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VFW Banquet at the Media Republican Club
Address: 216 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958-1961
The Media Republican Club was located near the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street.
VFW banquet at Media Republican Club
Address: 216 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958-1962
The Media Republican Club was located near the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street. Signs behind bar reads "Dinners served every Sunday" and "Dues for 1958 should be paid now," indicating that the date written on these photos by Frank Lees…
VFW banquet at Media Republican Club
Address: 216 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958-1964
The Media Republican Club was located near the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street.
VFW banquet at Media Republican Club
Address: 216 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958-1965
The Media Republican Club was located near the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street.
VFW banquet at Media Republican Club
Address: 216 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958-1966
The Media Republican Club was located near the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street.
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.…
Opening of the Media Home Show at the Media Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958
John Tipping is holding the ribbon. Also in photograph, as identified later by Frank Lees, are John Wolf and Lew Godshall.
Charles A. Limburg in tow truck at J. E. Fitzgerald's Gas Station, Baltimore Avenue between Edgemont and Radnor streets.
Date: 1920 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: In the 1920s J. E. Fitzgerald also had a gas station at Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Charles A. Limburg, International Trucks, General Repairs. 24 hour Towing. Battery, Ignition & Generator Work.
Address: 32 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1940-1950
As of 2019, this building still stands at the southeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street, and still houses an automotive repair business.
Media Borough Highway Department, men at work
Date: 1940-1950
Curbing and paving project, possibly on State Street east of Edgemont Street, looking west.
Woodward's Bakery, northwest corner of State and Orange streets
Date: 1934-03
No identifications, but some of the same women appear in this photo and in P-01148.
Woodward's Bakery, southeast corner of Orange and Jasper streets
Date: 1926
Frank Lees caption on reverse: Mrs. Woodward's Delco Dairy, Orange and Jasper streets. Lillie Donnelly, Mrs. Grant, and Mrs. Woodbury. Mr. Jobson in straw hat.
Clifford "Hap" Lindsay, Media Police Department, directing traffic at Baltimore Avenue and Providence Road
Date: 1921
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Media Town Fair
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
Three men posed in front of Borough Hall with sign: "Century III Funders and Sponsors: National Science Foundation, Bicentennial Council of the 13 Original States, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Sanders Associates, Inc.
Media Town Fair
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
Three men posed in room with sign: "Media Future Options Project"
Media Town Fair
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
Frank Lees caption: Part of the carriage collection shown by the New Bolton Center, in front of the Media Armory.
Media Future Forum Luncheon at the Towne House Restaurant
Address: 117 Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: Left to right, standing: ?, Jim Loughrin, Willis Glen, Joseph Krug, Frank Ferguson. Seated: Esther Bell, ?, Mr. D'Ignazio. Envelope includes 35 mm negative strip with four other photos.
Ed and Harvey with steam tractor in quarry, Gayley Street and Park Avenue
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. A large apartment complex now sits in the land that was once the quarry.