.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14010B.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14010D.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14010C.jpg
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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01128.jpg
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.