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Broomall's Lake
Address: 403-501 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949
This is a large print of P-01027B. Oversized - stored in Broomall's Lake Subject Box 2. See P-01026A for full description.
Media High School Sports
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949
These young me, earing their sweaters with large varsity letters, were probably team leaders during the 1948-1949 school year. Identifications on reverse: Left to right, back row: Mr. Gabriel, R. Van Zant, L. Sharp, J. Ford, K. Ford, C. Shull,…
Teachers in the Social Studies Department, Media High School, 1949
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949
Identified on reverse (in no order): Miss Nelson, Mr. MacCleary, Mr. Ware, Mr. McMurray, Mr. Anderson, myself (Mrs. Martha Rudnick)
First National Bank of Media, reception area
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949 (circa)
This shows an interior renovation made after the 1926 changes. No. 55443
First National Bank of Media, banking floor
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949 (circa)
This shows an interior renovation made after the 1926 changes.
The worth of a baby
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949 (circa)
Probably giving this baby (a prize-winner?) its weight in silver dollars. Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co., formerly the First National Bank of Media.
First National Bank of Media, banking floor
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949 (circa)
This shows an interior renovation made after the 1926 changes. No. 55444
First National Bank of Media, Open House, November 3, 1949, 6:30 P.M.
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949-11-03
[Caption on reverse: "Matthews, G. Rigby, Bevan, Abel, E. [Edward H.] Rigby" Written to side of these names is “Freeman”
The News Spot
Address: 22 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949-12-12
This newsstand is no longer a separate building, but has been absorbed into the storefront that is entered at the northwest corner of Orange and State streets.
Media Lions Club Keystone Kops
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…
Media Borough Council
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
Frank Lees caption on reverse: From left to right: ?, Frank Wiltshire, ?, Gus Houtman, Maude Allen, Paul Clark, J. Orval Mancill, ? Tuckerman, J. Fred Schultz.
3rd Street Friends Meeting House and Media Friends School
Address: 125 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
C. Frank Williamson, Media Free Library
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
Williamson was a board member from the library's founding in 1901 until his death on August 21, 1955, at the age of 94, according to his August 22, 1955 obituary in the Chester Times.
Media Centennial Celebration. "Centennial greetings from the Wentzes."
Date: 1950
Card includes photographs of Media Presbyterian Church, Borough Hall, Media High School, and R.M.S. Media, a British steamship. Dr. Walter Engard Wentz Jr. married Elizabeth Hoopes Mackey on September 24, 1932 (See Chester Times, Sept. 26, 1932). She…
Memorial Day Parade, Media, Pa.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Two Jeeps with military personnel and machine guns. Location is not noted.
Judging a Halloween parade
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Frank Lees identified Marion Redlow on left, and Bill Price on right.
Media Hospital
Date: 1950 (circa)
The hospital, founded in 1909, moved into the former Worrall mansion (pictured here) in 1911. Copy of original photo; source not noted
B. Gross Men’s Store and the Gross family: Mr. and Mrs. Gross, Jack, Milton and Bill.
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)