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Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Francis (Duke) Cunningham and unidentified man, contestants in the Media Centennial Beard Contest, in the refreshment stand of the Media Fire Company.
Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops Tom Worrall, Francis Gray, and Jack Kelley, Jr.
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Keystone Kops, members of the Media Lions Club, punished beardless men during the festivities. See introduction to Zimmerman Photograph Collection for full explanation of the Lions Club beard contest.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Elizabeth Reiff 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
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
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
Walter LaLonde in costume for the festivities.
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
Caption on reverse: Left to right, top: Laro (?)Thompson, Anne Stewart, Martha Clare, Elizabeth Reiff. Bottom: June Wickersham, Linda Murray.
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: 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
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
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
Address: Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Looking north on South Avenue (now Veterans Square) from State Street, at Delaware County Court House decorated for the festivities.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Media Lion's Club float, with charioteer being pulled by two lions in harness. This image had no negative number and no caption, so date is uncertain.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Girl Scouts float. This image had no negative number and no caption, so date is uncertain.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Unidentified officers on horseback, probably Pennsylvania State Police..
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
"The Seahorses," the drum and bugle corps of the Willis Gale Post 215, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Atlantic City, N.J.
