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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.
Little boy in jail, Pete
Date: 1905-08-02
This is probably a little boy named Pete, not Pete Little.
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
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…
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.
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…
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.
Duke Ivison
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
This could either be Duke who worked for the Ivison's (who owned the Charter House), or Duke might be the name of the Ivison's dog.
Decoration Day Parade, 1895. Parade Band
Date: 1895
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.
Conway’s Oliver
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1909-05-15
This is likely a man named Oliver who was a servant or farmhand for the Conway family. He is sitting at the entrance to unknown property 1; see AP-9055, AP-9055-1 and AP-9055-2
Chester murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
This unidentified man probably committed his alleged crime in Chester, Pa.