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Trolley mail car between 5th and 6th on Olive St.
Date: 1896-03-02
Chester Traction Co. trolley car bedecked with bunting and banner reading: Chester Media U.S. Mail. Conductor and operator standing at either end of car. According to an article in The Philadelphia Times, March 3, 1896, this service was inaugurated…
Trolley mail car between 5th and 6th on Olive St.
Date: 1896-03-03
Chester Traction Co. trolley car bedecked with bunting and banner reading: Chester Media U.S. Mail. Conductor and operator standing at either end of car. According to an article in The Philadelphia Times, March 3, 1896, this service was inaugurated…
Edgemont Post Office, in store of “E. G. Peirce, dealer in general merchandise.”
Location: 5013 West Chester Pike, Edgmont (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption on reverse reads: "Edgemont, Pa. on West Chester Pike. Car line ran from 69th St. to West Chester along West Chester Pike." Donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sills), April 11, 1982. This building, which is no longer standing, was on the south side of…
Media Post Office, interior. State and Plum, ca. 1905
Address: 18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
Furnishings "Designed and manufactured by the I. B. Williams Co., Seward, Nebraska"
Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media
Address: 18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
The caption for this photo, printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 25, 1906, reads: "Wrecked Safe in Media Post Office: Yeggmen set off a charge that demolished the outer part of the receptacle last night. The inner lining was intact. The…
Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media
Address: 18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
See description at AP-8356. A bottle on a ledge by the safe, somehow unbroken after the explosion, bears this label: Pomeroy's Combined Writing & Copying Fluid. Flows Freely, Will Not Mould. Newark, N.J. One letter sits on the floor in front of the…
Matthew Fox, Postmaster, Media, Pa.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1913 (circa)
Stamped on reverse: Allan Cleaves Dodge. Post Office History. Box 22 Drexel Hill Pa.
Basement Plan, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 2A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Front Elevation, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 100A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Stair at Employees' Entrance, Longitudinal and Transverse sections, , Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 104A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Second Floor Plan, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 4A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
First Floor Plan, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 3A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Side Elevation, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 101A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Approach Plan, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 1A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Side Elevation, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 102A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Rear Elevation, Media Post Office
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 103A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department
Media, Pa. post office, under construction
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1917-06-16
View looking west across the building site from Jackson Street. The first house beyond the construction site is the Way farmhouse, a remnant of one of the original farms that was purchased to create Media.
Media, Pa. post office, under construction
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1917-07-02
View looking south from construction site toward the south side of State Street.
Media, Pa. post office, under construction
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1917-07-02
View looking east from construction site toward Jackson Street, showing Media Borough Hall (right) and Media Free Library (center)
Media, Pa. post office, under construction
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1917-08-01
View looking northeast showing Media Free Library and other buildings on Jasper Street. Delivery wagon of H. P. Engle, Baker, Confectioner, under porch in background.
Media, Pa. post office, under construction
Address: 1 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1917-08-01
View looking west across the building site from Jackson Street. The first house beyond the construction site is the Way farmhouse, a remnant of one of the original farms that was purchased to create Media.