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- Collection: Francis F. Zimmerman Photograph Collection
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Brooke Hall Apartments
Date: 1950-03-05
This building had previous uses as a hotel, and earlier, as the Eastman Seminary for Girls.
Brooke Hall Apartments
Date: 1950-03-29
This building had previous uses as a hotel, and earlier, as the Eastman Seminary for Girls.
Church of the Seventh Day Adventists
Date: 1950-03-04
Church building no longer exists. Approximate location was determined by comparing historic aerial photographs that showed the church to a current map of the location.
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.
Crosby L. Smith (left) presenting "Media's Man of the Year" award, from the Media Businessmen's Association, to Lane A. Davis
Date: 1950-03-27
According to a story in the Chester Times, March 28, 1950, page 10, the event was held at the Media Inn.
Cutting ice for storage out of Palmer's Dam
Address: 39.917032, -75.404272
Date: 1950-03-19
In the old vernacular, a pond and a dam were synonymous. Palmer's Dam was located on Ridley Creek just north of Baltimore Pike, upstream of the Media Water Works. Copy of original photo; source not noted. For Media Coal & Ice Company ad in Centennial…
Delaware County Board of Commissioners
Date: 1950-04-25
John H. Doherty, chairman, sits in the center chair, with Albert J. Crawford, Jr., right, and Fred F. Duke, left. The man sitting in front of the table is Edward H. P. Fronefield, county solicitor. The commission offices were in the court house…
Delaware County Courthouse looking west
Date: 1950-03-05
Delaware County Courthouse, at Front street between Olive and Orange streets looking east. Made for the Centennial book.
Edward V. Streeper, secretary of the Media Centennial Executive Committee
Date: 1950-04-21
Centennial Book 10.
