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Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
George G. Jeffries (in Shriner hat), and Frank Lees help Patty Highfield select three beardless permit numbers from the box, each winner receiving a $25 savings bond.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Five finalists, left to right: Jack Kelley, Charles Parker, Harry McLeod, Francis Cunningham, and Charles Wray. Judges, left to right: John D. Gordy, publisher, Media Comment; unidentified woman (either Doris Wiley of…
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Awards ceremony
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray, winner of "Most Popular Beard," shakes hands with Elwood J. Benson.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Performance by uniformed drill units from the LuLu Temple Philadelphia.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Performance by uniformed drill units from the LuLu Temple Philadelphia.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Date: 1950-06-09
About 1000 people visited Tyler Arboretum as a kind of pilgrimage to the home of Minshall Painter, one of the Borough's founders and the man who gave Media its name. This house is one of the newer structures on the property. Free bus rides to and…
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Francis (Duke) Cunningham and unidentified man, contestants in the Media Centennial Beard Contest, in the refreshment stand of the Media Fire Company.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Keystone Kops (Francis Gray, right) on the lookout for beardless men to punish.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Miss Greater Media float sponsored by the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Patty Highfield, in back, surrounded by her court.
Media Centennial Celebration. "Centennial greetings from the Wentzes."
Date: 1950
Card includes photographs of Media Presbyterian Church, Borough Hall, Media High School, and R.M.S. Media, a British steamship. Dr. Walter Engard Wentz Jr. married Elizabeth Hoopes Mackey on September 24, 1932 (See Chester Times, Sept. 26, 1932). She…
Media Centennial Celebration
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Borough Hall decorated for the festivities. Looking north on Monroe Street, with B. Gross store on right, and many parked automobiles.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
First National Bank of Media and adjacent buildings decorated for the festivities. Looking south on South Avenue (now Veterans Square), with several parked automobiles.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: 11 Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Edward V. Streeper, secretary and historian for the event, stands in front of the Delaware County Institute of Science, which then housed the Delaware County Children's Aid Society on the first floor.
Media Centennial Celebration
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Media Centennial headquarters, in a building shared with Media Real Estate Company, on South Avenue (now Veteran's Square) behind the First National Bank.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: 113 N. Olive St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Horse-drawn carriage with two men in vintage costumes, with parked automobiles on street. The twin buildings on the right are 111 and 113 North Olive Street.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: 113 N. Olive St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Horse-drawn carriage with two men in vintage costumes, with parked automobiles on street. The buildings on the right are 111 and 113 North Olive Street.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Decorations on South Avenue (now Veterans Square) and Delaware County Court House. Many parked automobiles, and awning of Plymouth Hall apartment also visible.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Looking north on South Avenue (now Veterans Square) from Baltimore Avenue. View includes many automobiles.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, with Frederick Brumble. They were married on February 14, 1953. According to the wedding announcement in the Chester Times on February 17, 1953, her full name was Margaret Patricia Highfield.