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Steam train in Media Station pulling up to water tower
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Sweeney’s Market, State Street and Plum Street
Date: 1919
Pictured are Mr. Sweeney, Edgar Worrall, Mr. Ward, and Hap[?] Lindsay.
T. J. and I. L. Haldeman's Dry Goods & Grocery Depot, northwest corner of State Street and Olive Street
Date: 1854 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This is the northwest corner of State and Olive Street about 1860. The building is Haldeman's department store. On the second floor are the first offices of the First National Bank of Media, now [in 1979] Provident National…
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)
Texaco Team, August 1918. Bat. Ave. 564. Winner of Pennant in Petroleum A.A.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1918-08
The Texas Compay petroleum refinery was in Linwood, Pa., Newspaper articles from 1916 say that this team was part of the Independent League. The Petroleum Athletic Association also existed around that time.
The Black Building
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
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…
The home of Dr. Mary I. Hough, 331 W. State Street.
Address: 331-339 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1972-09
Frank Lees caption: "These five houses (331-339 W. State Street) ,on the north side of the street, are part of a row that includes some of the oldest homes in Media. Next to Dr. Hough's home is Kastenbaum's Book Store."
The Media Inn, southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and Providence Road
Date: 1977 (circa)
Sign reads: "Old Media ?"
The Media Inn, southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and Providence Road
Date: 1977 (circa)
Sign reads: "Old Media ?"
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.
The old Rose Tree Inn, the original home of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club
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…
The Warriors
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1898-05-26
Caption reads: "The Warriors. 'Nine Club', Chester, May 26th, 1898. With the compliments of their photographic member, L. D. Woodridge." A later notation, in pencil, reads: "Rebecca Levis Smith in center"
The Williamson House, southeast corner of Front and Orange streets
Date: 1900 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees' caption on the folder. No caption on photograph.
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.
Thomas J. Haldeman, President, First National Bank of Media 1878-1894
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1880 (circa)
Heavily retouched photograph. This portrait and others decorated the bank's board room (see P-17026).
Town Hall, New Castle, Delaware
Address: 14 E. 2nd St., New Castle (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.
