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Media Centennial Beard Contest. Frank Lees

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Date: 1950-04-05
Frank Lees purchasing Beardless Permit No. 1, which allows him go beardless without paying a fine and risking a dunking. Media Real Estate Co. office is on left, at 111 South Avenue. The men are standing in front of 115 South Avenue. These buildings…

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Francis Cunningham and unknown contestant.

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Cunningham, right, and an unidentified contestant, having their beards combed out by unidentified women.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Ernie DiDonato

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Date: 1950-04-06
Newspaper caption reads: "Ernie DiDonato, barber, is experimenting with a "French Type" beard." (Centennial Scrapbook 34)

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Ernie DiDonato

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Date: 1950-04-06
Newspaper caption reads: "Ernie DiDonato, barber, is experimenting with a "French Type" beard." (Centennial Scrapbook 34)

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Dr. Alton F. Evans

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Date: 1950-04-06
Newspaper caption reads: "The bushy "all-over" type beard of Dr. Alton F. Evans, Media dentist, is the result of only one month's effort." (Centennial Scrapbook 34)

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Dr. Alton F. Evans

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Date: 1950-04-06
Newspaper caption reads: "The bushy "all-over" type beard of Dr. Alton F. Evans, Media dentist, is the result of only one month's effort." (Centennial Scrapbook 34)

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray in front of Media Post Office

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Date: 1950-06-04
See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray

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Date: 1950-04-27
Identified from newspaper caption.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Bearded members of the Media Lions Club, who sponsored the contest.

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-04-25
HAIR FRINGES ON MEDIA LIONS CLUB MEMBERS – Nine members of Media Lions Club are sporting beads for the Media Centennial Celebration in June, and rightly so, for this club is the sponsorship unit for the beard-raising contest that has set the razor…

Media Centennial Beard Contest.

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Date: 1950-06-09
Unidentified group of contestants and spectators. This is probably the night of the final judging, on the High School athletic field.