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Media High School Class Photo (Old High School Building)
Date: 1900 (circa)
The teacher with the mustache on the far right also appears in AP-8101-1 and AP-8101-2
Media High School football team, 1928
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1928
Includes signatures of various players, including Moat, J. A. Taliaferro, Ed Smith, Dave Harris, Schaffner, John Valenti, and several illegible. Label on reverse: "Mildred D. Wilding, 3704 Taylor Ave., Drexel Hill, PA 19026"
Manchester Avenue, Media, Pa.
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Looking south on Manchester Avenue from about Baltimore Avenue. The East Media School is in the right…
Media High School Band: Memorial Day 1966
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 High School football team, 1927
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1927
Probably left to right: Back row: Albert Connelly, C. Guy, ___ Lisby, Arthur English, Frank Anderson, James Ross, Charles Summers, William “Billy” Snear, Ed Smith. Center row: Roy Hoffman, coach; James Wood, Edgar Colton, John Taliaferro, Walter…
Media Elementary School, looking west from Edgmont Street near State Street.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
The elementary school occupied the eastern part of the school complex, with the high school in the western section. Centennial Book 63.
Lemon Street School
Address: 8 Lemon St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
This was the first school built after Media was formed in 1850. It became a private residence, and still stands as of 2020. Centennial Book 62.
First school in Media, Providence Rd. and Beatty Rd.
Date: 1870 ca.
This is Zimmerman's copy of an old photograph, which is not dated but could be ca. 1870. The school appears on the 1855 Map of Media, and predated the formation of the borough in 1850. According to Keith Lockhart (delawarecountyhistory.com) it was…
Media High School Sports
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949
These young me, earing their sweaters with large varsity letters, were probably team leaders during the 1948-1949 school year. Identifications on reverse: Left to right, back row: Mr. Gabriel, R. Van Zant, L. Sharp, J. Ford, K. Ford, C. Shull,…
Media High School Graduating Class of 1915
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1915
Two people identified on reverse by Frank Lees: Front row, 7th from left, Sidney Engle; Second row, 3rd from left, Amanda Leeper
Media High School Glee Club
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1928
Includes identifications from reverse, which do not seem exactly correlated to the photograph.
Media High School Glee Club
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1928
This is probably a more select group of the singers. Frank Lees ' identifications, from reverse, probably left to right: Front row: Bill Driehaus, Jean Wood, Dorothy Kolb, music teacher; James Stewart. Back row: Roland Erskine, Lewis Young
Media High School 1929 Graduating Class
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1924
Photograph taken in 1924. Identifications are included.