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

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Date: 1950-06-10
Three trolleys join the parade, probably at the end.

548. Main Street, Darby

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Date: 1955-08
Looking from above Powell Road (on right) toward 9th St.

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

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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…

Falls, Crum Creek, Del. Co. Covered and trolley bridge. Plush Mills. Ed, Harvey, Bruce.

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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. Victoria Plush Mills are just out of the picture, to the right.

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

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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…

"Shadowland" (Park Avenue), near Media

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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. This photo was entered in The John Wanamaker Exhibition of Photographs by Amateurs, February 1908.

Baltimore Pike at Media Water Works

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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…

69th Street Trolley at Pine Ridge Station

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Date: 1950
Copy of original photo; source not noted

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

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Date: 1900-1910
Sign reads: Elwyn & Lima. Location uncertain. Copy of original photo; source not noted

No. 73 Trolley Car

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Date: 1973-06
Frank Lees caption: "Philadelphia Suburban Transportation (Red Arrow) Trolley No. 73 at State and Monroe Sts. in Media. The jewelry store on the corner is Wiltshire's Jewelry, now (1979 circa) occupied by Royal Jewelers. These center door trolleys…

Union Railway Co. Trolley No. 13

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04034A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "The Union Railway Company, was formed in Chester in 1890. The intentions were to build an electric railway from Linwood, through Chester, and into Media. This never came to be. Eventually the company did run cars into Marcus…

Trolley car on Olive Street south of 5th Street, Media.

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Date: 1900-1920
Sign on trolley reads "Darby." The Union A.M.E. Church (in 2019, the Trinity A.M.E. Church) is on the left.

Car 1284 on trolley route 71, into Media

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1910-1920
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Woman on Route 47 trolley (or Car No. 47), M. & S. Traction Co.

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Location: New Jersey
Date: 1900-1910
The M. & S. Traction Company, according to a newspaper search, operated in central New Jersey--M. & S. standing for Middlesex and Somerset, two New Jersey counties. Therefore, Frank Lees' information -- "Summer trolley car on Baltimore Avenue, on…

Trolley Car No. 27

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Date: 1905 (circa)
Caption on reverse: Car No. 27 was made by the Jewett Car Company equipped for train operation. They had high back leather seats of the reclining type. This type car was placed in operation 1902 to 1913 incl. They were used on the Ardmore, Media, and…

Photo album, scenes and people in Media, Pa. and Delaware Water Gap, Pa.

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Date: 1913
Five photographs: 1. and 2. The Pastime Theater 3. "New trolley," State Street at Orange St. 4. Parlour, Media Minstrel Association 5. Four young men, with MHS (Media High School) pennant behind them, in the parlor of the Media Minstrel Association