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W. H. Henderson, flowers
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1901-07-10
Henderson is buried in Media Cemetery, but the date on photo precedes Henderson’s death, as reported in the newspaper, by five weeks. Either date is wrong or this picture shows the flowers of another person.
Porch party
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1901-07-09
Group of women and girls posed in front of long porch, on which sit other people. Looks to be a boarding house or hotel porch; too long for a dwelling?
Railroad Wreck at Elkview, Pa., on Octorara Branch
Location: Lower Oxford (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1901-06-10
On reverse: Wreck at Elkview, Penna., June 10, 190?. Special train from New York to Lincoln University met a light engine going north from Oxford, Penna. To Philadelphia. Fireman of special train killed. Engineman William Miller still alive in West…
J. D. Pierson’s Livery, Boarding and Sales Stables
Address: 311 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901 (circa)
This business was located on the north side of Baltimore Avenue between Orange Street and South Avenue.
Buck Tavern
Date: 1901
According to "whatwasthere.com" (accessed in January 2018), this tavern was on West Chester Pike in Marple Township and was demolished in the 1940s for a housing development. American Legion Post 805 in Broomall now occupies the site.
34th Anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club
Address: Gradyville, Edgmont Township (Pa.)
Date: 1900/06/08
Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Gradyville Hotel is in the background. The men are posed in the side yard of the Gradyville Store.
Freihofer’s bread wagon
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1925
Sign on horse-drawn wagon reads; Freihofer's, Fine Bread. The bakery was in Chester. Location of this photo is unknown.
Broomall’s Lake Falls
Address: 403-501 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1920
See P-01026A for full description. Original postcard
Trolley car on Olive Street south of 5th Street, Media.
Address: 418 N. Olive St, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1920
Sign on trolley reads "Darby." The Union A.M.E. Church (in 2019, the Trinity A.M.E. Church) is on the left.
Trolley car on Park Avenue, Lincoln Street in background
Date: 1900-1920
Sign on trolley reads: Media.