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Swarthmore College
Address: 500 College Ave., Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
View from railroad tracks all the way up to the main building, no Parrish Hall. The oak tree allee along this walk were then newly planted.
Swarthmore Friends Meeting
Address: 12 Whittier Pl., Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1909-05-29
Banner reads: Penna. Peace Society. This was possibly the Quaker version of a Memorial Day celebration.
Sweeney’s Market, State Street and Plum Street
Date: 1919
Pictured are Mr. Sweeney, Edgar Worrall, Mr. Ward, and Hap[?] Lindsay.
T. D. Cooper store
Address: 114-116 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
T. Dawson Copper was a "stationer and news agent" according to the 1897 Media Directory. His store at 114 W. State Street, and the building to the west, probably 116, were torn down to make room for an addition to the First National Bank of Media.
T. Elwood Allison residence
Date: 1900
Originally called Cony Meade or Conny Meade, this 40-room mansion was later known as "the Castle." It burned in 1981.
T. J. and I. L. Haldeman's Dry Goods & Grocery Depot, northwest corner of State Street and Olive Street
Date: 1854 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This is the northwest corner of State and Olive Street about 1860. The building is Haldeman's department store. On the second floor are the first offices of the First National Bank of Media, now [in 1979] Provident National…
Teachers in the Social Studies Department, Media High School, 1949
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949
Identified on reverse (in no order): Miss Nelson, Mr. MacCleary, Mr. Ware, Mr. McMurray, Mr. Anderson, myself (Mrs. Martha Rudnick)
Texaco Team, August 1918. Bat. Ave. 564. Winner of Pennant in Petroleum A.A.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1918-08
The Texas Compay petroleum refinery was in Linwood, Pa., Newspaper articles from 1916 say that this team was part of the Independent League. The Petroleum Athletic Association also existed around that time.
Thatcher, Rev. W. D., copy of photograph
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
A local minister, Thatcher served at the First Baptist Church of Media, and the South Chester Baptist Church.
The Black Building
Date: 1900
Frank Lees caption: “This building stands on the northeast corner of State Street and South Avenue, This lot was purchased by Mr. Beatty in 1850 when the County was auctioning off lots. Mr. Beatty built this building in 1850 and it became Media's…