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Media Fire Company hose carriage
Date: 1901-10-02
Photographed on the State St side of the old Borough Hall, which housed the fire company on the first floor. A memorial portrait for William McKinley, recently assassinated, hangs in the doorway of the Media Free Library, which had space upstairs.…
Media Fire Company
Date: 1902 (circa)
Two horse-drawn fire wagons photographed on the State St. side of Borough Hall, which housed the fire company in the first floor.
Media Borough Hall (rear) and Media Free Library, shortly before demolition.
Date: 1969 (circa)
The former Media Free Library, at Jasper and Jackson streets, was then behind used as a temporary home for the borough government office. View is looking southeast from west side of Jackson 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)
Marguerite De Angeli, children's book author, and guests from Media-Upper Providence Free Library, at the Towne House.
Address: 117 Veterans Square, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1968-04-26
Caption reads: "Media Free Library board dinner, given at the Towne House in Media, for Marguerite de Angeli, writer of children's books (Henner's Lydia, Copper Toed Boots, etc.). Left to right: Arthur Wiltshire, President, Mark W. Allam,…
Mrs. Gene Berry, one of the assistants at the Media Free Library
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Miss Olga Valentinis-Dee, assistant librarian, Media Free Library, during 50th anniversary year
Date: 1951
Ben Miller is the boy at the desk, with his back to the camera; Mrs. Arthur Miller is to the right. Miss Valentinis-Dee was appointed assistant librarian in 1921. This photograph probably appeared in the Media Comment newspaper.
Olga Valentinis-Dee, September 2, 1921
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1951 (circa)
Date is probably when she began working as assistant librarian for the Media Free Library. This photograph probably appeared in the Media Comment newspaper.
Miss Esther F. Bell
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1951 (circa)
Miss Bell was a board member of the Media Free Library for many years. This photograph probably appeared in the Media Comment newspaper.
Miss Edith John, first librarian (1901-1906), Media Free Library
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
According to a , May 24, 1951 story in the Chester Times, Miss Edith H. John served from the library's opening in May 1906 until she was succeeded by Miss Rebecca Smedley (see P-12009).
E. Louise Kruse, librarian, Media Free Library
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1957
She served as librarian for 38 years, from 1919 until her death on January 11, 1958. She never married.
Rebecca Smedley, Media Free Library
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1923
According to her obituary from the Chester Times, July 11, 1950, Smedley served as librarian from 1906 to 1917. She never married, and lived at 44 E. Front Street, a block from the library.
C. Frank Williamson, Media Free Library
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950
Williamson was a board member from the library's founding in 1901 until his death on August 21, 1955, at the age of 94, according to his August 22, 1955 obituary in the Chester Times.
Media Free Library Doll Display
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1955 (circa)
Mary Williamson, wife of board member C. Frank Williamson, is showing the doll to a woman and two Girl Scouts. These dolls (as of 2019) are in the collection of the Media Historic Archives Commission.
Joann Gray, Children’s Librarian, Media Free Library
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977
