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M07. Front door, Media High School
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
Media High School; now (2020) Media Elementary School.
M05. Looking northeast from Monroe St. and State St., at Media High School.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
Media High School; now (2020) Media Elementary School.
M04. Looking northeast from Jackson St. and State St., Media, Pa.
Address: 1. E. State St., Media, Pa.
Date: 1950-1955
The large openings in the corner building are for the Media Fire Company, which occupied the first floor of the Media Borough Hall.
M03. U. S. Post Office and Borough Hall, Media, Pa.
Address: 1. W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
The post office (left) later became the Media Borough Hall, It is now (2020) a restaurant. The original borough Hall, in the background, was torn down in 1969 as part of Media's urban renewal project.
M. Ward Easby
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1914
Exact location not known. Frank Lees caption: Husband of Dr. Alice Easby, he lived at 426 N. Jackson Street after his wife died, until his death on May 31, 1949.
M. L. Haddock, flash light
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Probably Mary L. Haddock, a relative of Deborah Appleton. "Flash light" probably means that Appleton used an artificial flash to capture this image.
M. E. Michener, Media Ice Company wagon
Date: 1909-05-12
Wagon is parked in front of 533 S. Orange St. This company was later known as the Media Coal and Ice Co.
Lynn baking a cake
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-04-14
No identification is provided on the negative envelope, but this may be the photographer's daughter, Lynn Zimmerman
Lydia Allen, Robert Fussell, Colonel Joseph Hawley
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898
Building before construction of present (2019) 1901 structure
Lydia Allen, Robert Fussell, Colonel Joseph Hawley
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898
Building before construction of present (2019) 1901 structure
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…
Lotus Pond: Water Wheel and Pump House, Rose Valley, Pa.
Address: 1 Old Mill La., Rose Valley (Pa.)
Date: 1910 (circa)
This structure was located on the edge of the pond, opposite 1 Old Mill Lane in Rose Valley. The pond, fed by Vernon Run, a Ridley Creek tributary, would be to the right of the pump house, out of the picture. The pond no longer exists. See P-11005…
Lotus Pond, Rose Valley, Pa.
Address: 1 Old Mill Lane, Rose Valley (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. This photo was entered in The John Wanamaker Exhibition of Photographs by Amateurs, February 1908. See P-11002 for…
Looking west at northwest corner of State and Olive streets
Date: 1940 (circa)
View includes, from east to west, Media Drug Stores, Arcadia Restaurant, former Pastime Theater, State Grille Restaurant, Snowden's Hardware, and other stores beyond.