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Michener's Media Ice Company float

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Date: 1900
This was the float for the Media Semi-Centennial parade in 1900. This company was later known as the Media Coal and Ice Co.

Memorial Day Parade, Media, Pa.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Two Jeeps with military personnel and machine guns. Location is not noted.

Memorial Day Parade, Media, Pa.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Honor guard with American and other flags.

Memorial Day Parade, Media, Pa.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Honor guard carrying American flags.

Memorial Day Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01031.jpg
Date: 1954 (circa)
Looking west on State Street from Veteran's Square. Veterans of Foreign Wars group in front.

Media National Guard Armory, decorated for World War I Peace Parade, 1919

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01427S.jpg
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 High School: Last Parade of Band, Memorial Day 1966

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Date: 1966
The high school closed after the 1966 school year, with students moving to the new Penncrest High School in Middletown Township.

Media High School Band: Memorial Day 1966

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-03036A.jpg
Date: 1966/05/30
This was the last time the MHS band marched down state street. Shortly after, the high school was closed, with the students transferred to the new Penncrest High School in Middletown Township. This photograph is probably a print made from a slide,…

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2956.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Crowd listening to Crosby L. Smith, who was Media's tax collector in 1950 and former burgess (or mayor) of the borough. Date on negative envelope wrong.

Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2953.jpg
Date: 1950-05-06
Shows the parade that was part of this event. Date on negative envelope wrong.

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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8150-2.jpg
Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
Women in vintage costume portraying Clara Barton for American Red Cross float, at parade staging area.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19176.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
American Red Cross float at parade staging area, with women in vintage clothing portraying Clara Barton.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19177.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
American Red Cross float, with women in vintage clothing portraying Clara Barton.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-28.jpg
Date: 1950-06-08
The float of the Campbell A.M.E. Church in Media had a replica of the original church building.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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Date: 1950-06-08
Float carrying The Candlelighters, 12-voice choir from the First Presbyterian Church of Media. (Chester Times, June 9, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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Date: 1950-06-08
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag. This float also appeared in the parade the previous day.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-32.jpg
Date: 1950-06-08
Sign on car: "Jefferson Harris [sic: Harrison], Delaware County's oldest Odd Fellow, 101 Yrs Young. Studebaker courtesy of Jessup & Pell, Inc." Harrison, of 214 Vernon Street, had lived most of his life in Virginia, where he had once been a slave.…

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-33.jpg
Date: 1950-06-08
Miss Greater Media float sponsored by the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Patty Highfield, in back, surrounded by her court.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19197-34.jpg
Date: 1950-06-08
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, on float. Her sister, Donna Highfield, is the small girl in front.