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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
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.
Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-02-14
Used In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 13
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
Elsie Serrill
Location: Marcus Hook (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Woman and young girl, on porch of Union Hotel. See AP-5097 for full view of the hotel.
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.
Charter House stable
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.
Charter House parlor
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Clearly shows draperies, furniture, light fixtures, and potted plants
Charter House office
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Shows furnishings, lamps, clock, artwork on wall, potted plants
Charter House stairway
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Shows furnishings, lamps, carpeting, artwork on wall, potted plants
Thomas Rufus Vernon, Sr., on bicycle
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
"Charter House Livery and Boarding Stables" are in the background. Full name from an application for Sons of the American Revolution found on findagrave.com 77996897, which gives detailed information about several generations of the Vernon family.
Going to Media Station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Train heading west. Boardwalk to Idlewild Hotel on right.
