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Media Fire Company No. 1, fire hose carriage, old
Address: 16 West State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1892 (circa)
Original post office, located at Plum and State, is on right. Highbarger & Lynch Furniture, "on State St. near Plum," on left. Modern prints in Photo Folder 7053, captioned by Frank Lees: “Media’s first fire house and first piece of fire equipment is…
Media Carriage Works, south side of State Street between Edgemont and Radnor streets
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1892 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: Lines Motors and Walsh Ford later occupied this location. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Wawa railroad station
Date: 1892-05
This station once stood south of Route 1 along Chester Creek on west side of creek.
Appleton parlor, 335 W. State St.
Address: 335 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1893
Before moving to 341 W. State Street, the Appleton family lived here, a few doors to the east. Decorations include a framed self-portrait of the photographer.
Harry Appleton, double pictures
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1893 (circa)
Two pictures of the photographer's son on one negative. Also shows pot belly stove.
Media Fire Company hook and ladder truck
Address: 11 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1893-1895
Frank Lees caption: “Media’s first ladder wagon ca. 1895 shown in front of Way House, 11 W. State St., location of Media Office Supply.”
Delaware County Institute of Science hall
Address: 11 Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1893-1900
The Media Title and Trust Co. occupied one floor of the building.
Media Borough Hall
Date: 1893-1900
This building was torn down as part of an urban renewal project in Media, in the late 1960s. Media Fire Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 occupied the first floor of the building.
Mrs. Taylor on porch
Address: 332 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1894
House number is 332, likely 332 W. State St. Methodist Church is on right.
Riddle's race
Date: 1894
The mill race is rejoining Chester Creek downstream of the Riddle’s Mill, near Glen Riddle. See AP-5183-2 for more information.
Riddle's mills
Date: 1894
According to Henry S. Pearson, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa. (1985), p. 120, this was originally a nail mill that Samuel Riddle converted to a textile mill after purchasing it in 1875. As late as 1983, the mill was occupied b the…
View of Media from Clothier Mansion on Indian Lane, Middletown Township
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1894
Original caption on reverse: "Property of Lillian Clothier Lesley, taken in 1894. Looking northwest showing P.R.R. [railroad] bridge over Ridley Creek and trains on bridge, showing portion of [west side of] Media." Williamson's lumber-yard is the…
View looking south along Ridley Creek valley toward Media railroad bridge
Date: 1894
Typed caption on reverse reads: "View taken from the creek road showing [Clothier] Mansion on hill, the high bridge of the P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] and the wooden covered bridge over Ridley Creek. To the right of the covered bridge may be seen…
View of railroad in Ridley Creek Valley, near Media, Pa. , with Clothier Mansion atop the far hill.
Date: 1894
Typed caption on reverse reads: "Looking due east showing the valley through which the Cent. Div. runs and the tracks skirting the property from its western boundary to the point it goes onto the high bridge; this frontage is an arc of a circle."…
