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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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St. David’s Church

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-13008.jpg
Date: 1899
Includes view of graveyard. Handwritten on reverse: St. David's Episcopal Church, Radnor, Del. Co., Pa., showing the tomb of General. Anthony Wayne in the centre and the tomb of H. Jones Brooke at left end of church. Photographed by Dr. Dickeson,…

Caleb Pusey House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-13005.jpg
Date: 1899 (circa)

Banking floor, First National Bank of Media

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Date: 1899 (circa)
Building before construction of present (2019) 1901 structure. On reverse: “Compliments Miss Deborah Allen.” In newer handwriting: “Circa 1899”

Baby in carriage outside after snowfall, South Orange Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01204B.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900
Specific location not determined

The Black Building

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01233A.jpg
Date: 1900
Frank Lees caption: “This building stands on the northeast corner of State Street and South Avenue, This lot was purchased by Mr. Beatty in 1850 when the County was auctioning off lots. Mr. Beatty built this building in 1850 and it became Media's…

The Black Building

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01233B.jpg
Date: 1900
Frank Lees wrote this long description of this building in 1976: Northeast corner of State St. and South Ave. (Veterans Square). Built by John C. Beatty in 1850. Building construction began in 1849, completed before Media became a Borough. Was once…

State Street, looking west from Olive Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01242.jpg
Date: 1900
View includes Snowden's, Kirschnek Jewelers, and the First National Bank. Copy of original photo; source not noted

Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01274.jpg
Date: 1900
Decorations may be for the Semi-Centennial festivities held in 1900.

"Reunion in Vienna"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01013B.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Young people in woods: Girls left to right: Marian Cope, Carmen Major, Helen Janeway, Mary Macintyre. Boy at left is Lewis Cheyney Smith. Boy at right is Lewis Wood Easby. The other two boys are unknown. The title may not be literal; the location may…

Manley House, southeast corner, Front and Olive streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01014.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Broomall’s Lake

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01027D.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Skating on Broomall's Lake. See P-01026A for full description

Broomall’s Lake

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Panorama showing 3rd Street and entire lake. Oversized - stored in Broomall's Lake Subject Box 2. See P-01026A for full description

W. G. Hough’s Cash Grocery, 102 W. State Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01065.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Shopkeepers and a boy posing outside the shop. Copy of original photo; source not noted

J. D. Pierson’s Livery, Boarding and Sales Stables

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01067A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
This business was located on the north side of Baltimore Avenue between Orange Street and South Avenue. Also in picture is a horse-drawn wagon with the sign: "Ingram Bros. Wagon Builders"