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- Collection: Francis F. Zimmerman Photograph Collection
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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
Address: 30 E. Franklin St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-05
Packard Memorial United Methodist Church
Date: 1950-03-05
A different congregation now (2020) occupies this building.
Brooke Hall Apartments
Date: 1950-03-05
This building had previous uses as a hotel, and earlier, as the Eastman Seminary for Girls.
Beth Israel Congregation of Media
Address: 117 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-05
This was formerly the Friends Select School. Centennial Book 61
Media Water Works
Date: 1950-03-05
View from the railroad bridge over Ridley Creek. Centennial Book 24.
Media Elementary School, looking west from Edgmont Street near State Street.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
The elementary school occupied the eastern part of the school complex, with the high school in the western section. Centennial Book 63.
Lemon Street School
Address: 8 Lemon St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
This was the first school built after Media was formed in 1850. It became a private residence, and still stands as of 2020. Centennial Book 62.
Sun Ray Drug Company
Date: 1950-03-06
Anna Mary Walters School once occupied this site, and later, the Media Drug store. Frank Lees, in his photo caption on the print founded in Photo Folder 1345, called this the Haldeman Building.
Colonial Apartments
Date: 1950-03-06
This originally was called the Chestnut Grove Hotel, later renamed the Colonial Hotel. Media Real Estate Company's colonial-named apartment houses now (2020) stand on this location. Print originally in Folder 1344.