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Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day
Date: 1950-06-03
Media Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary refreshment and souvenir stand
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day
Address: S. Jackson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Three women in vintage clothing. Photographer's caption: "One is Mrs. Lewis." They are standing on Jackson Street, next to Borough Hall.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
John Tipping in his American Legion uniform, at wheel of a Jeep, on State Street.
Flower girl at wedding
Address: 30 E. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-27
This is probably Peggy Jones, the flower girl at the wedding of Theodore D. Hadley, Jr. and Betty Ann Laning, both of Media, which took place at the Media Presbyterian Church. (Chester Times, May 27, 1950, p. 8)
Mrs. Walter Strine at the organ in the Media Presbyterian Church
Address: 30 E. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-05-26
This was a rehearsal for the wedding of Theodore D. Hadley, Jr., and Betty Ann Laning, both of Media. (Chester Times, May 27, 1950, p. 8)
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Unknown men during Centennial Celebration, near Media High School athletic field, probably on Edgemont Street. The Thunderbird automobile is the real star of this picture.
Media Centennial Celebration
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Frank Lees caption, incomplete: "In front of John's Grille, Monroe and Baker Streets, 1950. Left to right, standing: Hershey Wiler [sic], Frank Hedge, John Banis, Walter Tipping" Abram Hershey Weiler lived on Manchester Avenue in Nether Providence,…
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Wenlock. According to the Chester Times, June 7, 1950, p. 15, these are costumes from the 1820s. She was the former Dorothy Anne Kane. The house number behind them is 318, like somewhere in Media, where they both lived.
Media Centennial Celebration
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Walter LaLonde (left) and Francis Scott, in Jeep, wearing American Legion uniform. Media Free Library is in the background.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Caption on reverse: Left to right, top: Laro (?)Thompson, Anne Stewart, Martha Clare, Elizabeth Reiff. Bottom: June Wickersham, Linda Murray.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
In costume for the festivities, Left to right, top: Agnes Wenkel, unknown, Elizabeth Clare. Bottom: Kathryn Begley, Dorothy Howarth
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Walter LaLonde in costume for the festivities.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Walter LaLonde and Elizabeth Reiff in costume for the festivities.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
June Wickersham (left) and Anne Stewart, in costume for the festivities
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Adele Bennett in costume for the festivities
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Elizabeth Reiff in costume for the festivities.
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company. The group wore new uniforms for the parade.
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-10
Nan Dutton in a Media Fire Company truck in front of judge's reviewing stand at Borough Hall.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Left to right, seated behind bunting: Mrs. Crosby L. Smith, Nan Dutton, Walter N. Hagerman (with LuLu Potentate hat), Frederick Brumble, and Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media. Frank Lees is seated in the lower right corner. Patty married Fred…
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Left to right: Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, George Jeffries (with Shriner hat), ad Frank Lees.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, with an unidentified Shriner. Donald G. Shook, owner of the Media News, is seated in the bottom center of the photo.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Address: 550 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, with Girl Scouts
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Booth of the Media News, a local weekly paper. “A small Washington hand [printing] press, used 100 years ago by Minshall Painter, is displayed by Media News. It was borrowed from Tyler Arboretum Museum.” (Chester Times, June 6, 1950, page 17)
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Booth of the First National Bank of Media, with a display of violins and firearms. According to a newspaper report, the bank turned its space over to Capt. John G. W. Dillin, "well-known collector of violins and old rifles. His book, The Kentucky…
