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James J. Skelly
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961 (circa)
Skelly was founder of James J. Skelly Co., a general contracting and road building firm once located in Media. See ad in Centennial Book, page 81, for a history of the firm up to 1950, and a photograph of Skelly with his two sons, Joseph J. and J.…
Joseph W. Hawley, President, First National Bank of Media 1894-1906
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
This portrait and others decorated the bank's board room (see P-17026).
William H. Miller, President, First National Bank of Media, 1906-1925
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1920 (circa)
Heavily retouched photograph. This portrait and others decorated the bank's board room (see P-17026). See P-17005 for original cabinet card.
William H. Miller, President, First National Bank of Media, 1906-1925
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1920 (circa)
Original cabinet card on which the retouched image in P-17004 is based.
Co-operative Store, northeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
View looking east on Baltimore Avenue from west of Olive Street
Date: 1967
View shows Co-operative Store, gas station, Charles A. Limburg [Auto and Trucks] Sales and Service, Scotthaven Tourists, and various vintage automobiles parked and driving on the road.
Southeast corner, Baker and Olive streets
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Baker Street looking west from Plum Street
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
25 W. Baltimore Avenue
Address: 25 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Rear of Dr. Walter E. Wentz home, 19 W. Baltimore Avenue, from Baker and Plum streets
Address: 19 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967
View looking south at southwest corner of Baker and Plum streets. Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Rear of 25 W. Baltimore Avenue
Address: 25 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967
Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Municipal Parking Lot, northwest corner of Gayley Street and Baltimore Avenue
Date: 1967
The Media Post Office was later built at this location.
Rear of Dr. Walter E. Wentz home, 19 W. Baltimore Avenue
Address: 19 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967
This was the second building east of the Cooperative Store. Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Carriage house at rear of Dr. Walter E. Wentz home, 19 W. Baltimore Avenue, from Baker and Plum streets
Address: 19 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967
View looking west on Baker Street from Plum Street. Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
Dr. Walter E. Wentz home, 19. W. Baltimore Avenue, at Plum Street
Address: 19 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967
House stood on the northwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and Plum Street. Demolished for construction of municipal parking garage.
P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] Locomotive
Location: None
Date: 1880 (circa)
According to a handwritten note on the back of this card, this was the type of locomotive once used on the Media line. "Property of John McAllister, Media, Pa."
House at 218 N. Edgemont Street, Media, Pa.
Address: 218 N. Edgemont St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: "Edgemont St., S.W. from 3rd and Edgemont." This house no longer stands, but its location was confirmed by comparing the house in the background of P-01308B with the one that still stands (in 2020) at 206 N. Edgemont. The…
House at 218 N. Edgemont Street, Media, Pa.
Address: 218 N. Edgemont St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: "Edgemont St., S.W. from 3rd and Edgemont." This house no longer stands, but its location was confirmed by comparing the house in the background of P-01308B with the one that still stands (in 2020) at 206 N. Edgemont. The…
Edgemont Street looking north from 2nd Street
Date: 1975 (circa)
See P-10308a and P-01308B for views of the house with the tower in the left center of this photograph.
Smith homestead
Address: 412 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1880-1889
Caption: "412 W. State Street in the 1880s. Taken by Henry C. Smith. Residence of A. Lewis Smith who maintained a law office on the first floor to the right of the evergreen tree."
All the living descendants of Dr. George W. Smith at 412 W. State Street in Media on Christmas Day 1889
Address: 412 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-12-25
The photo came with the following typescript, which likely indicates the subjects from left to right, going from top to bottom: Rosalba Peale Smith, 18, daughter of Clement L. Smith; Clement Lawrence Smith, 45; Lewis Lawrence Smith, 24, son of A.…