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- Collection: Francis F. Zimmerman Photograph Collection
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Harry Groll and George Paris of Roberts Jewelers holding silver before placing it on the shelf.
Address: 205 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-11
The store opened to the public on April 14, 1950. See advertisement in Chester Times, April 13, 1950, page 4.
Harry Painter in White Hardware, showing customer Great American brand reel push lawnmower.
Address: 30 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-11
Painter is probably the man with the beard, which he is probably growing for the Media Centennial Beard Contest.
Harry Painter in White Hardware, showing customer Great American brand reel push lawnmower.
Address: 30 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-11
Painter is probably the man with the beard, which he is probably growing for the Media Centennial Beard Contest.
Hibberd Bros. Real Estate. Office force in front of "For Sale" sign.
Address: 216 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-12
Hibberd Bros. Real Estate. Office force in front of "For Sale" sign.
Address: 216 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-12
Hotel Media
Address: 402 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
Airbrushed copy negative. Made for Hotel Media's advertising in Centennial Book 110. This building sat on the southwest corner of Baltimore Ave and Lemon St. Hill's Seafood now (2020) occupies the site.
J. D. Chalfant's Livery Stables
Date: 1890 ca.
This is Zimmerman's copy of an old photograph, which is not dated but could be ca. 1890. The business stood on the northwest corner of State Street and Jackson Street.
J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor), with beard, examining Media Centennial Celebration hats in B. Gross clothing store
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-06
Ben Gross (with glasses) started the store about 1920; he died in 1955. The three younger men who appear in this series of photographs are probably his sons, William, Milton, and Jack. Date on negative envelope wrong.
J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor), with beard, examining Media Centennial Celebration hats in B. Gross clothing store
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-06
Ben Gross (with glasses) started the store about 1920; he died in 1955. The three younger men who appear in this series of photographs are probably his sons, William, Milton, and Jack. Date on negative envelope wrong.
J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor), with beard, examining Media Centennial Celebration hats in B. Gross clothing store
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-06
Ben Gross (with glasses) started the store about 1920; he died in 1955. The three younger men who appear in this series of photographs are probably his sons, William, Milton, and Jack. Date on negative envelope wrong.
J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor), with beard, examining Media Centennial Celebration hats in B. Gross clothing store
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-06
Ben Gross (with glasses) started the store about 1920; he died in 1955. The three younger men who appear in this series of photographs are probably his sons, William, Milton, and Jack. Date on negative envelope wrong.
J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor), with beard, examining Media Centennial Celebration hats in B. Gross clothing store
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-06
Ben Gross (with glasses) started the store about 1920; he died in 1955. The three younger men who appear in this series of photographs are probably his sons, William, Milton, and Jack. Date on negative envelope wrong.
J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor), with beard, examining Media Centennial Celebration hats in B. Gross clothing store
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-06
Ben Gross (with glasses) started the store about 1920; he died in 1955. The three younger men who appear in this series of photographs are probably his sons, William, Milton, and Jack. Date on negative envelope wrong.
Jefferis Drug Store, new delivery truck, English Ford
Address: 4 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-01-26
The model of this "English Ford," made by Ford Motor Company in England, may be the Anglia.
Jesse M. Baker Post, Spanish American War Veterans, 6th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
Address: Not Known
Date: 1949-04-30
Reunion committee, Spanish American War Veterans, 6th Regiment PA Volunteers. Identifications by Frank Lees: Left to right: Paul Garcia, secretary; E. Morris DeCann, treasurer; Walter S. Worrall, E. V. Streeper, William Westcott, president and…
Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
AAA tow truck and gasoline pumps in front. The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.
Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.
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.
Leonard Pell, of Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
On the wall are testimonials from two local sports figures: Lew Jenkins, former lightweight boxing champion, and Jack Ferrante, a receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1944-1950, who later coached the football Team at Monsignor Bonner High School…
Lewis Tree Surgeons Co., sign
Date: 1950-04-02
Airbrushed copy negative. Made for Lewis ad, Centennial Book 78.
