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South Media
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption probably added in 1959: In front of Paul's Row, Washington Ave., South Media, Pa. 1959 - Built up now nice homes for colored folks. Exact location in South Media is uncertain.
Along Crum Creek
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location uncertain. Photo probably by Dr. William T. W. Dickeson.
Rose Valley Mill Houses
Date: 1900 (circa)
Looking south on Rose Valley Road, near intersection with Possum Hollow Road. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Edgemont Post Office, in store of “E. G. Peirce, dealer in general merchandise.”
Location: 5013 West Chester Pike, Edgmont (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption on reverse reads: "Edgemont, Pa. on West Chester Pike. Car line ran from 69th St. to West Chester along West Chester Pike." Donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sills), April 11, 1982. This building, which is no longer standing, was on the south side of…
Jacob Wendell 50th wedding anniversary, copy of photograph.
Location: Unknown
Date: 1900 (circa)
Donated by Robert M. Allam. See P-14013A for explanation. The relation of this photograph to Clyde Allam and the Allam family is unknown. Photograph marked "Studio of H. Parker Rolfe, 1305-07 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa." The negative seems to be a…
Media Athletic Association Baseball Club
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Two copies. Same team and same location as Appleton AP-8255. Bottom row, second from left: Matthew Fox. Top row, wearing bowtie, Albin Ottey. Other names, on reverse of one copy, include: McIntyre, H. A. Thomas, H. L. Highbarger, and Leon Baker.
Joseph W. Hawley, President, First National Bank of Media 1894-1906
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
This portrait and others decorated the bank's board room (see P-17026).
Mrs. Snodgrass and Ida Frank in horse-drawn carriage
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Frank Lees caption: In front of 206 S. Orange St., next to Quinby's Funeral Home
Quinby Funeral Home
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Caption on reverse says "Atmore Smith," who may be driving the horse-drawn hearse. According to his obituary in the Chester Times, June 9, 1934, page 8: "S. Atmore smith "was associated for 43 years with the Quinby undertaking establishment. He was…
Quinby Funeral Home
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Probably Atmore Smith driving the horse-drawn hearse.
Quinby Funeral Home
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
On reverse, "Thomas Quinby," who is driving the horse-drawn hearse.
Dee house, northwest corner, 4th and Monroe streets
Address: 400 N. Monroe St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Folder labeled: A. Valentinis Dee Family Photos
Unidentified house, probably in Media, Pa.
Address: 400 N. Monroe St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Folder labeled: A. Valentinis Dee Family Photos
Hanley Terrace, 625 West Baltimore Avenue
Address: 625 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Frank Lees caption on reverse: "Also the residence of Harry Garner. Date unknown. Was once an inn and stage coach stop. Very old. Aunt Lizzie Hanley on porch."
Woman on Route 47 trolley (or Car No. 47), M. & S. Traction Co.
Location: New Jersey
Date: 1900-1910
The M. & S. Traction Company, according to a newspaper search, operated in central New Jersey--M. & S. standing for Middlesex and Somerset, two New Jersey counties. Therefore, Frank Lees' information -- "Summer trolley car on Baltimore Avenue, on…
