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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.
Looking southwest at houses on south side of Second Street between Jackson and Plum streets
Address: 14 W. 2nd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1972-05-07
Frank Lees caption: "A series of homes made into offices." The second pair of houses from the left were combined into one office building, with a single address: 14 W. 2nd Street.
Looking north on South Avenue from Jefferson Street
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: The Delaware County Court House can be seen through the trees. A mailman rides his bicycle with the mail. The trolley tracks carried the trolley from Orange and Lincoln St. to Front Street, then on to Chester. Copy of original…
Looking north on South Avenue (now Veteran's Square) from State Street.
Date: 1950-02-23
View shows Delaware County Courthouse in background
Looking north on Jackson Street, Media, Pa.
Date: 1940 (circa)
Police Station (in north section of Borough Hall) is on far right, with the portico and façade of the Media Free Library also visible on right. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Looking east on State Street from South Avenue (now Veteran's Square).
Date: 1922 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This view, dated about 1922, is a view looking east on State Street at South Avenue. Robinson & Crawford grocery store is on the corner, in the original store building built in Media in the early 1850s. Although Robinson and…
Looking east on State Street from South Avenue (now Veteran's Square)
Date: 1947
State Cut Rate Store and Snowden's are the first two buildings on the left (north) side of the street, and the First National Bank is the first building on the south side. The tall tower sits atop the old Media Borough Hall, at Jackson Street, which…
Looking east on State Street at Olive Street, with trolley
Date: 1920 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: This shows the big red car of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company, headed towards Upper Darby. The store on the corner was a candy store. The store on the left is Major's Plumbing Shop. Copy of original photo;…
Looking east at trolley on State Street and bus on South Avenue (now Veterans Square)
Date: 1949-05-01
Centennial book 27. Negative damaged.
Looking east at the south side of State Street, from east of Olive Street to Jackson Street
Date: 1931-01
This photograph was taken by Edward V. Streeper Jr. in January 1931, and removed from one of his scrapbooks. A modern enlargement was made from his original negative, also enclosed, with a vintage print. Streeper's identifications of the buidligns…
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.