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Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House
Date: 1950-06-04
The speaker at the podium was Benjamin F. James, U.S. congressman from Delaware County. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday. Veterans Memorial Service at Delaware County Court House
Date: 1950-06-04
The speaker at the podium was Benjamin F. James, U.S. congressman from Delaware County. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5,…
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Francis Cunningham and unknown contestant.
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Cunningham, right, and an unidentified contestant, having their beards combed out by unidentified women.
Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops with beardless man in handcuffs.
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Gray, right. These "Kops" were members of the Media Lions Club, and in charge of "enforcing" the beard rules in town during the celebration. Beardless men needed to buy a beardless permit or risk being fined and ducked in a bathtub of water,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
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.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Media Fawns All-Girls Junior Drum and Bugle Corps. (This is the identification on the negative envelope, but according to newspaper accounts, the Fawns did not compete in this event; this may be another unidentified group, or perhaps the Fawns…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, takes a lap around the field in an automobile, with J. Fred Schultz (right) and Walter Wood, who chaired the Miss Greater Media Contest.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Evening program on High School athletic field
Date: 1950-06-03
Coronation of Miss Greater Media, Patty Highfield, by J. Fred Schultz, Media burgess (or mayor).
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
"George Allman, father of the famous blind wrestler of the same name, dressed in George Washington-style costume, hands out balloons and noisemakers to the children awaiting the parade." (Media News, June 8, 1950, caption for similar photograph)
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Delaware County Military Order of the Cootie, Honor Degree, VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars]
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Paterson-Hause Post American Legion, Jr. Drum-Bugle Corps, Leedom Estates, Ridley Twp. Pa. Jefferis Drug Store is in background.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03
Unidentified military contingent. The route of this parade was as follows: Along Front St. from Monroe St. to Lemon St. to State St. to Manchester Ave to Baltimore Ave to the reviewing stand at Jackson St. This photo could have been taken anywhere…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03
Unidentified military contingent. The route of this parade was as follows: Along Front St. from Monroe St. to Lemon St. to State St. to Manchester Ave to Baltimore Ave to the reviewing stand at Jackson St. This photo could have been taken anywhere…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Full banner reads: Paterson-Hause Post American Legion, Jr. Drum-Bugle Corps, Leedom Estates, Ridley Twp. Pa. Jefferis Drug Store is in background.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Dedication of World War II Memorial
Date: 1950-06-03
Pamela Baker, 9, daughter of the late Capt. Milford Baker, one of Media's war dead, ready to unveil the World War II memorial that includes the name of her father. To her left are color and honor guards from numerous Delaware County veteran's…
Aerial view taken over Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.
Date: 1950-04-22
Looking northeast over Westbrook Park toward Upper Darby. (Image out of focus)
Aerial view taken over Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.
Date: 1950-04-22
Looking northwest Over Westbrook Park. Baltimore Pike and Bishop Avenue is at bottom left. . Mt. Sharon Cemetery is in center, with Delmar Drive in bottom right.