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- Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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Trolley car No. 11, Media-Glen Riddle Line, in Middletown Township
Date: 1900-1910
Sign reads: Elwyn & Lima. Location uncertain. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Steam locomotive
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Location unknown, probably Delaware County, Pa. Pears Soap sign on adjacent building. Negative, probably by Streeper
Media Athletic Association baseball team
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Probably an Appleton photograph. P-15034B is slightly different.
Media Athletic Association baseball team
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1910
Probably an Appleton photograph. P-15034A is slightly different.
Pastime Theatre
Address: 215 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1912
On reverse: Prior to 1913. According to Frank Lees, the theater operated until 1927.
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Media High School track team, prior to 1914.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Baseball player, probably Media High School
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Man and younger man on Media High School athletic field
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1914
Ten photos donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sill) on April 1, 1982. Removed from album; other photos in MHAC collection also donated by Mrs. Hoyt
Broomall’s Lake Falls
Address: 403-501 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1920
See P-01026A for full description. Original postcard
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.
Trolley car on Park Avenue, Lincoln Street in background
Date: 1900-1920
Sign on trolley reads: Media.
Freihofer’s bread wagon
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1900-1925
Sign on horse-drawn wagon reads; Freihofer's, Fine Bread. The bakery was in Chester. Location of this photo is unknown.
J. D. Pierson’s Livery, Boarding and Sales Stables
Address: 311 Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901 (circa)
This business was located on the north side of Baltimore Avenue between Orange Street and South Avenue.
Railroad Wreck at Elkview, Pa., on Octorara Branch
Location: Lower Oxford (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1901-06-10
On reverse: Wreck at Elkview, Penna., June 10, 190?. Special train from New York to Lincoln University met a light engine going north from Oxford, Penna. To Philadelphia. Fireman of special train killed. Engineman William Miller still alive in West…