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Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19179.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company truck, with Parry Highfield, Miss Greater Media

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19181.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
"Garretford-Drexel Hill Fire Company had its own string band of more than 30 uniformed men, with a pumper, an aerial and a rescue truck." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19182.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Washington Memorial Pipe Band, of Philadelphia, with bagpipers and drums.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-10
Spectators viewing passing fire engines

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19184.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Radnor Fire Company, Wayne, Pa. "A dalmatian dog wearing a red hat rode on the Radnor ladder truck from Wayne." (Chester Times, June 12, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19186.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Contact sheet of film negatives showing various scenes from the parade day. 1. Radnor Fire Company, with dalmatian dog. 2. Unidentified veterans. 3. Boy scout. 4. and 5. LuLu Temple String Band, Philadelphia 6. Fire Fighters String Band,…

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19187.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company men and women posing in front of the Delaware County Court House before the parade.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-02.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Unidentified marching band color guard. Storefront paintings done by high school students are visible in shops on the left.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-03.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Unidentified marching band and baton twirlers. Storefront paintings done by high school students are visible in shops behind the marchers.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-09.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
String band of the Garretford-Drexel Hill Fire Company.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-10.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
The bagpipers of the Washington Memorial Pipe Band, Philadelphia, led the contingent from the Highland Park Fire Co., Upper Darby, Pa.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-12.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Firefighters String Band, of Philadelphia. According to the Chester Times, this captain's uniform included about 300 ostrich plumes.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

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Date: 1950-06-10
Unidentified patrons of the Media Fire Company refreshment stand.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19194-16.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Media Fire Company truck with Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media