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Rorer's Market
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889-02-14
Used as basis for engraving in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 29
Rigby, white wagon with horse and two men
Address: 110 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
In front of business of W. C. Rigby Funeral Director, Arterial Embalmer
Rigby, white wagon with horse and man
Address: 110 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
In front of business of W. C. Rigby Funeral Director, Arterial Embalmer
Railroad bridge no. 25 Chadd's Ford top
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-04-04
Chadd's Ford Junction visible in background, and many other buildings. This is probably looking west across Brandywine Creek.
Quinby’s wagon
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Man holding horse, in front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors”
Quinby’s wagon
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Man holding horse, in front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors." This building still stands and, in 2018, is still almost identical from the outside.
Quinby’s hearse, in front of funeral home
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
In front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors." This building still stands and, in 2018, is still almost identical from the outside.
Quinby hearse, for funerals
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
In front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors." This building still stands and, in 2018, is still almost identical from the outside.
Quinby Funeral Home, hearse
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
In front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors." This building still stands and, in 2018, is still almost identical from the outside.
P. W. Ware’s plumbing store
Address: 4 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Signs read: P. W. Ware, Hot Water Heating, Sanitary Plumbing. Plumbing, Heaters. Media Ledger building to the left.
Newtown Telephone Station
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Date stone on building reads 1897. Sign on striped barber pole reads: To V. E. Dewees, Barber.
Media Restaurant, southwest corner, State and Orange
Address: 300 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1908 (circa)
Address either 100 S. Orange St. or 300 W. State St. Other buildings in photo are 102 S. Orange (to left, with possibly a tailor shop of (Israel?) Menges, ("Repairing...Neatly...Done"), and 306 W. State St. to right, S. P. Rush's store (see AP-5047…
Media Ledger building, State and Jackson
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
View taken looking from above and across the intersection from a window in the old Borough Hall.
Media Ledger building and P. W. Ware Plumbing
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
Media Ledger building
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
Photographed from upper window of Media Borough Hall
Media Club house
Address: 116 W. Baltimore Ave, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
This building housed the Media Club. The building still stands (2018) although the club no longer exists.
Kirschnek store
Address: 108 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-19
John Kirschnek had a jewelry store at 108 W. State St., according to 1902 Media Directory; his store may have been successor to J. S. Chapman, shown in this picture. Also shown are the Burdsall & Adams Segar or Cigar Manufacturers at 106 W. State,…
J. H. Sloan, Media Odorless Excavator Company
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an employee and not Sloan, the owner, at the reins of the horse. This was an early version of a septic tank cleaning service, which used vacuum pumps to remove the contents of outhouses and cesspools before a public sewer system was…