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Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Evening program on the High School field

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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

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Date: 1950-06-07
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Bearded men pretending to play brass instruments, while Elwood Benson pretends to conduct.

Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Evening events on High School field

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Date: 1950-06-09
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray, winner of "Most Popular Beard," shakes hands with Elwood J. Benson.

4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)

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Date: 1960 (circa)
Three unidentified girls, one African-American, possibly winners of pie-eating contest.

Media Town Fair

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
African American woman posed with sign: Media Civic Forum

Media Future Forum Luncheon at the Towne House Restaurant

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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.

Oxen team drawing wagon at northeast corner, Front and Orange streets

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Date: 1890-1900
Delaware County Court House is in background. African-American man is tending the four oxen. Two children look on in the background.

African A.M.E. Church

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Date: 1880 (circa)
Back of card reads: "Thirty minutes by R.R. from Philadelphia. Media and Vicinity. Photographed by Samuel McMullin, Landscape Photographer, No. 1128 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Taken by request of James R. Cummins, Residence, Media, Penna."

Unidentified baseball team

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Date: 1945 (circa)
Photograph removed from frame, but print is stuck to the glass. Scanned through glass. Stored in Misc. Glass Negatives Box

Media High School football team, 1927

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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

Borough of Media Highway Crew

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1944-11-16
Caption on reverse: 11-16-44. Gouldey says "One look at this gang and Baldy will be glad he is still in the Pacific." Do you remember "Old Dad" and "Slim" the colored fellows. On a card identifying this picture: Left to right: Slim, Bill Gibson, Bill…