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Band with Theodore Roosevelt

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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…

Media Fire Company, parading in front of Charter House

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Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.

Media Fire Company, parading in front of Charter House

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Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.

Strath Haven Inn

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Date: 1905-1906
The dam backs up the flow of Crum Creek. The Strath Haven Condominiums now occupy this hillside.

Charter House

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Date: 1906
Building behind the hotel is visible, with Republican Party banner partly hidden behind tree.

Idlewild waiters

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Date: 1906-1907
15 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. See also AP_8383-2.

Idlewild waiters

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8383-2.jpg
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.

Panama Canal Zone, Tivoli Hotel

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Location: Panama (Panama)
Date: 1907 (circa)
One of a series of photographs of Panama Canal construction and scenery by W. R. Newbold, Jr., of Media. Original caption: Tivoli Hotel near Panama City. Grounds much improved of late. This taken on completion, 1907

Panama Canal Zone, Tivoli Hotel

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-16007.jpg
Location: Panama (Panama)
Date: 1907-11
One of a series of photographs of Panama Canal construction and scenery by W. R. Newbold, Jr., of Media. Original caption: Tivoli [Hotel] while T.R. [Theodore Roosevelt] was here. [TR was actually there in Nov. 1906]

Idlewild Hotel and Furness Cottage

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Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images.

Panama Canal Zone, Labor Camp and Hotel, Corozal

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Date: 1908 (circa)
One of a series of photographs of Panama Canal construction and scenery by W. R. Newbold, Jr., of Media. Original caption: European Labor Camp, Corozal. Rebuilt French magazines. I. C. C. Hotel for white men just beyond depot.

Spring Mountain House, Schwenksville. Burned down 1920s or 1930s.

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Date: 1910-1912
Donated by Robert M. Allam. See P-14013A for explanation.

Photo album, scenes and people in Media, Pa. and Delaware Water Gap, Pa.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1913
Eight photographs, top to bottom, left to right: 1. Francis Campbell 2. Chautauqua tent at southeast corner of State and Monroe streets, 1913 3. Group of young men, probably high school students, including Drayton Rhodes, Ralph Alley, Ike (Isaac)…

Photo album, scenes and people in Media, Pa. and Delaware Water Gap, Pa.

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Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 1913
Nine photographs, top to bottom, left to right: 1. Delawanna Inn and The Bellevue, Delaware Water Gap, Pa. 2. William Henry and Jack O'Brien in front of Delawanna Inn, Restaurant and Café, Conway and Blair, Proprietors. 3. Delawanna Inn, with man…

Photo album, scenes and people in Media, Pa. and Delaware Water Gap, Pa.

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Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 1913-1918
Nine photographs, top to bottom, left to right: 1. Jack O'Brien 2. "Davey", dog at [Cherry?] Walley House 3. Broomall's Dam, Media, Pa. 4. William Henry 5. Delaware River at Delaware Water Gap, Pa. 6. on a launch (motor boat), Water Gap 7. Jar…

The old Rose Tree Inn, the original home of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club

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Date: 1918
Signed "J.R.L.E 1918". Copy of original photograph; source not noted. Similar in Fields Family Collection.

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

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

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Date: 1939-10-16
The Media Inn is in the background, along with a directional sign atop the traffic signal, from the Keystone Auto club: "Baltimore 89, Oxford 37, Philadelphia 13."

Hotel Media

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Date: 1950
Airbrushed copy negative. Made for Hotel Media's advertising in Centennial Book 110. This building sat on the southwest corner of Baltimore Ave and Lemon St. Hill's Seafood now (2020) occupies the site.

Brooke Hall Apartments

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Date: 1950-03-05
This building had previous uses as a hotel, and earlier, as the Eastman Seminary for Girls.

Colonial Apartments

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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.

Media Borough Council and School Board with wives.

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Date: 1950-03-10
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley,…

Media Borough Council and School Board with wives.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2705.jpg
Date: 1950-03-10
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley,…