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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Nan Dutton in a Media Fire Company truck in front of judge's reviewing stand at Borough Hall.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company. The group wore new uniforms for the parade.

Media Centennial Celebration

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

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Adele Bennett in costume for the festivities

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.

Mrs. Walter Strine at the organ in the Media Presbyterian Church

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Date: 1950-05-26
This was a rehearsal for the wedding of Theodore D. Hadley, Jr., and Betty Ann Laning, both of Media. (Chester Times, May 27, 1950, p. 8)

Flower girl at wedding

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Date: 1950-05-27
This is probably Peggy Jones, the flower girl at the wedding of Theodore D. Hadley, Jr. and Betty Ann Laning, both of Media, which took place at the Media Presbyterian Church. (Chester Times, May 27, 1950, p. 8)

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day

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Date: 1950-06-03
John Tipping in his American Legion uniform, at wheel of a Jeep, on State Street.

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day

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Date: 1950-06-03
Three women in vintage clothing. Photographer's caption: "One is Mrs. Lewis." They are standing on Jackson Street, next to Borough Hall.

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day

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Date: 1950-06-03
Media Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary refreshment and souvenir stand

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day

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Date: 1950-06-03
Charles McCafferty (left) and George T. Lewis

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day

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Date: 1950-06-03
Charles McCafferty (right) and George T. Lewis

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade

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Date: 1950-06-03
Army equipment - trucks and guns.

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade

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Date: 1950-06-03
Part of the marching band from the Philadelphia Naval Base.

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade

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Date: 1950-06-03
"Detachment of U.S. Marines from the Philadelphia Naval Base." (Media News, June 8, 1950, photo caption)

Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade

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Date: 1950-06-03
Unidentified color guard and marching band, from Philadelphia