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Media Fire Company. New Seagrave fire engine
Date: 1950-03-12
William (Billy) Hannum behind the wheel, as Walter Rhodes looks on.
Media Borough Council and School Board with wives.
Address: 402 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-10
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley,…
Media Borough Council and School Board with wives.
Address: 402 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-10
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley,…
Media Water Works
Date: 1950-03-05
View from the railroad bridge over Ridley Creek. Centennial Book 24.
Media Hospital
Date: 1950-03-06
The hospital sat on the northwest corner of the intersection. Centennial Book 27.
American Legion
Address: 116 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
The American Legion Smith-Howard Post No. 93 purchased this building in the 1940s, as membership swelled during and after World War I. This was formerly the Media Men's Club. Centennial Book 35.
Colonial Apartments
Date: 1950-03-06
This originally was called the Chestnut Grove Hotel, later renamed the Colonial Hotel. Media Real Estate Company's colonial-named apartment houses now (2020) stand on this location. Print originally in Folder 1344.
Sun Ray Drug Company
Date: 1950-03-06
Anna Mary Walters School once occupied this site, and later, the Media Drug store. Frank Lees, in his photo caption on the print founded in Photo Folder 1345, called this the Haldeman Building.
Lemon Street School
Address: 8 Lemon St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
This was the first school built after Media was formed in 1850. It became a private residence, and still stands as of 2020. Centennial Book 62.
Media Elementary School, looking west from Edgmont Street near State Street.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
The elementary school occupied the eastern part of the school complex, with the high school in the western section. Centennial Book 63.
Beth Israel Congregation of Media
Address: 117 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-05
This was formerly the Friends Select School. Centennial Book 61
Brooke Hall Apartments
Date: 1950-03-05
This building had previous uses as a hotel, and earlier, as the Eastman Seminary for Girls.