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Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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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.…

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Unidentified color guard, possibly Ridley Township High School, on the high school athletic field. Date of this photo uncertain.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

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Date: 1950-06-08
Unidentified baton twirlers.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

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Date: 1950-06-07
Unidentified veterans group.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

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Date: 1950-06-07
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-22.jpg
Date: 1950-06-08
Unidentified high school marching band, possibly Ridley Township High School.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

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Date: 1950-06-07
The tail end of the Habbersett Bros. Pork Products contingent. "The small boy hauling a live baby pig with his tractor was four-year-old Gary Habbersett, of the fifth generation" of the family. (Chester Times, June 9, 1950, page 10)

Media Centennial Celebration. Youth Day. Costume Ball in High School gymnasium

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Date: 1950-06-06
Charles Way, beard contest winner, and his wife Marie, holding their niece, 2-month old Diane Drake. (Chester Times, June 7, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
The assembled crowd follows the musicians to a reception at the American Legion Hall. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
The honor guard and musicians of the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Fife and Drum Corps, from Philadelphia. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War.…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-17.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
The honor guard of the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Fife and Drum Corps, from Philadelphia. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-16.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
The honor guard and musicians of the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Fife and Drum Corps, from Philadelphia. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War.…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-15.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
A bugler from the Media High School band plays Taps. The honor guard is part of the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Fife and Drum Corps, from Philadelphia. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
A veteran honors his dead comrades. Each flag represents a dead soldier. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10)

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-13.jpg
Date: 1950-06-04
A veteran honors his dead comrades. Each flag represents a dead soldier. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10)

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
Three unidentified, probably part of a veterans organization. Each flag represents a dead soldier. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
Media Interracial Fellowship Chorus, led by Alice E. Blodgett, music supervisor of Swarthmore schools. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester…

Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1950-06-04
The speaker at the podium is Benjamin F. James, U.S. congressman from Delaware County. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5,…