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Media Centennial Celebration. Historical pageant rehearsal
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-05-07
John Rock (left) and Ted Rigby rehearsing scene reenacting the founding of Media, part of the historical pageant to be presented during Women's Day, June 8, 1950.
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-06
“Handicraft of pupils of Elwyn Training School forms one of the most attractive exhibits in the Media armory, where 29 different business and community [groups] have set up booths for the centennial week. Samples of basketry, hand woven tapestry,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-06
This booth features Youngstown Kitchens, by Mullins, and Farm Bureau Insurance, represented locally by Henry G. Smith, 310 W. State Street.
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-06
Booth for Girard-Miller Coal Co. featuring the automatic "blue coal" burner and a jar of pea coal with "blanks for guesses on the total number of pieces in the jar. A savings bond will go to the persons coming closest to the actual total.” (Chester…
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-06
Booth for Girard-Miller Coal Co. featuring the automatic "blue coal" burner and a jar of pea coal with "blanks for guesses on the total number of pieces in the jar. A savings bond will go to the persons coming closest to the actual total.” (Chester…
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-06
Raymond J. Dawson, 110 W. State Street, featuring General Electric appliances.
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-06
Philco and Kelvinator appliances displayed under Peoples Tire Stores sign.
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-06
Display of Ford and Firestone products by Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops with beardless man in handcuffs.
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Gray, right. These "Kops" were members of the Media Lions Club, and in charge of "enforcing" the beard rules in town during the celebration. Beardless men needed to buy a beardless permit or risk being fined and ducked in a bathtub of water,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, takes a lap around the field in an automobile, with J. Fred Schultz (right) and Walter Wood, who chaired the Miss Greater Media Contest.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Media Fawns All-Girls Junior Drum and Bugle Corps. (This is the identification on the negative envelope, but according to newspaper accounts, the Fawns did not compete in this event; this may be another unidentified group, or perhaps the Fawns…