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Orange Street, looking north from Jefferson Street
Date: 1900 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Orange Street in the moonlight, looking north from Ridley Creek Road
Date: 1912 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Looking up the hill, in Upper Providence Township, towards Media on South Orange Street. On the left is Ridley Creek Road, and in the distance Upper Providence School #1. Orange Street was a dirt road, covered with snow. Just…
Orange Street at looking south from Franklin Street, after heavy snowfall
Date: 1920 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Opening of the Media Home Show at the Media Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958
John Tipping is holding the ribbon. Also in photograph, as identified later by Frank Lees, are John Wolf and Lew Godshall.
On South Avenue at Jefferson Street
Date: 1906 (circa)
Children on sled: Frank Richards, Mary McIntire [sic: MacIntyre], Anita Maldonado, and Sam Williamson
Olive Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900
This is now the Trinity United African Mthodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church
Olga Valentinis-Dee, September 2, 1921
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1951 (circa)
Date is probably when she began working as assistant librarian for the Media Free Library. This photograph probably appeared in the Media Comment newspaper.
Old Upper Providence School #1
Date: 1920 (circa)
As of 2019, this building still stands. It is now a residence.
Old House, combination. Media’s Original farmhouses: Dr. Joseph. Rowland, James Esrey, Elizabeth Way, and John Hill.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Used in Semi-centennial booklet, composite of negatives AP-4152, AP-4169, AP-4243, and AP-4049
Old house in Media Park
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
Datestone reads L, I & S, 1791; or I____ and S____ L____. According to 1909 Mueller map of Media, Media Park was an area south of the borough in Upper Providence Township, including Orange St. and South Ave. below the railroad tracks. The datestone…
Ogden homestead
Date: 1890-1900
On the northwest corner of the intersection noted below, this house is still standing (2018). Henry Pearson, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa. (286), claims that part of the house was built in 1681.
Officers, Media Lions Club
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Names on reverse (probably left to right) : Francis Gray, Walter Strine, Frank Snear, Bill Patterson. Name "Al McKinney" visible on tag of man at far right.
Office and Apartment Building, Media, Pa., for Mr. Philip Green. G. Harold Murphy AIA & Associates, Architects, Philadelphia, Pa.
Address: 2 Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-28
Photograph of architectural rendering. Centennial Book 86. This building was planned to be on the southwest corner of Front Street and South Avenue (now Veterans Square), but it was never built.
Octagonal Schoolhouse, Newtown Square, Pa.
Date: 1906
This still stands on the grounds of the Dunwoody Retirement Community.
Northwest corner of State Street and Olive Street
Date: 1890 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Northwest corner of Orange Street and Baker Street, looking north on Orange Street
Date: 1945 (circa)
All these buildings were demolished during Media's urban renewal project starting in the late 1960s. Scan made from original negative.