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Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-12.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Firefighters String Band, of Philadelphia. According to the Chester Times, this captain's uniform included about 300 ostrich plumes.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-14.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Unidentified patrons of the Media Fire Company refreshment stand.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-16.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company truck with Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-17.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company truck with Nan Dutton, longtime Media correspondent for the Chester Times.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-21.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company truck parked on Jackson Street and Jasper Street. Corner of original Media Free Library building is on far right. The houses behind the trees on the left were removed in the late 1960s, to make room for the current (2020) fire…

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-42.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Nan Dutton in a Media Fire Company truck in front of judge's reviewing stand at Borough Hall.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-43.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company. The group wore new uniforms for the parade.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-64.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company truck with Nan Dutton, in passenger seat, and Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, standing with bouquet. Same house as in P-19197-66

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-65.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire company honor guard with Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media. Left to right: Francis (Duke) Cunningham, William Taylor, Patty Highfield, George Mills, George Keiser. Location determined from other pre-parade photographs in this series.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-66.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, with Media Fire Company truck and dog. Location is same as in P-19197-64

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-67.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company truck and dog. Location determined from other pre-parade photographs in this series.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-68.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Jack Martin, of the Media Fire Company, in his new uniform (Photographer's caption) 420-422 N. Jackson Street is behind him.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-69.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, in Media Fire Company truck before the parade. (House number 320 visible, location confirmed with Google maps.).

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-71.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
William B. McClenachan, Jr., president of the Delaware County Firemen's Association.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-72.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Colwyn Fire Company No. 1 was "led by seven firemen carrying bouquets, 26 other Colwyn men drew by ropes an ancient hose cart said to have been brought from England to Philadelphia more than a century ago." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-73.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Colwyn Fire Company No. 1 was "led by seven firemen carrying bouquets, 26 other Colwyn men drew by ropes an ancient hose cart said to have been brought from England to Philadelphia more than a century ago." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19198-02.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Colwyn Fire Company No. 1 was "led by seven firemen carrying bouquets, 26 other Colwyn men drew by ropes an ancient hose cart said to have been brought from England to Philadelphia more than a century ago." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19198-03.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Unidentified veterans contingent, on Manchester Avenue, just north of Front Street.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19198-04.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Unidentified string band, with child performer, on Manchester Avenue, just north of Front Street.