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Ed. Miller, conductor of Pennsylvania Railroad's first train into West Chester
Location: West Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1858-11-11
Either 1854 or 1858. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, school group portrait
Date: 1912 (circa)
According to Frank Lees, Most Rev. James P. McCloskey is the priest in the center of the photo.
Aerial views of Media Elementary School and vicinity
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1983-10
Penncrest High School band in parade on State Street, Media, Pa.
Location: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1970-05
Six photographs. Looking west toward Orange Street. Probably Memorial Day parade.
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)
Sprogell School
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1910 (circa)
Shows class and teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprogell. With copy negative. Copy of original photo; source not noted.
Miss Bessie's School
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
The Sprogell School, run by sisters Bessie (Elizabeth) and Tillie Sprogell. "Frank Hamilton" handwritten on reverse. Doris Hamilton is mentioned on a posit-it note on reverse; she was possibly donor of the photograph.
Friends Select School 1910
Date: 1910
Includes identifications on reverse, but in no discernible order.
Media High School Football Team, 1915
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1915
Photo includes A Drayton Rhoades, William R. Campbell, and Lane A. Davis
Media School, 2nd Grade Class, 1920 of 1920
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1920
Title on reverse: "Lila's Second Grade Class, 1920". Lila was the wife of Mark Allam, who probably donated this picture. Two sets of identifications; these were compiled into one set. The boy in the bottom right, whose name is misspelled, is Lew…
Media School:, 1st Grade Class 1919
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1919
Teacher, Miss "Birdie" Kitson. Identifications included. This was probably donated by Mark Allam.
Media High School, Senior Class, 1927
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1927
Photograph donated by Mark W. Allam. Identifications are included, though they do not correlate in any understandable way to the picture.
Media High School
Date: 1900 (circa)
Class is not identified. The man with the mustache, possibly the school's principal, appears in several other photos.