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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
June Wickersham (left) and Anne Stewart, in costume for the festivities

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Walter LaLonde and Elizabeth Reiff in costume for the festivities.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Walter LaLonde in costume for the festivities.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
In costume for the festivities, Left to right, top: Agnes Wenkel, unknown, Elizabeth Clare. Bottom: Kathryn Begley, Dorothy Howarth

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Caption on reverse: Left to right, top: Laro (?)Thompson, Anne Stewart, Martha Clare, Elizabeth Reiff. Bottom: June Wickersham, Linda Murray.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Walter LaLonde (left) and Francis Scott, in Jeep, wearing American Legion uniform. Media Free Library is in the background.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Wenlock. According to the Chester Times, June 7, 1950, p. 15, these are costumes from the 1820s. She was the former Dorothy Anne Kane. The house number behind them is 318, like somewhere in Media, where they both lived.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Frank Lees caption, incomplete: "In front of John's Grille, Monroe and Baker Streets, 1950. Left to right, standing: Hershey Wiler [sic], Frank Hedge, John Banis, Walter Tipping" Abram Hershey Weiler lived on Manchester Avenue in Nether Providence,…

Media Centennial Celebration

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Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Unknown men during Centennial Celebration, near Media High School athletic field, probably on Edgemont Street. The Thunderbird automobile is the real star of this picture.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Media High School Marching Band.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Refreshment booth on High School field

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Looking north on South Avenue (now Veterans Square) from State Street, at Delaware County Court House decorated for the festivities.

Media Centennial Celebration. World War II Memorial

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Date: 1950-06-04
This World War II memorial, to those from Media who served and died, was unveiled as part of the festivities on June 3, Military and Veterans Day.

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
The speaker at the podium is Benjamin F. James, U.S. congressman from Delaware County. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. After service, veterans marching down South Avenue (now Veterans Square), with Delaware County Court House in…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. This group is the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Band, of Philadelphia, a fife and drum corps whose members…

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 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.