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Dr. George W Bartram, copy

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Address: Not Known
Probably copied from tintype or daguerreotype

James W. Baker, copy

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Address: Not Known
County Schools Superintendent. See composite photograph AP-8130-2

Dr. George W. Bartram, copy

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Photograph of drawing or watercolor.

Candidates for mayor, borough council, and school board in Media, 1978

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1978
Frank Lees identifications, on reverse, left to right: Bill Gross, candidate for School Board; Bob Mickle, candidate for Mayor; and the following candidates for borough council: John Hoffman, Willis Glenn, Frank Hamilton, Bob Ikes, and Shelby Martin

U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in Media

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1976
Councilman A. Shelby Martin, second from left, chairman, Media Bicentennial Commission. Other people, probably other members of the commission, not identified.

U.S. Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1976
This may be the stop of this wagon train in Media. Exact location not determined.

Baby Parade winners

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975 (circa)

House at 218 N. Edgemont Street, Media, Pa.

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Date: 1975 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: "Edgemont St., S.W. from 3rd and Edgemont." This house no longer stands, but its location was confirmed by comparing the house in the background of P-01308B with the one that still stands (in 2020) at 206 N. Edgemont. The…

House at 218 N. Edgemont Street, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01308B.jpg
Date: 1975 (circa)
Caption by Frank Lees: "Edgemont St., S.W. from 3rd and Edgemont." This house no longer stands, but its location was confirmed by comparing the house in the background of P-01308B with the one that still stands (in 2020) at 206 N. Edgemont. The…

Edgemont Street looking north from 2nd Street

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Date: 1975 (circa)
See P-10308a and P-01308B for views of the house with the tower in the left center of this photograph.

Media Town Fair

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
African American woman posed with sign: Media Civic Forum

Aerial view of Media from west, looking east

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1970 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Lynn Inzaina, Miss Media

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1970 (circa)
Lynn Inzaina graduated from Penncrest High School in 1970.

Sign for Baker Street Urban Renewal Area

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1969 (circa)
Sign reads: Baker Street Urban Renewal Area. Project No. PA. R-248. A project of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Delaware and the Borough of Media. This urban renewal project is being undertaken with Federal financial aid under Title 1…

Aerial view of central section of Media, Pa., looking east from above Orange Street.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967 (circa)
Pressed-on lines applied to delineate the urban renewal area. This was probably reproduced in one of the urban renewal report.

Aerial view of central section of Media, Pa., looking west from above Monroe Street

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1967 (circa)
Pressed-on lines applied to delineate the urban renewal area. This was probably reproduced in one of the urban renewal report.

West side of Orange Street between Baker Street and Baltimore Avenue

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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…

100th birthday luncheon for Charles Palmer

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1963
Man of the Week Luncheon honoring Charles Palmer on his 100th birthday. Palmer, according to newspaper research, was the oldest practing realtor and lawyer in the United States. In this photo, Gus Houtman is at the far left, and Edward H. Rigby of…

100th birthday luncheon for Charles Palmer

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1963
Man of the Week Luncheon honoring Charles Palmer on his 100th birthday. Palmer, according to newspaper research, was the oldest practing realtor and lawyer in the United States. No. P-660

100th birthday luncheon for Charles Palmer

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1963
Man of the Week Luncheon honoring Charles Palmer on his 100th birthday. Palmer, according to newspaper research, was the oldest practing realtor and lawyer in the United States. Edward H. Rigby of the Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co., formerly…

100th birthday luncheon for Charles Palmer

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1963
Man of the Week Luncheon honoring Charles Palmer on his 100th birthday. Palmer, according to newspaper research, was the oldest practing realtor and lawyer in the United States. No. P-662

Media officials accepting award from American Automobile Association (AAA)

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1962-07-10
Left to right: Paul Clark, Weldon Heyburn, Gus Houtman, Frank Wiltshire, mayor of Media; and Carl Jones. Award is a 1961 "Pedestrian Safety Citation."

James J. Skelly

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961 (circa)
Skelly was founder of James J. Skelly Co., a general contracting and road building firm once located in Media. See ad in Centennial Book, page 81, for a history of the firm up to 1950, and a photograph of Skelly with his two sons, Joseph J. and J.…