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Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Unidentified marching band. View looking north on Orange Street from 2nd Street. Delaware County jail is in background.

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-10
Delaware County Court House decorated for the festivities

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Parkside Fire Company. "Eighteen of the Parkside Fire Co. marchers carried white flowers in old time firemen's horns, each with the initial of the company in red carnations. The men were dressed in long blue coats, with red belts, topped with…

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-11
Middletown Fire Company has 20 men carrying arches of red and white carnations. They had one truck in line, The music came from the outstanding Citizens Band [not shown] of Rohrerstown, Pa. (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Middletown Fire Company has 20 men carrying arches of red and white carnations. They had one truck in line, The music came from the outstanding Citizens Band [not shown] of Rohrerstown, Pa. (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Colwyn Fire Company No. 1 was "led by seven firemen carrying bouquets, 26 other Colwyn men drew by ropes an ancient hose cart said to have been brought from England to Philadelphia more than a century ago." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Colwyn Fire Company No. 1 was "led by seven firemen carrying bouquets, 26 other Colwyn men drew by ropes an ancient hose cart said to have been brought from England to Philadelphia more than a century ago." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Sharon Hill Fire Company's "marchers carried a huge American flag and marched to the music of the Tri-Community Cadets [not shown], a bugle corps of 78 members. The unit included one pumper." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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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

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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

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Date: 1950-06-10
Banner reads: Ridley Township High School Band and Fire companies. Vauclain - Folsom - Milmont - Holmes - Woodlyn - Leedom

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
LuLu Temple String Band, from Philadelphia, led the contingent from the Norwood Fire Company.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
The first place Moyamensing Fire Company, of Chester, Pa., "was accompanied by Chester High School band, with its color guard of five attired in white, seven flag bearers with black skirts and orange blouses, and 15 majorettes, dressed in orange,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
The first place Moyamensing Fire Company, of Chester, Pa., "was accompanied by Chester High School band, with its color guard of five attired in white, seven flag bearers with black skirts and orange blouses, and 15 majorettes, dressed in orange,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
The first place Moyamensing Fire Company, of Chester, Pa., "was accompanied by Chester High School band, with its color guard of five attired in white, seven flag bearers with black skirts and orange blouses, and 15 majorettes, dressed in orange,…

Media Centennial Celebration

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Edward V. Streeper, secretary and historian for the event, stands in front of the Delaware County Institute of Science, which then housed the Delaware County Children's Aid Society on the first floor.

Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops on High School athletic field

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Keystone Kops punishing beardless victims. See introduction to Zimmerman Photograph Collection for full explanation of the beard contest and the Keystone Kops

Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops on High School athletic field

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Keystone Kops punishing beardless victims. See introduction to Zimmerman Photograph Collection for full explanation of the beard contest and the Keystone Kops

Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops on High School athletic field

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Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Keystone Kops punishing beardless victims. See introduction to Zimmerman Photograph Collection for full explanation of the beard contest and the Keystone Kops