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Hotel Media

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Date: 1950
Airbrushed copy negative. Made for Hotel Media's advertising in Centennial Book 110. This building sat on the southwest corner of Baltimore Ave and Lemon St. Hill's Seafood now (2020) occupies the site.

Media Furniture Store

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Date: 1950
"Airbrushed copy negative. Made for owner Sadir Elias's ad" in the Centennial Book 106. This building still (2020 ) stands, occupying the front and side yard of a much older Victorian twin that looms behind it.

New ACME store, front view

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Date: 1950-04-17
Newer buildings occupy the location where this building once stood.

Harry Groll and George Paris of Roberts Jewelers holding silver before placing it on the shelf.

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Date: 1950-04-11
The store opened to the public on April 14, 1950. See advertisement in Chester Times, April 13, 1950, page 4.

Leonard Pell, of Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage

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Date: 1950-04-14
On the wall are testimonials from two local sports figures: Lew Jenkins, former lightweight boxing champion, and Jack Ferrante, a receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1944-1950, who later coached the football Team at Monsignor Bonner High School…

Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage

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Date: 1950-04-14
The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.

Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2802.jpg
Date: 1950-04-14
AAA tow truck and gasoline pumps in front. The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.

Mr. Wilson, owner of Wilson's Garage

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Date: 1950-04-14
This is probably Sidney M. Wilson, who also ran S. M. Wilson's Chrysler-Plymouth agency at the garage. See ad in Centennial Book, page 96. See also ZM-2750 for the outside of the building.

Lynn baking a cake

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Address: Not known
Date: 1950-04-14
No identification is provided on the negative envelope, but this may be the photographer's daughter, Lynn Zimmerman