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William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station, and F. W. Woolworth Co. 5 & 10 cent Store, looking at north side of State Street from Plum Street
Address: 17 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."
William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station
Address: 17 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."
West side of Orange Street, Baker Street to State Street.
Date: 1945 (circa)
View includes two tailor shops and a jeweler. All these buildings were demolished during Media's urban renewal project starting in the late 1960s. Scan made from original negative.
West side of Orange Street, Baker Street to State Street
Date: 1945 (circa)
All these buildings were demolished during Media's urban renewal project starting in the late 1960s. Scan made from original negative.
West side of Orange Street between Baker Street and Baltimore Avenue
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1966 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This row of stores, and others like them, were all torn down about 1968 as part of the Media's urban renewal project. These were among the first stores built in Media and were over 100 years old when destroyed." This print was…
Webster store, interior
Address: 109 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
P. L. Webster sold butter and eggs at this location in 1900. Media 1897 Directory lists: Pennell L. Webster, Milk, 109 W. State, House, same
W. G. Hough’s Cash Grocery, 102 W. State Street
Address: 102 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Shopkeepers and a boy posing outside the shop. Copy of original photo; source not noted
View of State Street, west from Jackson Street, at night
Date: 1950 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: Looking west on State Street from tower of old Media Borough Hall. Copy of original photo; source not noted
View looking east on Baltimore Avenue from west of Olive Street
Date: 1967
View shows Co-operative Store, gas station, Charles A. Limburg [Auto and Trucks] Sales and Service, Scotthaven Tourists, and various vintage automobiles parked and driving on the road.
Vernon’s Grocery, southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street
Date: 1900 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…
Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…
Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…
Unveiling of Soldier’s Monument in Market Square, Chester, Pa.
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1918-11
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed…
The News Spot
Address: 22 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1949-12-12
This newsstand is no longer a separate building, but has been absorbed into the storefront that is entered at the northwest corner of Orange and State streets.
The home of Dr. Mary I. Hough, 331 W. State Street.
Address: 331-339 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1972-09
Frank Lees caption: "These five houses (331-339 W. State Street) ,on the north side of the street, are part of a row that includes some of the oldest homes in Media. Next to Dr. Hough's home is Kastenbaum's Book Store."
The Black Building
Date: 1900
Frank Lees caption: “This building stands on the northeast corner of State Street and South Avenue, This lot was purchased by Mr. Beatty in 1850 when the County was auctioning off lots. Mr. Beatty built this building in 1850 and it became Media's…
The Black Building
Date: 1900
Frank Lees wrote this long description of this building in 1976: Northeast corner of State St. and South Ave. (Veterans Square). Built by John C. Beatty in 1850. Building construction began in 1849, completed before Media became a Borough. Was once…
T. J. and I. L. Haldeman's Dry Goods & Grocery Depot, northwest corner of State Street and Olive Street
Date: 1854 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This is the northwest corner of State and Olive Street about 1860. The building is Haldeman's department store. On the second floor are the first offices of the First National Bank of Media, now [in 1979] Provident National…
Sweeney’s Market, State Street and Plum Street
Date: 1919
Pictured are Mr. Sweeney, Edgar Worrall, Mr. Ward, and Hap[?] Lindsay.
State Street, looking west from Olive Street
Date: 1900
View includes Snowden's, Kirschnek Jewelers, and the First National Bank. Copy of original photo; source not noted
State Street looking west from Orange Street
Date: 1968 (circa)
This is probably an original print from a 35 mm slide. Frank Lees caption: All the buildings in this photograph were soon after torn down as part of Media's Urban Redevelopment Plan. The old Economy Market is on the corner, next is Kaiser Taxi, an…
State Street during snowstorm
Date: 1950 (circa)
Looking west on State Street from east of Plum Street, at south side of the street. View includes Plumstead Inn and other buildings. Scan made from 4 x 5 inch negative
State Street at Olive Street, showing Buckley and Haldeman buildings
Date: 1900 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees' caption on the folder. No caption on photograph.
Staff of Childs Grocery, Branch Store No. 110, southwest corner of State and Orange streets
Date: 1910 (circa)
Caption on reverse reads: "Miss Anna Blair, Childs Grocery Co., Media, cashier." Economy Market later occupied this building