Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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Title:	Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Date:	1950-06-08
Description:	Sign on car: "Jefferson Harris [sic: Harrison], Delaware County's oldest Odd Fellow, 101 Yrs Young. Studebaker courtesy of Jessup & Pell, Inc." Harrison, of 214 Vernon Street, had lived most of his life in Virginia, where he had once been a slave. Earlier in the week, the newspaper reported that he had been accompanied to one of the Centennial programs by his daughters, Rosa Short and Eva Simmons, who lived at the same address. (Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 9; and other articles)
Identifier:	P-19195-32
Creator:	Samuel Fields, Media, Penna.
Subject:	Parades Studebaker automobiles African Americans Independent Order of Odd Fellows Fraternal organizations
Is Part Of:	I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
Medium:	Print, Photographic
Address:	State St., Media (Pa.)

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Collection

I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection

Citation

Samuel Fields, Media, Penna., “Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade,” Media Historic Archives, accessed November 5, 2024, https://www.mediahistoricarchives.org/items/show/7290.