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Media, Pa.

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Date: 1912
One of four cyanotypes. Exact location not noted, but may be along Ridley Creek.

Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1912
One of four cyanotypes. Exact location not noted.

Quarry, Chester, Pa

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1912
One of four cyanotypes. Exact location not noted.

Quarry, Chester, Pa

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1912
One of four cyanotypes. Exact location not noted.

Francisvale Home for Dogs at Devon, Pa.

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Francisvale Home for Dogs at Devon, Pa.

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Creek at Claymont [Delaware]

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Location: Claymont (Del.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
This may be the South Branch of Naaman's Creek. One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Town Hall, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Immanuel Episcopal Church, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Dutch House, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Immanuel Episcopal Church, New Castle, Delaware

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Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

View on Brandywine Creek, probably in Delaware

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Location: Delaware
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

Jackson Day Dinner, Chester Pa., 1916

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Date: 1916-01-10
According to a front-page story in the Chester Times on January 11, 1916, this event, held January 10 in the Masonic Hall at 4th and Market streets, was a tribute by the local Democratic party to Andrew Jackson.

Edgemont Post Office, in store of “E. G. Peirce, dealer in general merchandise.”

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption on reverse reads: "Edgemont, Pa. on West Chester Pike. Car line ran from 69th St. to West Chester along West Chester Pike." Donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sills), April 11, 1982. This building, which is no longer standing, was on the south side of…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14003B.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14003A.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…

Octagonal Schoolhouse, Newtown Square, Pa.

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Date: 1906
This still stands on the grounds of the Dunwoody Retirement Community.

St. Thomas the Apostle Church

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Date: 1890 (circa)
Includes view of graveyard.

Bonsall Bros. Hardware and Groceries, and Broomall Post Office

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Date: 1930 (circa)
Building erected 1817. Torn down 1965 or after. Gasoline pump also shown. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 30, this building stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Sproul Road. Address is approximate

Media Free Library, ribbon cutting by Arthur Wiltshire, board member

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Date: 1961
The library's new room was opened in this ribbon cutting ceremony on April 22. 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.

Media Free Library, ribbon cutting by Arthur Wiltshire, board member

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Date: 1961
The library's new room was opened in this ribbon cutting ceremony on April 22. 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.

Media Free Library, interior shelves of new room

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Date: 1961
This photograph shows the new room added to the back of the library, dedicated in April 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.

Media Free Library, interior shelves of new room

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Date: 1961
This photograph shows the new room added to the back of the library, dedicated in April 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.