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Concordville, Pa.

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Date: 1914 (circa)
Caption on reverse: Concordville, Pa. "The Village," looking westward, from Chester Road. Frank Lees notation indicates this is at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Concord Road.

Broomall’s Lake Falls

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Date: 1900-1920
See P-01026A for full description. Original postcard

Railroad bridge, probably in Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04049.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
Location of this photograph is uncertain. Original caption: The original High Bridge from the Media Water Works area. Frank Lees wrote on folder: Believed to be over Darby Creek at Clifton Heights, not Media as marked. The photographer lived in…

Approaching Media Station, looking west along railroad tracks.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01328.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
Shows bridge carrying Orange Street over the tracks, and steps on the north side of the tracks that once allowed pedestrian access on that side. Sign reads: "Caution! Do not walk nor trespass on the Railroad."

413 West State Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01326.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
Frank Lees notes that this house, on the north side of the street, was torn down for the construction of the apartment complex now (2019) standing at State Street and West Street.

Broomall’s Lake and Dam

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Date: 1906 (circa)
See P-01026A for full description

All the living descendants of Dr. George W. Smith at 412 W. State Street in Media on Christmas Day 1889

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01013A.jpg
Date: 1889-12-25
The photo came with the following typescript, which likely indicates the subjects from left to right, going from top to bottom: Rosalba Peale Smith, 18, daughter of Clement L. Smith; Clement Lawrence Smith, 45; Lewis Lawrence Smith, 24, son of A.…

Smith homestead

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01012B.jpg
Date: 1880-1889
Caption: "412 W. State Street in the 1880s. Taken by Henry C. Smith. Residence of A. Lewis Smith who maintained a law office on the first floor to the right of the evergreen tree."

Edgemont Street looking north from 2nd Street

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Date: 1975 (circa)
See P-10308a and P-01308B for views of the house with the tower in the left center of this photograph.

House at 218 N. Edgemont Street, Media, Pa.

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Date: 1975 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: "Edgemont St., S.W. from 3rd and Edgemont." This house no longer stands, but its location was confirmed by comparing the house in the background of P-01308B with the one that still stands (in 2020) at 206 N. Edgemont. The…