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Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Boys from Media Boys' Club selling drinks to spectator.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
George G. Jeffries (in Shriner hat), and Frank Lees help Patty Highfield select three beardless permit numbers from the box, each winner receiving a $25 savings bond.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
George G. Jeffries (in Shriner hat), and Frank Lees help Patty Highfield select three beardless permit numbers from the box, each winner receiving a $25 savings bond.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Five finalists, left to right: Jack Kelley, Charles Parker, Harry McLeod, Francis Cunningham, and Charles Wray. Judges, left to right: John D. Gordy, publisher, Media Comment; unidentified woman (either Doris Wiley of…
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Awards ceremony
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray, winner of "Most Popular Beard," shakes hands with Elwood J. Benson.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Party after LuLu Temple (Shriners) performance at Lines Motor Company
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Performance by uniformed drill units from the LuLu Temple Philadelphia.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Performance by uniformed drill units from the LuLu Temple Philadelphia.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Miss Greater Media float sponsored by the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Patty Highfield, in back, surrounded by her court.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
Women in vintage costume portraying Clara Barton for American Red Cross float, at parade staging area.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
American Red Cross float at parade staging area, with women in vintage clothing portraying Clara Barton.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
American Red Cross float, with women in vintage clothing portraying Clara Barton.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Unidentified high school marching band, possibly Ridley Township High School.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Beth Israel Congregation of Media (the local Jewish synagogue) illustrating the story of the four chaplains who died with hundreds of other soldiers in February 1943, after the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
The float of the Campbell A.M.E. Church in Media had a replica of the original church building.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Float carrying The Candlelighters, 12-voice choir from the First Presbyterian Church of Media. (Chester Times, June 9, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag. This float also appeared in the parade the previous day.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
"In the parade Thursday at 7 p. m. following the Media High School Band, was a carload of Quaker folk in old time costumes. Driving was Clifford A. Woodbury jr., a Friend of Middletown Township. With him in the front seat was Alfred B. Smedley,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Sign on car: "Jefferson Harris [sic: Harrison], Delaware County's oldest Odd Fellow, 101 Yrs Young. Studebaker courtesy of Jessup & Pell, Inc." Harrison, of 214 Vernon Street, had lived most of his life in Virginia, where he had once been a slave.…
