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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.
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
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…
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
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
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.
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.
Media Fire Company, parading in front of Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.
Strath Haven Inn
Address: 801 Yale Ave., Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1905-1906
The dam backs up the flow of Crum Creek. The Strath Haven Condominiums now occupy this hillside.
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.
Idlewild waiters
Date: 1906-1907
15 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. See also AP_8383-2.