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Media Motor Sales Inc. (Media Garage)
Address: 30-34 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-02-21
John D. Young (right) showing 1950 Plymouth to prospective buyer.
Sherwin-Williams Paint Store
Address: 31 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-02-21
Caption on negative envelope: "Mr. Cheney and helper [no indication which is which] making last minute preparations before opening."
Jefferis Drug Store, new delivery truck, English Ford
Address: 4 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-01-26
The model of this "English Ford," made by Ford Motor Company in England, may be the Anglia.
American Legion officer John Tipping (seated, in uniform), with Richard (Dick) Lavery (left) and Duke Cunningham
Address: 116 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-01-17
Tipping is distributing forms for Pennsylvania World War II veterans to apply for a state compensation bonus. Address given is for the location of the American Legion Smith-Howard Post 93 in 1950, where this photograph was probably taken.
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Annual awards dinner
Date: 1950-01-19
Sam Blumberg presenting plaque to Media police chief Malcolm Laughead, Carley Outlander seated. Laughead received the 1949 Distinguished Award at the organization's third annual dinner, held at Howard Johnson's. (Chester Times, January 20, 1950)
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Annual awards dinner
Date: 1950-01-19
Left to right: Sam Blumberg, president, congratulating Media police chief Malcolm H. Laughead, Wilbur Duncan, Allen Fisher. Laughead received the 1949 Distinguished Award at the organizations third annual dinner, held at Howard Johnson's. (Chester…
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Clean Up on State Street.
Date: 1948-05-15
Inside School Pharmacy, refreshments after the clean up. Joseph Gershenfeld, owner, behind the counter. Bud Arters may be the man in the foreground.
Media Centennial Celebration. "Centennial greetings from the Wentzes."
Date: 1950
Card includes photographs of Media Presbyterian Church, Borough Hall, Media High School, and R.M.S. Media, a British steamship. Dr. Walter Engard Wentz Jr. married Elizabeth Hoopes Mackey on September 24, 1932 (See Chester Times, Sept. 26, 1932). She…
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association
Date: 1950-06-10
Accompanying the Glenolden Fire Company was "one of the most elaborately attired outfits in the parade, the Fire Fighters string band, composed of Philadelphia firemen, led by Battalion Chief George E. Duffy. The men had uniforms of light blue,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association
Date: 1950-06-10
Accompanying the Glenolden Fire Company was "one of the most elaborately attired outfits in the parade, the Fire Fighters string band, composed of Philadelphia firemen, led by Battalion Chief George E. Duffy. The men had uniforms of light blue,…