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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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First Floor Plan, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-37.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 3A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Side Elevation, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-38.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 101A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Approach Plan, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-39.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 1A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Side Elevation, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-40.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 102A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Rear Elevation, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-41.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 103A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Cox's House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08004.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Alternate caption: Spindle Mill, Idlewild Lane

Palmers Dam on Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08008A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08009 and P-08040, for full description. This dam was inundated by the creation of the Springton Reservoir.

Palmer’s Dam and Mill on Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08009A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This is Palmer's Mill, alongside Palmers Dam on the Crum Creek. Looking carefully you can see a fisherman sitting on the bank. Also you can see the spillway for the race which ran the huge water wheels in the mill. This mill was…

Red Bridge carrying Rose Tree Road over Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08014.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: “This old covered bridge, still known to many as the Red Bridge, carries Rose Tree Road across the Ridley Creek, connecting Upper Providence Township with Middletown Township. The date of this photo is unknown. Although the bridge…

Flood on Ridley Creek at Barren Road and Sycamore Mills Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08021A.jpg
Date: 1960-09-12
This flood was caused by Hurrican Donna, which skirted Delaware County but still dumped almost four inches of rain on the area.

Flood on Ridley Creek at Barren Road and Sycamore Mills Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08021B.jpg
Date: 1960-09-12
This flood was causd by Hurrican Donna, which skirted Delaware County but still dumped almost four inches of rain on the area.

Rose Tree Hotel

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08022.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
Print given to Frank Lees by Mrs. Warren Fisher, Oct. 11, 1971

Saw Mill at Sycamore Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08023.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
On Ridley Creek, but exact location uncertain.

Barn on Hart Farm, Ridley Creek Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08024.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)
This barn still stands as of 2019, as part of the Alpenhof Bed and Breakfast.

Covered Bridge over Crum Creek at Palmers Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08025.jpg
Date: 1920
See other photographs of Palmer's Mill.

The old Rose Tree Inn, the original home of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08031A.jpg
Date: 1918
Signed "J.R.L.E 1918". Copy of original photograph; source not noted. Similar in Fields Family Collection. An undated clipping from the Public Ledger newspaper, in Philadelphia (found in Volume 29, page 46 of the Castner Scrapbook Collection of the…

C. H. Marshall, Inc.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08033.jpg
Date: 1965 (circa)
Polaroid print. Sign reads: Coal, Lumber, Building Materials

Sandy Bank School class portrait

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08034A.jpg
Date: 1909 (circa)
Partial IDs included; front row only. Copy of original photograph; courtesy of Harry Baile

Sandy Bank School class portrait

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08034B.jpg
Date: 1909 (circa)
Partial IDs included; front row only. Copy of original photograph; courtesy of Harry Baile

Old Upper Providence School #1

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08035.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
As of 2019, this building still stands. It is now a residence.

Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08040A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.

Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08040B.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.