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A bit of Delaware County
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1906 (circa)
No location provided. A dirt road with a barn on the left and fenced-in cornfield on the right.
Looking across South Avenue
Date: 1906 (circa)
A winter scene. This is probably in the hilly section of South Avenue south of the railroad tracks, in Upper Providence Township.
Broomall’s Lake Falls
Address: 403-501 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Broomall's Lake, home of the Media Swimming and Rowing Club, and now called the Broomall's Lake Country Club, is located on West Third St., in Media. The club house was built in the mid-1880s by the Broomall Family, who operated…
Media-Elwyn High Bridge
Date: 1906 (circa)
Bridge over Ridley Creek. Probably looking from the east side of the trestle.
Anna Potts Cheyney Smith on bridge from Idlewild Hotel to Media Railroad Station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906 (circa)
A boardwalk connected the Idlewild Hotel with the north side of the Media Station.
Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media
Address: 18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
The caption for this photo, printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 25, 1906, reads: "Wrecked Safe in Media Post Office: Yeggmen set off a charge that demolished the outer part of the receptacle last night. The inner lining was intact. The…
Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media
Address: 18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
See description at AP-8356. A bottle on a ledge by the safe, somehow unbroken after the explosion, bears this label: Pomeroy's Combined Writing & Copying Fluid. Flows Freely, Will Not Mould. Newark, N.J. One letter sits on the floor in front of the…
Brodhead house
Address: 305 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
Number on door appears to be 303 or 305. The 1900 Media Directory lists Emma Brodhead at 305 W. State St. Signs on tree advertise a sale of household goods, and a lecture on cats and dogs.
Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
Building behind the hotel is visible, with Republican Party banner partly hidden behind tree.
Octagonal Schoolhouse, Newtown Square, Pa.
Date: 1906
This still stands on the grounds of the Dunwoody Retirement Community.
