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4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Truck mounted with loudspeakers, from Charles A. Higgins Electrical Contractors, shown in foreground
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Truck mounted with loudspeakers, from Charles A. Higgins Electrical Contractors, shown in foreground
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Three unidentified girls, one African-American, possibly winners of pie-eating contest.
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Group from Media Businessmen's association, posing with banners: "Another event sponsored by the Media Businessmen's Ass'n." and "It's a pleasure to shop in Media."
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Group from Media Businessmen's association, posing with banners: "Another event sponsored by the Media Businessmen's Ass'n." and "It's a pleasure to shop in Media."
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Spraying field to keep down dust.
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field).
Date: 1960 (circa)
Athletic Events Committee of the Media Businessmen's Association. Left to right, back row: George Tipping, Franklin Worrilow, Lewis Young, ?, Jack Bromley. Front row: John Tipping, Frank Lees, Carl Mooney, Ray Worrall
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Ray Worrall (right) and John Tipping (left) holding banner reading "Another event sponsored by the Media Businessmen's Ass'n."
South Avenue looking south from Front Street
Date: 1920 (circa)
Trolley tracks shown down the center. "Meat Market" shown at corner of State Street.
Media Ledger Building, showing Media Hardware Co. and Jefferis Drugs, southwest corner of State and Jackson streets
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1972-05-07
Caption sheet says this building built on land once owned by Isaac Worrall in 1891, the same year the Media Ledger newspaper was founded.
J. Nelson Rigby Funeral Home
Address: 1 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1972-05-07
Caption sheet in folder says this "former residence of Mrs. Thompson" was "built on property once owned by Isaac Worrall."
Company “M” 111th, Mt. Gretna
Address: Mt. Gretna (Pa.)
Date: 1927
This was part of the Pennsylvania National Guard unit based in the Media Armory, at camp in Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania. Paul Clark is second from left; the rest are unidentified.
John H. Tipping (right) shaking hands with unidentified U.S. Army captain
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Official U.S. Army Photograph. The special citation between the two men, from the American Automobile Association honoring Media, Pennsylvania in 1957 for its "Pedestrian Program Activities," may or may not have anything to do with this photograph.
Media Aviation Field
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1938
Caption on envelope: "First mail delivery, Media Aviation Field, autogiro, about 1924." This does not match the date on the back of the print, which is July 5, 1938. This is probably related to National Airmail Week, in May 1938.
Frank and Arthur Wiltshire at the Media Republican Club
Address: 216 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
The two men are either receiving watches from or presenting them to the unnamed women.
Media Lions Club Keystone Kops
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
The performance of the Keystone Kops was part of the 8-day Media Centennial Celebration in June 1950. The Kops "punished" beardless men who had not purchased the required "Beardless Permits," which were sold by the Lions Club leading up to this…
Media Lions Club presenting iron lung to the Media Fire Department.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
Names on reverse (probably left to right): Frank Lees (front), Gleave Baker, A. Fred Schultz, Mayor; Ed Gibson, Francis Gray, Gus Houtman, Bob Burke, and Charles Outland
Officers, Media Lions Club
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Names on reverse (probably left to right) : Francis Gray, Walter Strine, Frank Snear, Bill Patterson. Name "Al McKinney" visible on tag of man at far right.
Russell Levis (boy in front) with Alice Pennock Fox and Matthew Fox
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1912
Note on reverse: "Dr. Russel Levis was messenger boy for Alice P. Fox, who was telegrapher for Western Union." It is to be assumed that he became a doctor much later in life.
Russell Levis (boy in front) with Alice Pennock Fox and Matthew C. Fox, Jr.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1912
Note on reverse: "Dr. Russel Levis was messenger boy for Alice P. Fox, who was telegrapher for Western Union." It is to be assumed that he became a doctor much later in life.
Media Rotary Club at convention in Atlantic City
Address: 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City (N.J.)
Date: 1957-04
Caption on front: District 266 Rotary International, Chalfonte Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, April 1957. On reverse: Clockwise from front: J. H. Tipping (turned to face camera), Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clark. Bill Vivian, Helen and Gunnar Jorgensen, Mrs.…
Mrs. Hoopes with son and daughter-in-law, 10 W. 2nd Street
Address: 10 W. 2nd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Also pictured are Bill Brady, Bob Burke, Frank Lees and others. Caption on reverse: "Presenting radio to Mrs. Hoopes on her 98th birthday, from Media Lions Club." The son and daughter-in-law are probably on the left and right of the picture.