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Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays
Address: 31 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Sherwin-Williams Paint Store. The display includes paintings by various artists, including Sarah Rouch Cummings, an artist and teacher who lived in Media.
Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays
Address: 101 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
State Cut Rate Drug, which was on the northeast corner of State Street and South Avenue (now Veterans Square). The display features antique clocks and other items.
Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays
Date: 1950-06-09
Donaldson Dress Shop, on the northwest corner of State Street and South Avenue (now Veterans Square). “At State Street and South Avenue, the site of the cornfield where the first lots of Media were sold at $3 a front foot, Donaldsons have elegant…
Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays
Address: 217 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
Griffith's Barber Shop, with a display of lotion bottles and shaving mugs, each with the name of its owner, including C. W. Pierson, Mingin, Clement F. Allen, Habbersett, and other local people. This was formerly Schuchardt's Barber Shop and later…
Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays
Address: 305 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-09
B. Frank Berry Plumbing. Sign in window reads "Articles in this window from 75 to 100 years old. Mrs. Henry Pierson, Wallingford, Pa." Mostly vintage clothing. Negative envelope reads: "B. Frank Berry. State St. north [sic: west] of Orange. North…
Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-09
Unknown grocery store. This may be same storefront as in ZM-3541
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) float with Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, and her court. According to the Chester Times, June 9, 1950, her court included: Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helene Stern, Virginia…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Women and girl in old fashioned costumes, who had been marching with the bridal party shown in ZM-3513.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-08-06
First Methodist Church of Media float, showing a family in an old-time parlor, was named the best float in this parade. (Chester Times, June 9, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Address: 550 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Address: 550 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Address: 550 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Address: 550 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
"Viewing the parade from the post office steps, the judges, Rhona Lloyd, Margaret Wahl, and Creighton Stewart, selected the Women's Clubs of Media as the outstanding organization in the parade. Their "Passing Parade" float included women in all sorts…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Address: 550 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Presentation of award to Pat Highfield, Miss Greater Media.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Ladies Auxiliary of the Media Fire Company carrying a huge American flag.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Men and women in vintage costumes, following a black convertible. This may be the "bridal party" mentioned in the Chester Times, June 9, 1950.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Ladies Auxiliary of the Media Fire Company carrying a huge American flag.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
"The Media Mother's Club again displayed its float with a dozen brides in the costumes of different periods, starting with 1853." (Chester Times, June 9, 1850). This image had no negative number, but based on the similar arrangement of women compared…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
"The Media Mother's Club again displayed its float with a dozen brides in the costumes of different periods, starting with 1853." (Chester Times, June 9, 1850)
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Elwyn Training School Marching Band, followed by float of the Public Health Nursing Service of Delaware County.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Car with sign: "Red Cross serving the community 1917-1950," towing American Red Cross float. Negative flared out in part.