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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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Trolley car No. 11, Media-Glen Riddle Line, in Middletown Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04040.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
Sign reads: Elwyn & Lima. Location uncertain. Copy of original photo; source not noted

Trolley Car No. 27

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04021.jpg
Date: 1905 (circa)
Caption on reverse: Car No. 27 was made by the Jewett Car Company equipped for train operation. They had high back leather seats of the reclining type. This type car was placed in operation 1902 to 1913 incl. They were used on the Ardmore, Media, and…

Trolley car on Manchester Avenue at Lincoln Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04029.jpg
Date: 1900

Trolley car on Olive Street south of 5th Street, Media.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04026.jpg
Date: 1900-1920
Sign on trolley reads "Darby." The Union A.M.E. Church (in 2019, the Trinity A.M.E. Church) is on the left.

Trolley car on Park Avenue, approaching Lincoln Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04027A.jpg
Date: 1900-1920

Trolley car on Park Avenue, Lincoln Street in background

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04027B.jpg
Date: 1900-1920
Sign on trolley reads: Media.

Two unidentified me

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-33.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
Man on left is wearing a hat with a TWA airlines pin.

U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01429A.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1976
Councilman A. Shelby Martin, second from left, chairman, Media Bicentennial Commission. Other people, probably other members of the commission, not identified.

U.S. Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01429B.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1976
This may be the stop of this wagon train in Media. Exact location not determined.

Uneeda Biscuit sign uncovered, northwest corner Front and Jackson streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01285.jpg
Date: 1989-08
Frank Lees caption reads in part: Sweeney's Market once occupied [this corner]. When Bill Battey's Sporting Goods remodeled the building they uncovered this advertisement on the side of the building. After the photograph was taken, they covered the…

Unidentified baseball team

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-15006.jpg
Date: 1945 (circa)
Photograph removed from frame, but print is stuck to the glass. Scanned through glass. Stored in Misc. Glass Negatives Box

Unidentified child

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-25.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
Perhaps one of the photographer's children

Unidentified crowd scene, probably somewhere in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14011.jpg
Date: 1910-1930
Untitled panoramic photograph showing large crowd gathered for what looks like a political event, perhaps the visit of the U.S. President. A large factory is on left, houses in the middle, and what appears to be a train station is on the left.…

Unidentified football team, probably in Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-15047.jpg
Date: 1940 (circa)

Unidentified house, probably in Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01205C.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
Folder labeled: A. Valentinis Dee Family Photos

Unidentified house, probably Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01250.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1880-1890
Frank Less had guessed that this house might have been on the 200 block of North Olive Street.

Unidentified man

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-25.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
He is in what looks like a government office. He may be the man wearing the hat in P-19206.

Unidentified man on porch

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-28.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
P-19194 to P-19225 came from the same roll of film.

Unidentified man on porch. He may be husband of woman in P-19222.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-29.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
P-19194 to P-19225 came from the same roll of film.

Unidentified woman

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-27.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
P-19194 to P-19225 came from the same roll of film.

Unidentified woman in kitchen. She may be wife of man in P-19221

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-30.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
P-19194 to P-19225 came from the same roll of film.

Unidentified woman, possibly Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-26.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06
P-19194 to P-19225 came from the same roll of film.

Union Railway Co. Trolley No. 13

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04034A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "The Union Railway Company, was formed in Chester in 1890. The intentions were to build an electric railway from Linwood, through Chester, and into Media. This never came to be. Eventually the company did run cars into Marcus…

Unknown house, possibly Darby or Chester

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18077.jpg
Date: 1954-07
No label on slide. Possibly 800 block of W. Mary St., Chester

Unknown street with garages, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01109Q.jpg
Date: 1929-12