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Trolley car on Olive Street south of 5th Street, Media.
Address: 418 N. Olive St, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1920
Sign on trolley reads "Darby." The Union A.M.E. Church (in 2019, the Trinity A.M.E. Church) is on the left.
Going to Media Station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Train heading west. Boardwalk to Idlewild Hotel on right.
Steam train in Media Station pulling up to water tower
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Railroad High Bridge over Ridley Creek Valley, looking west
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Bridge over railroad, and Clothier Mansion atop hill, are visible in the background.
John H. Tipping (right) shaking hands with unidentified U.S. Army captain
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Official U.S. Army Photograph. The special citation between the two men, from the American Automobile Association honoring Media, Pennsylvania in 1957 for its "Pedestrian Program Activities," may or may not have anything to do with this photograph.
Media Borough Council
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
Frank Lees caption on reverse: From left to right: ?, Frank Wiltshire, ?, Gus Houtman, Maude Allen, Paul Clark, J. Orval Mancill, ? Tuckerman, J. Fred Schultz.
Interior view of Charter National Bank, 17 South Avenue (now Veteran's Square)
Address: 17 Veteran's Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1896-06-12
J. D. Pierson’s Livery, Boarding and Sales Stables
Address: 311 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901 (circa)
This business was located on the north side of Baltimore Avenue between Orange Street and South Avenue.
Aftermath of Snowden’s Hardware fire, 115 W. State Street
Address: 115 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977-01
Snowden's Hardware Store was destroyed by fire on December 29, 1976.
Staff, First National Bank of Media
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
The women may be dressed up for some kind of celebration, perhaps related to the Media Centennial Celebration, June 3-10, 1950.
First National Bank of Media, banking floor
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949 (circa)
This shows an interior renovation made after the 1926 changes. No. 55444
First National Bank of Media, Open House, November 3, 1949, 6:30 P.M.
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949-11-03
[Caption on reverse: "Matthews, G. Rigby, Bevan, Abel, E. [Edward H.] Rigby" Written to side of these names is “Freeman”
First National Bank of Media, reception area
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949 (circa)
This shows an interior renovation made after the 1926 changes. No. 55443
Media team, Delco Valley League, 1947
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1947
(Probably left to right). Front row: Conrad "Connie" Brown, Fats Baldwin, Henry Schuhardt, Miller Young, Pete Baldwin, Bill Snyder. Middle row: Lefty Johnson, Reds Larkin, Frank Baldwin, Lefty McCullough, Lefty Paige. Back row: Ivan Malseed, Ray…
First National Bank of Media, 1950
Address: 114 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06
The building is decorated for the Media Centennial Celebration, June 3-10, 1950.
Media Borough Highway Department, men at work
Date: 1940-1950
Curbing and paving project, possibly on State Street east of Edgemont Street, looking west.
View of south side of Baltimore Avenue, in west end of Media, Pa.
Address: 221 Brooke St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1930-1940
View includes Allen's Scrapple-Pork Products--Clement E. Allen, on Brooke St. near Baltimore Avenue, and many other houses.
Staff of Motor Sales Inc. of Media, in front of 30-34 E. State Street
Address: 34 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Caption calls this "Miley & Brown, Chrysler and Plymouth."