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Lynn baking a cake
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-04-14
No identification is provided on the negative envelope, but this may be the photographer's daughter, Lynn Zimmerman
Mr. Wilson, owner of Wilson's Garage
Address: 217 W. Baltimore Ave, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-14
This is probably Sidney M. Wilson, who also ran S. M. Wilson's Chrysler-Plymouth agency at the garage. See ad in Centennial Book, page 96. See also ZM-2750 for the outside of the building.
Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
AAA tow truck and gasoline pumps in front. The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.
Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.
Leonard Pell, of Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
On the wall are testimonials from two local sports figures: Lew Jenkins, former lightweight boxing champion, and Jack Ferrante, a receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1944-1950, who later coached the football Team at Monsignor Bonner High School…
George T. Lewis home, front view.
Address: 100 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-12
Lewis founded Lewis Tree Surgeons Co. in 1933; the company moved to Media in 1937. More details about Lewis and the company can be found in an ad in the Centennial Book, page 78. In December 2020, this house (along with several outbuildings) on a…
George T. Lewis home, front view.
Address: 100 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-12
Lewis founded Lewis Tree Surgeons Co. in 1933; the company moved to Media in 1937. More details about Lewis and the company can be found in an ad in the Centennial Book, page 78. In December 2020, this house (along with several outbuildings) on a…
Hibberd Bros. Real Estate. Office force in front of "For Sale" sign.
Address: 216 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-12
Hibberd Bros. Real Estate. Office force in front of "For Sale" sign.
Address: 216 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-12
Harry Groll and George Paris of Roberts Jewelers holding silver before placing it on the shelf.
Address: 205 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-11
The store opened to the public on April 14, 1950. See advertisement in Chester Times, April 13, 1950, page 4.
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Ernie DiDonato
Date: 1950-04-06
Newspaper caption reads: "Ernie DiDonato, barber, is experimenting with a "French Type" beard." (Centennial Scrapbook 34)
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Ernie DiDonato
Date: 1950-04-06
Newspaper caption reads: "Ernie DiDonato, barber, is experimenting with a "French Type" beard." (Centennial Scrapbook 34)
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Dr. Alton F. Evans
Date: 1950-04-06
Newspaper caption reads: "The bushy "all-over" type beard of Dr. Alton F. Evans, Media dentist, is the result of only one month's effort." (Centennial Scrapbook 34)