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Zinn house, with dog, 303 South Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01214J.jpg
Date: 1921 (circa)
Folder title: Zinn Family, 303 South Avenue, circa 1921

Anna Rose Williams, 301 South Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01214K.jpg
Date: 1921 (circa)
Folder title: Zinn Family, 303 South Avenue, circa 1921

Backyard, 303 South Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01214P.jpg
Date: 1921 (circa)
Folder title: Zinn Family, 303 South Avenue, circa 1921

John Zinn and child, 303 South Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01214Q.jpg
Date: 1921 (circa)
Folder title: Zinn Family, 303 South Avenue, circa 1921

"Media Hill," on Baltimore Avenue, looking west out of the borough toward Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01039B.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1921
Frank Lees caption: "Graham automobile driven by Charles Pierson of Media." Trolley tracks are shown on south side of road.

Delaware County Friends of “Fritz” - Arcadia Cafe, Jan. 12, 1921.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14007.jpg
Date: 1921
Oversized photo of banquet at Arcadia Café . This is probably the restaurant opened in 1915, in Philadelphia's Widener Building on Penn Square, by Fritz Pflug--hence, the "Friends of Fritz." See "Restaurants," The Encyclopedia of Greater…

Elwyn Station

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04031.jpg
Date: 1920-1930
Sign reads: Railway Express Agency. Copy of original photo; source not noted

First National Bank of Media, entrance

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17016.jpg
Date: 1920-1925
This photograph was probably taken to document the bank before the addition and renovations, completed in 1926, pictured in P-17052 to P-17076.

First National Bank of Media, banking floor and vault, view from above

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17017.jpg
Date: 1920-1925
This photograph was probably taken to document the bank before the addition and renovations, completed in 1926, pictured in P-17052 to P-17076.

First National Bank of Media, old vault

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17018.jpg
Date: 1920-1925
This photograph was probably taken to document the bank before the addition and renovations, completed in 1926, pictured in P-17052 to P-17076.

First National Bank of Media, tellers' cages

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17019.jpg
Date: 1920-1925
This photograph was probably taken to document the bank before the addition and renovations, completed in 1926, pictured in P-17052 to P-17076.

Maud Ray Ridley Ortiga

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lemon/LE-033.jpg
Address: not known
Date: 1920 ca.
Portrait with short hair wearing a velvet vest.

History of the Mt. Zion Lodge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lemon/LE-044.jpg
Address: Media, Pa.
Date: 1920 ca.
History of the Mt. Zion Lodge in Media, Pa. written by Cornelius Ridley.

Broomall’s Lake

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01027J.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
P-01027 J, K and L were from the same roll of film, and probably taken on the same day. See P-01026A for full description

Broomall’s Lake

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01027K.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
P-01027 J, K and L were from the same roll of film, and probably taken on the same day. See P-01026A for full description

Broomall’s Lake

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01027L.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
P-01027 J, K and L were from the same roll of film, and probably taken on the same day. See P-01026A for full description

Looking east on State Street at Olive Street, with trolley

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01090.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: This shows the big red car of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company, headed towards Upper Darby. The store on the corner was a candy store. The store on the left is Major's Plumbing Shop. Copy of original photo;…

Pierson’s Garage

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01099A.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Caption reverse: Located at 311 W. Baltimore Avenue (north side), between Orange and Lemon streets. The building was once a livery stable known as Broadhead's Hall, The stables were on the ground level and a lodge occupied the third floor. After the…

South Avenue looking south from Front Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01133.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Trolley tracks shown down the center. "Meat Market" shown at corner of State Street.

Charles A. Limburg in tow truck at J. E. Fitzgerald's Gas Station, Baltimore Avenue between Edgemont and Radnor streets.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01144.jpg
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

Media Steam Laundry

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01282A.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Men and vehicles are posed on side of building. Caption on reverse (probably left to right): Harvey Spankenberg, "Doodle" Brooks, "Whitey" Grant, Leroy Hawthorne, Charlie Rossiter

Miss Miller's House, Media Pa., 1924 or earlier.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01481A.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
This house was on the site of the current (2019) Media Borough government complex. Photographs donated by Miss Mary H. MacIntyre in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Plumley. Fred was the Miller family chauffeur for 40 years; he died on September 23, 1947.…