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Media Centennial Celebration. County Day. Parade of antique automobiles
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-05
Media Centennial Celebration. County Day. Parade of antique automobiles
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-05
Carload of men with beards and vintage clothing greeting passersby. View is looking east on State Street from west of Orange Street.
Media Centennial Celebration. County Day. Parade of antique automobiles
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-05
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Francis Cunningham and unknown contestant.
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Cunningham, right, and an unidentified contestant, having their beards combed out by unidentified women.
Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops with beardless man in handcuffs.
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Gray, right. These "Kops" were members of the Media Lions Club, and in charge of "enforcing" the beard rules in town during the celebration. Beardless men needed to buy a beardless permit or risk being fined and ducked in a bathtub of water,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
"George Allman, father of the famous blind wrestler of the same name, dressed in George Washington-style costume, hands out balloons and noisemakers to the children awaiting the parade." (Media News, June 8, 1950, caption for similar photograph)
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Delaware County Military Order of the Cootie, Honor Degree, VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars]
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Paterson-Hause Post American Legion, Jr. Drum-Bugle Corps, Leedom Estates, Ridley Twp. Pa. Jefferis Drug Store is in background.
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03
Unidentified military contingent. The route of this parade was as follows: Along Front St. from Monroe St. to Lemon St. to State St. to Manchester Ave to Baltimore Ave to the reviewing stand at Jackson St. This photo could have been taken anywhere…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-03
Unidentified military contingent. The route of this parade was as follows: Along Front St. from Monroe St. to Lemon St. to State St. to Manchester Ave to Baltimore Ave to the reviewing stand at Jackson St. This photo could have been taken anywhere…
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Full banner reads: Paterson-Hause Post American Legion, Jr. Drum-Bugle Corps, Leedom Estates, Ridley Twp. Pa. Jefferis Drug Store is in background.
Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine
Date: 1950-05-06
Date on negative envelope wrong.
Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine
Date: 1950-05-06
Date on negative envelope wrong.
Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine.
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
Date: 1950-05-06
Date on negative envelope wrong.
Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine
Date: 1950-05-06
Date on negative envelope wrong.
Media Fire Company. Housing new Seagrave fire engine
Date: 1950-05-06
Shows the parade that was part of this event. Date on negative envelope wrong.
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association
Date: 1950-06-10
Accompanying the Glenolden Fire Company was "one of the most elaborately attired outfits in the parade, the Fire Fighters string band, composed of Philadelphia firemen, led by Battalion Chief George E. Duffy. The men had uniforms of light blue,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association
Date: 1950-06-10
Accompanying the Glenolden Fire Company was "one of the most elaborately attired outfits in the parade, the Fire Fighters string band, composed of Philadelphia firemen, led by Battalion Chief George E. Duffy. The men had uniforms of light blue,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association
Date: 1950-06-10
Banner reads: Ridley Township High School Band and Fire companies. Vauclain - Folsom - Milmont - Holmes - Woodlyn - Leedom