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Penn Motor Car Co., Fleming Garage

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1905-1909
Selling and repairing early automobiles.

42nd anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club

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Date: 1908-06-08
Untitled, but ribbons identify this as 42nd anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club, 1866-1908. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township, Pa.

Dr. Alice Easby with automobile

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1914
Exact location not known. Frank Lees caption: Dr. Easby practiced medicine from her home on E. 2nd Street. She died December 29, 1939.

Dr. Alice Easby with automobile

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1914
Exact location not known. Frank Lees caption: Dr. Easby practiced medicine from her home on E. 2nd Street. She died December 29, 1939.

Dr. Alice Easby with automobile

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1914
Exact location not known. Frank Lees caption: Dr. Easby practiced medicine from her home on E. 2nd Street. She died December 29, 1939.

Baltimore Pike at Media Water Works

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Date: 1916 (circa)
Looking west at bridge over Ridley Creek along Baltimore Pike. Tracks of the Glen Riddle trolley line turn left to cross trestle over Ridley Creek and continue up Elwyn Road. Frank Lees Slide 1565. One of a series of photographs, possibly by same…

Media, Pa. post office, under construction

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Date: 1917-06-16
View looking west across the building site from Jackson Street. The first house beyond the construction site is the Way farmhouse, a remnant of one of the original farms that was purchased to create Media.

Media, Pa. post office, under construction

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Date: 1917-09-01
View looking southeast across construction site toward State Street. Media Borough Hall is on left.

World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919.

World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919.

World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919. View includes two floats: "The Media Ice Industry," and "Harrison Bros. Town & Country Paint"

World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919.

World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919.

World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919.

Media Steam Laundry

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Date: 1920 (circa)
Men and vehicles are posed on side of building. Caption on reverse (probably left to right): Harvey Spankenberg, "Doodle" Brooks, "Whitey" Grant, Leroy Hawthorne, Charlie Rossiter

Miller house, Media, Pa. Old Mr. Miller's car. 1924 or earlier

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Date: 1920 (circa)
This house was on the site of the current (2019) Media Borough government complex. Donated by Miss Mary H. MacIntyre in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Plumley. Fred was the Miller family chauffeur for 40 years; he died on September 23, 1947. MacIntyre's…

"Media Hill," on Baltimore Avenue, looking west out of the borough toward Ridley Creek

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1921
Frank Lees caption: "Graham automobile driven by Charles Pierson of Media." Trolley tracks are shown on south side of road.

Looking east on State Street from South Avenue (now Veteran's Square).

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Date: 1922 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This view, dated about 1922, is a view looking east on State Street at South Avenue. Robinson & Crawford grocery store is on the corner, in the original store building built in Media in the early 1850s. Although Robinson and…

Delivery truck of Raymond B. Worrall Wholesale Confectioner. Distributors of "Romance Chocolates." Bell Phone 879.

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Date: 1923
Frank Lees caption: Raymond B. Worrall was a candy merchant in Media for many years, from his residence at 311 E. Baltimore Avenue. This photo was taken in front of what is now (1990) Weather's Dodge in Lima.

South Avenue (now Veteran's Square) looking northwest towards Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1928 (circa)
View includes many identical automobiles, probably Ford Model T, a trolley car, and an ice wagon. The Charter House Hotel, with its new entrance, is on the left. Copy of original photo; source not noted

Electric train at Media Station

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Date: 1929
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Northeast corner of State Street and South Avenue (now Veteran's Square).

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Date: 1931 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Showing ASCO (American Stores Company) and the Henry C. Snowden Hardware Store." This is probably a Streeper photo.

Looking east at the south side of State Street, from east of Olive Street to Jackson Street

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Date: 1931-01
This photograph was taken by Edward V. Streeper Jr. in January 1931, and removed from one of his scrapbooks. A modern enlargement was made from his original negative, also enclosed, with a vintage print. Streeper's identifications of the buidligns…

Men working on water mains at intersection of Providence Rd. and Baltimore Ave.

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Date: 1939-10-16
A bus marked "Media" and automobiles are in the background, along with a directional sign from the Keystone Auto Club, atop the traffic signal: "Providence Road: Chester 5, Wallingford 1, Newtown Square 7."