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Trolley car No. 11, Media-Glen Riddle Line, in Middletown Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04040.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
Sign reads: Elwyn & Lima. Location uncertain. Copy of original photo; source not noted

69th Street Trolley at Pine Ridge Station

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04041.jpg
Date: 1950
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Baltimore Pike at Media Water Works

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04050D.jpg
Date: 1916 (circa)
Looking west at bridge over Ridley Creek along Baltimore Pike. Tracks of the Glen Riddle trolley line turn left to cross trestle over Ridley Creek and continue up Elwyn Road. Frank Lees Slide 1565. One of a series of photographs, possibly by same…

Collapse of covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek at Victoria Plush Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10001.jpg
Date: 1913-04
The Plush Mill Bridge collapsed April 20, 1913, when an 18-ton steamroller was crossing and crashed through the floor. See Chester Times, April 21, 1913 and a March 13, 1914 article about the lawsuit that ensued. Frank Lees caption: "Trolley…

Edgemont Post Office, in store of “E. G. Peirce, dealer in general merchandise.”

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14004.jpg
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…

548. Main Street, Darby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18127.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Looking from above Powell Road (on right) toward 9th St.

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day. Parade of Delaware County Firemen's Association

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19035.jpg
Date: 1950-06-10
Three trolleys join the parade, probably at the end.