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  • Collection: Francis F. Zimmerman Photograph Collection
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Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3039.jpg
Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Crosby L. Smith (right) and unknown man.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3040.jpg
Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Jack Kelly, Jr., Olympic rowing champion, one of the judges of the contest.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3042.jpg
Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Crosby L. Smith (right) and unknown man.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3043.jpg
Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Doris Mooney (right), the reigning Mrs. Philadelphia. On left may be Jane Crossett, a former Miss Philadelphia 1947, or Marion Pedlow, a local radio commentator. (Chester Times, May 11, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3392.jpg
Date: 1950-06-06
W. W. Morhard Co. “Robert G. Burk 3d, originally from Virginia, has a display of objects long in his family's possession in Morhard's window. One interesting item is a gavel Burk says is the authentic symbol of authority used at the secession meeting…

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3526.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-09
Unknown grocery store. This may be same storefront as in ZM-3541

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3528.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
B. Frank Berry Plumbing. Sign in window reads "Articles in this window from 75 to 100 years old. Mrs. Henry Pierson, Wallingford, Pa." Mostly vintage clothing. Negative envelope reads: "B. Frank Berry. State St. north [sic: west] of Orange. North…

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3529.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
Griffith's Barber Shop, with a display of lotion bottles and shaving mugs, each with the name of its owner, including C. W. Pierson, Mingin, Clement F. Allen, Habbersett, and other local people. This was formerly Schuchardt's Barber Shop and later…

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3530.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
Donaldson Dress Shop, on the northwest corner of State Street and South Avenue (now Veterans Square). “At State Street and South Avenue, the site of the cornfield where the first lots of Media were sold at $3 a front foot, Donaldsons have elegant…

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3531.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
State Cut Rate Drug, which was on the northeast corner of State Street and South Avenue (now Veterans Square). The display features antique clocks and other items.

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3532.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
Sherwin-Williams Paint Store. The display includes paintings by various artists, including Sarah Rouch Cummings, an artist and teacher who lived in Media.

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3534.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
Kassab's Gift Shop [or Mart, as the sign in the window says] "has an old organ, spyglass, and a testament on display worth spending a few minutes examining, as well as neckwear of former days.” (Chester Times, June 6, 1950, page 17)

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3535.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
F. W. Woolworth Company. "Woolworth's five and ten has tables and kitchen wear, trivets, bone handled knives and forks, and a washbowl and table." (Chester Times, June 6, 1950, page 17)

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3536.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
6 W. State Street. Newspaper search identified this as Lottig Cleaners, and the display also matches this description: “The collection of old furniture and chinawear in Lottig’s window was supplied by Mr., and Mrs. John Knox Wood.” (Chester Times,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3537.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
Sun Ray Drug Store was on the northwest corner of State Street and Olive Street. Signs in display identify cathedral chairs, an Indian shawl, and other items, all 100 years old.

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3539.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-09
Unknown location

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3541.jpg
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-09
Unknown grocery store. This may be same storefront as in ZM-3541

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3543.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
Kassab's Gift Shop [or Mart, as the sign in the window says] "has an old organ, spyglass, and a testament on display worth spending a few minutes examining, as well as neckwear of former days.” (Chester Times, June 6, 1950, page 17)

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3545.jpg
Date: 1950-06-09
Hibberd Bros. real estate "has a glass collection of Mrs. Stanley T. Hibberd on display, and an original watercolor painted by Media’s renowned artist of a former day, Charles L. Fussell. It was painted in 1900, and is called ‘Along Ridley Creek.’ "…