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Rear Elevation, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 103A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Dedication of the New Post Office
Address: 101 E. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1962-11-17
View across the loading dock toward Gayley Street and Baltimore Avenue, showing Pinocchio's Pizza on the northeast corner, and a Texaco gas station on the southest corner. This building, which replaced a municipal metered parking lot, was dedicated…
Houses at Duffs, Moylan, Pa.
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images.
"Shadowland" (Park Avenue), near Media
Location: Nether Providence (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. This photo was entered in The John Wanamaker Exhibition of Photographs by Amateurs, February 1908.
Palmers Dam on Crum Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08009 and P-08040, for full description. This dam was inundated by the creation of the Springton Reservoir.
Palmer’s Dam and Mill on Crum Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This is Palmer's Mill, alongside Palmers Dam on the Crum Creek. Looking carefully you can see a fisherman sitting on the bank. Also you can see the spillway for the race which ran the huge water wheels in the mill. This mill was…
Manchester Avenue, Media, Pa.
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Looking south on Manchester Avenue from about Baltimore Avenue. The East Media School is in the right…
House on Upper [sic] Providence Road
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. This is probably the house (still standing in 2021 but added onto on the north side after the photo was taken),…
Creek Road, along Ridley Creek, near Moylan, Pa. Bruce, Harvey and Ed.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1908
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Location uncertain. Same as P-08012B, except wider crop.
Creek Road, along Ridley Creek, near Moylan, Pa. Bruce, Harvey and Ed.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1908
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Location uncertain. This photo was entered in The John Wanamaker Exhibition of Photographs by Amateurs, February…
Orange Street in the moonlight, looking north from Ridley Creek Road
Date: 1912 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Looking up the hill, in Upper Providence Township, towards Media on South Orange Street. On the left is Ridley Creek Road, and in the distance Upper Providence School #1. Orange Street was a dirt road, covered with snow. Just…
Red Bridge carrying Rose Tree Road over Ridley Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: “This old covered bridge, still known to many as the Red Bridge, carries Rose Tree Road across the Ridley Creek, connecting Upper Providence Township with Middletown Township. The date of this photo is unknown. Although the bridge…
Samuel D. Riddle at the race track
Address: 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY
Date: 1930-1939 (circa)
Left to right: Unknown woman, jockey Charlie Curtsinger, Samuel D. Riddle, and Charles Schoff. This may have been taken at Belmont Park, in Elmont, Long Island, N.Y., based on the location of the photo service in Queens, N.Y. The woman holds some…
Rose Valley near Moylan, Ben Walker and Ed
Location: Rose Valley (Pa.)
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Photo shows a stream that may be Vernon Run, a Ridley Creek tributary.
Ridley Creek from P.M.S. trolley bridge, looking south, Media, Pa.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1908 (circa)
Red Ink photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. P.M.S. is the Philadelphia, Morton & Swarthmore Street Railway Company. This line did have a bridge in…
Lovers Lane, Idlewild Woods
Date: 1908
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. This is possibly the lane that one ran on the Park Avenue side of the Idlewild Hotel, which is now unused and is…
Flood on Ridley Creek at Barren Road and Sycamore Mills Road
Date: 1960-09-12
This flood was caused by Hurrican Donna, which skirted Delaware County but still dumped almost four inches of rain on the area.
Flood on Ridley Creek at Barren Road and Sycamore Mills Road
Date: 1960-09-12
This flood was causd by Hurrican Donna, which skirted Delaware County but still dumped almost four inches of rain on the area.
Barn on Hart Farm, Ridley Creek Road
Date: 1910 (circa)
This barn still stands as of 2019, as part of the Alpenhof Bed and Breakfast.