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James T. Sweeney and bakery wagon
Location: Upland (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Wagon reads: J. T. Sweeney, Bakery, Upland, PA. (A search of Chester Times online records confirm that this bakery was in Upland, on Upland Avenue.)
Engle Bakery building, rear view
Address: 218 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1940-1950
Frank Lees caption on folder: Engle Bakery, southeast corner State and Orange streets. Front view: Donaldson's dress store occupied the building at this time. Rear view shows bake house at Orange and Baker streets.
Engle Bakery building, front view
Address: 218 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1940-1950
Frank Lees caption on folder: Engle Bakery, southeast corner State and Orange streets. Front view: Donaldson's dress store occupied the building at this time. Rear view shows bake house at Orange and Baker streets.
Aerial view of Media from the east
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1926-08-09
Shows many landmarks and smaller houses. Excellent snapshot of development of Media at this moment in time.
Media Borough Council
Date: 1950 (circa)
Frank Lees caption, left to right: Gleave L. Baker, Ambrose Smedley, Bill Van Leer, President Gus Houtman, Secretary Paul Clark, Walter Strine, John Hoffman, _____ Boyer, Mayor Frank Wiltshire
Employees of the Media Borough Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975 (circa)
On reverse, probably left to right: James Loughran, Betty Greenlee, Frances Keller, Lucretia Passaro, Laura Netwall, Gwen Fanuiel, Linda Hetherington, John Hoffman
Raising a flag that flew over the U. S. Capitol at Media Borough Hall
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1972-06
Flag in front of veterans' memorial wall that, according to Frank Lees, "was built by the Media Rotary Club and the students of the William School, completed in June 1971." A letter in the folder authenticates the flag.
Media Borough Hall and Fire House
Date: 1910-1920
The building is decorated for a patriotic event. Gulf gas pump in foreground dates this probably in the 1910-1920 range. This is a contact print from a 2 x 3 inch film negative, and was possibly taken by Streeper.
Media Borough Hall and Fire House
Date: 1967 (circa)
View also shows Fish Jeweler and other shops to the east of borough hall, and the old library building at Jasper and Jackson streets. The new firehouse has not yet been built, dating this somewhat earlier than other similar photographs in this…
Paul L. Clark, Media Borough Secretary
Date: 1967 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Office in old library building at Jackson and Jasper streets, prior to moving to borough hall at 2 W. Jackson Street"
South Avenue at Franklin Street, looking north, with trolley car
Date: 1890 (circa)
Delaware County Court House is in background.
Approaching Media Station, looking west along railroad tracks.
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Shows bridge carrying Orange Street over the tracks, and steps on the north side of the tracks that once allowed pedestrian access on that side. Sign reads: "Caution! Do not walk nor trespass on the Railroad."
Pennsylvania National Guard Armory, Media, Pa.
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1970 (circa)
413 West State Street
Address: 413 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Frank Lees notes that this house, on the north side of the street, was torn down for the construction of the apartment complex now (2019) standing at State Street and West Street.
14, 16 and 18 West State Street, south side between Jackson and Plum streets
Address: 14-18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1969 (circa)
View shows Charlies Shoe Service (14), Jack's Used Furniture (16) and Tancreed's (18). Work van is from "Enjay Refrigeration, Phila., PA."
View of valley from Orange Street, Media, Pa.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Exact location of this view is unclear. Perhaps looking northwest from about Baker Street, toward Ridley Creek Valley, or this could be the present (2019) location of Glen Providence Park.
Brooke Cottages on South Avenue
Date: 1890 (circa)
Frank Lees identifies this as South Avenue at Franklin Street.
Broomall’s Lake, with R. Curtis's dog in the water
Address: 403-501 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees' caption on the folder. No caption on photograph.
Broomall’s Lake
Address: 403-501 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees' caption on the folder. No caption on photograph.
The Williamson House, southeast corner of Front and Orange streets
Date: 1900 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees' caption on the folder. No caption on photograph.
State Street at Olive Street, showing Buckley and Haldeman buildings
Date: 1900 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees' caption on the folder. No caption on photograph.
Pearl Street between Orange and Lemon streets
Date: 1900 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees folder caption. No information was found on the reverse of the photograph.
House at northeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Lemon Street
Date: 1890 (circa)
The back of the Methodist Church, which faces Bake Street, is visible behind the house.