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Newtown Octagonal School
Date: 1898 (circa)
This building still stands on the grounds of Dunwoody, off West Chester Pike in Newtown Square. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 97. This novel…
Newtown Telephone Station
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Date stone on building reads 1897. Sign on striped barber pole reads: To V. E. Dewees, Barber.
Nighttime on State Street, looking west from Jackson Street
Date: 1960 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Ninth Street Bridge, Chester , north side
Address: W. 9th St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.
Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, end view
Address: W. 9th St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.
Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, north side
Address: W. 9th St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.
Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, south side, far view
Address: W. 9th St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.
Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, southeast end
Address: W. 9th St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.
No title
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898
Building before construction of present (2019) 1901 structure
No title
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898
Building before construction of present (2019) 1901 structure
No. 73 center door trolley, during State street celebration in Media
Location: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1981-07
No. 73 center door trolley, during State street celebration in Media
Location: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1981-07
No. 73 center door trolley, during State street celebration in Media
Location: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1981-07
No. 73 Trolley Car
Date: 1973-06
Frank Lees caption: "Philadelphia Suburban Transportation (Red Arrow) Trolley No. 73 at State and Monroe Sts. in Media. The jewelry store on the corner is Wiltshire's Jewelry, now (1979 circa) occupied by Royal Jewelers. These center door trolleys…
North Ave. row, east side, from 2nd St. to Carbon St.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
North Avenue no longer exists. It was directly in line with South Avenue, north of the court house. These houses were demolished at some point as the court house, and then the county government center, expanded to cover the entire area from Front to…
North side of Baltimore Avenue looking west from Orange Street after a snowfall
Date: 1966-12
Frank Lees caption: "From right to left are: the building once occupied by Ellis Pharmacy, the building once occupied by Broadbelt Stables, Pierson's Garage, and Trimm Glass Company, which burned down in 1975. Below that was Pierson's auto showroom;…
North side of State Street looking west from Plum Street
Date: 1938 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Northeast corner of State Street and South Avenue (now Veteran's Square).
Date: 1931 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Showing ASCO (American Stores Company) and the Henry C. Snowden Hardware Store." This is probably a Streeper photo.
Northeast corner, Church and Baker streets
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Northeast corner, Front and Plum streets.
Date: 1972-05-07
Frank Lees' caption notes that these buildings, once owned by C. B. Williamson (who probably built the houses), were standing in 1880. A new brick office building now (as of 2019) occupies the site.
Northwest corner of Orange Street and Baker Street, looking north on Orange Street
Date: 1945 (circa)
All these buildings were demolished during Media's urban renewal project starting in the late 1960s. Scan made from original negative.
Northwest corner of State Street and Olive Street
Date: 1890 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
