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Media High School Class Photo (Old High School Building)
Date: 1900 (circa)
The teacher with the mustache on the far right also appears in AP-8101-1 and AP-8101-2
Media High School
Date: 1900 (circa)
Class is not identified. The man with the mustache, possibly the school's principal, appears in several other photos.
Media Railroad Station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: Media Railroad Station, built 1881 by the then Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Going to Media Station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Train heading west. Boardwalk to Idlewild Hotel on right.
Union Railway Co. Trolley No. 13
Location: Marcus Hook (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "The Union Railway Company, was formed in Chester in 1890. The intentions were to build an electric railway from Linwood, through Chester, and into Media. This never came to be. Eventually the company did run cars into Marcus…
Elwyn Station, off former Penns Grove Road, now Elwyn Road, looking east
Address: 149 Elwyn Rd., Middletown Twp. (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
One of a series of photographs, possibly by same photographer or from same album. Date not certain. Possibly from 5 x 7 inch glass negative
Palmers Dam on Crum Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08009 and P-08040, for full description. This dam was inundated by the creation of the Springton Reservoir.
Palmer’s Dam and Mill on Crum Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This is Palmer's Mill, alongside Palmers Dam on the Crum Creek. Looking carefully you can see a fisherman sitting on the bank. Also you can see the spillway for the race which ran the huge water wheels in the mill. This mill was…
Red Bridge carrying Rose Tree Road over Ridley Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: “This old covered bridge, still known to many as the Red Bridge, carries Rose Tree Road across the Ridley Creek, connecting Upper Providence Township with Middletown Township. The date of this photo is unknown. Although the bridge…
Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.
Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.
Ridley Creek at Smedley’s Meadow
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known. See also P-08050 and P-08044.
Ridley Creek at Smedley’s Meadow
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known. See also P-08048 and P-08044.
Dr. Martin's, Crum Creek
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Beatty Road approaching Crum Creek, Nether Providence Township." This is possibly the house that, in 2019, still stands at 603 Beatty Road. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, plate 26, Edward Martin owned more than 100 acres…