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Engle’s bakers
Address: 218 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1904-01-07
Seven men posed inside bakery, with gingerbread house(?) set on top of flour barrel. Harry P. Engle possibly one of the men.
Group of children near bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Ridley Creek
Date: 1930 (circa)
Left to right: Howard Mulholland, Cyrus Mulholland, Ann Mulholland, *Dot Sullivan (now Freeman), Sis Redding, *Dorothy Harvey (now Leonard, whose father took the photo), William Dutton Mulholland, Jr., and Arthur George Thorp, Jr. (* = only ones…
Howard Collins, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1907-09-18
Idlewild waiters
Date: 1906-1907
16 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. Several men blurry in this picture. See also AP-8383-1.
Idlewild waiters
Date: 1906-1907
15 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. See also AP_8383-2.
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…
Joseph Benson
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1903 (circa)
Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903
Joseph Bray, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1907-09-13
Little boy in jail, Pete
Date: 1905-08-02
This is probably a little boy named Pete, not Pete Little.
Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field
Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray, winner of "Most Popular Beard," shakes hands with Elwood J. Benson.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles (left) and Elwood Benson, contestants in the whitest beard category.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Bearded men pretending to play brass instruments, while Elwood Benson pretends to conduct.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
The float of the Campbell A.M.E. Church in Media had a replica of the original church building.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
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.…
Media Future Forum Luncheon at the Towne House Restaurant
Address: 117 Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: Left to right, standing: ?, Jim Loughrin, Willis Glen, Joseph Krug, Frank Ferguson. Seated: Esther Bell, ?, Mr. D'Ignazio. Envelope includes 35 mm negative strip with four other photos.
Media High School Class of 1898
Date: 1898
Albert W. Appleton, the photographer's son, is in center, rear. According to an account in the Philadelphia Times on June 27, 1898, the other graduates were: Cora Adele Jobson, Marion E. Abel, Elizabeth Miller McDowell, Mamie J. Lobb, Mary E.…
Media High School Class of 1898.
Date: 1898
Albert W. Appleton, the photographer's son, is in center, rear. According to an account in the Philadelphia Times on June 27, 1898, the other graduates were: Cora Adele Jobson, Marion E. Abel, Elizabeth Miller McDowell, Mamie J. Lobb, Mary E.…
Media High School football team, 1927
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1927
With autographs of players on mat board. “Property of Roland D. Erskine Jr. 28”. Recap of 1927 season on reverse. Stored in Flat File 2
Media police
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1891-09-21
Chief of police flanked by four officers, including one whom is African-American. Names, according to Frank Lees, in From Media's Past (45), are Hoopes, Rodenboh [probably Rodenbaugh], Chief McKniff, Sherlock, and Turner. Lees says the picture was…