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Aerial view taken over Media, Pa.
Date: 1950-04-22
Looking west on Baltimore Avenue from east of Providence Road. Howard Johnson's restaurant is in lower left, opposite from the Media Inn.
Band wagon
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-4044-2 for a different band with African American players in the same or similar wagon. Charter House livery stable in background.
Band wagon
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-4044-1 for a different band with caucasian players in the same or similar wagon. Charter House livery stable in background.
Band with Theodore Roosevelt
Location: Colorado Springs (Co.)
Date: 1901-08-02
Based on research in newspaper archives, this photograph was probably taken by Clyde M. Allam on August 2, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt, then vice-president of the United States, gave a speech in Colorado Springs, Colorado on the occasion of the…
Briggs Inn
Date: 1849
Frank Lees caption: Owned by Isaac Briggs, built 1849, Providence Road and Plush Mill Road. Building still stands, as of 2019. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Brooke Hall Apartments
Date: 1950-03-05
This building had previous uses as a hotel, and earlier, as the Eastman Seminary for Girls.
Brooke Hall Apartments
Date: 1950-03-29
This building had previous uses as a hotel, and earlier, as the Eastman Seminary for Girls.
Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-02-14
Used In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 13
Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
Building behind the hotel is visible, with Republican Party banner partly hidden behind tree.
Charter House office
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Shows furnishings, lamps, clock, artwork on wall, potted plants
Charter House parlor
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Clearly shows draperies, furniture, light fixtures, and potted plants
Charter House stable
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.
Charter House stairway
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Shows furnishings, lamps, carpeting, artwork on wall, potted plants
Charter House, D. R. Hawkins, Proprietor. Copy from map
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media." Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 129. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow up…
Chestnut Grove House
Date: 1889-02-02
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 58. This later became the Colonial. This occupied property south of Jefferson St. and West of Orange St., above the railroad tracks just inside the Media borough boundary.
Colonial Apartments
Date: 1950-03-06
This originally was called the Chestnut Grove Hotel, later renamed the Colonial Hotel. Media Real Estate Company's colonial-named apartment houses now (2020) stand on this location. Print originally in Folder 1344.
Elephant, in front of Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; see also AP-4077-2
Elephant, in front of Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; the elephant has a Charter House advertisement banner on its back. See also AP-4077-1