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Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-07
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Anthony, Jr., of Moylan, rode a tandem bicycle and carried a banner representing the Media Co-operative Store, or Co-op. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-07
1915 Studebaker, entry of Jessup & Pell. Harlan Jessup, owner of the company, in front seat; driver and other passengers might be his wife and daughters.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-07
Horse-drawn wagon and delivery trucks advertising Habbersett Bros. Pork Products.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-07
Horse-drawn wagon and delivery trucks advertising Habbersett Bros. Pork Products.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Girl Scouts float. This image had no negative number and no caption, so date is uncertain.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Antique police car carrying Keystone Kops, on the lookout for unlicensed beardless men. Gewiss Bakery in background. A single Mummer marches alone behind the car.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, presenting award to Bill Turner, who won a drawing for the Wawa Dairy Farms go-cart. John Finley, Wawa Dairies manager, is holding his hat and waring a dairy-themed necktie, is at the right. The Chester Times…
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
A. Fred and Elizabeth Manno (dressed as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara from the movie, Gone With the Wind) dancing to music of the "Bearded Men Brass Band." The men only pretended to play; Media High School players behind this group were actually…
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
John Valenti, center, and other beardless men accosted by Keystone Kops,
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-07
Horse-drawn carriage or "Coach and four of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Media carrying costumed people carried seven women in last century costumes." (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
"Centennial Chorus of 100, led by Miss Grace l. Porter, made a hit with its Battle Hymn of the Republic, Just A Hundred Years Ago, It's Spring and Country Style." (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
McBride Brothers, barber shop "quartet"
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Fawns All Girls Junior Drum and Bugle Corps. This all-girls group was sponsored by the Media Youth Center and the local VFW Post 3460.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
Dancing children in skeleton costumes. They were probably part of the Media High School Marching Band's rendition of "Dry Bones." (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, posing in front of her float with her parents, sisters, and some of her court. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna…
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield.…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Open house at Media Women's Club
Address: 423 S. Jackson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Dorothy Southby (Mrs. Sydney Southby) is fourth from left.…