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521. Roadside stand. On Baltimore Pike east of 202.
Date: 1955-08
Green Meadows Dairy Bar, offering "quality buttermilk, homemade ice cream," and "thick milk shakes". According to newspaper advertisements, this same building later housed Green Meadow Plants. It was just north (or east, as the caption reads) of…
545. Shopping. On West Chester Pike, Broomall.
Date: 1955-06
Broomall Barber Shop and Tony's Shoe Store. Datestone in building reads: Isaac Lawrence, 1817. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 30, this building stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Sproul Road. See…
548. Main Street, Darby
Address: Powell Rd. and Main St., Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Looking from above Powell Road (on right) toward 9th St.
550. Highway. MacDade Boulevard, from Chester Pike, Darby.
Date: 1955-08
The building that earlier housed the car dealership on the right still stands (as of 2020).
584. Shopping. 300 block Market St., Chester
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Market Street is now Avenue of the States. Third street no longer intersects this street. Location uncertain.
585. Commercial. Commission Row, 200 block Edgmont, Chester. To be redeveloped.
Address: 1 Commission St., Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Edgmont and 2nd Street no longer intersect. Address is approximate.
587. Railroad. Pennsylvania railroad at Market St., Chester
Date: 1955-08
Location based on newspaper research for The Hat Corner.
Aftermath of Snowden’s Hardware fire, 115 W. State Street
Address: 115 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977-01
Snowden's Hardware Store was destroyed by fire on December 29, 1976.
Aftermath of Snowden’s Hardware fire, 115 W. State Street
Address: 115 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977-01
Snowden's Hardware Store was destroyed by fire on December 29, 1976.
Aftermath of Snowden’s Hardware fire, 115 W. State Street
Address: 115 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977-01
Snowden's Hardware Store was destroyed by fire on December 29, 1976.
Aftermath of Snowden’s Hardware fire, 115 W. State Street
Address: 115 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977-01
Snowden's Hardware Store was destroyed by fire on December 29, 1976.
Arnold Lampert at Santa Claus Headquarters, 33 W. State Street
Address: 33 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1945-1955
B. Gross Men’s Store and the Gross family: Mr. and Mrs. Gross, Jack, Milton and Bill.
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
B. Gross Men’s Store and the Gross family: Mr. and Mrs. Gross, Jack, Milton and Bill.
Address: 2 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950 (circa)
Baltimore Avenue looking east from Orange Street after a snowfall
Date: 1966-12
View includes Storey's Unpainted [Furniture] and Media Republican Club on right or south side, and the modern Delaware County National Bank building and Sunoco Station on the north side.
Bonsall Bros. Hardware and Groceries, and Broomall Post Office
Date: 1930 (circa)
Building erected 1817. Torn down 1965 or after. Gasoline pump also shown. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 30, this building stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Sproul Road. Address is approximate
Bosler’s store window
Address: Not Known
Date: 1905-11-22
Showing display of two Post products, Postum and Grape-Nuts. Sign above the display reads: "Some can, some cannot drink coffee. If each week your ailment grows worse, stop coffee. Use Postum. There's a reason. Postum Coffee. It makes red blood. The…
Buckley, R., established 1850, Media, Pa., Heating, Range, Stove, Tinware, Plumbing and General Housekeeping Establishment.
Date: 1860 (circa)
Olive and State streets. Copy of broadside, mounted on mat board. Lithograph by “Longacre & Co, 30 & 32 S. 7th St., Philada”. For color detail of lithograph, see P-01466B.