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Watters Clock
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
The Watters Electric Program Clock, patented Oct. 29, 1895, by L. H. Watters, Media, PA. Patent 549,038. Filed Nov. 30, 1891
Walter house, Media, and adjacent house
Address: 100-104 W. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
From right: 104, 102, and 100 W. Front St. These are still standing as of 2018. The house on the far left has been demolished, and the porch on the far right has been altered
W. H. Culley, and family, in backyard
Address: 11 W. Third St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
House number is 11. Possibly 11. W. 3rd Street, according to 1897 Media Directory listing for Annie B. Culley
W. H. Culley and family, on front porch.
Address: 11 W. Third St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
House number is 11. Possibly 11. W. 3rd Street, according to 1897 Media Directory listing for Annie B. Culley. Several potted plants sit on the porch.
View of valley from Orange Street, Media, Pa.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Exact location of this view is unclear. Perhaps looking northwest from about Baker Street, toward Ridley Creek Valley, or this could be the present (2019) location of Glen Providence Park.
View of valley [of Ridley Creek] and sunset, taken from residence of Dr. A. Vernon, Esq., Media
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1870-1880
Back of card reads: "Thirty minutes by R.R. from Philadelphia. Media and Vicinity. Photographed by Samuel McMullin, Landscape Photographer, No. 1128 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Taken by request of James R. Cummins, Residence, Media, Penna."…
View of Media from Clothier Mansion on Indian Lane, Middletown Township
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1894
Original caption on reverse: "Property of Lillian Clothier Lesley, taken in 1894. Looking northwest showing P.R.R. [railroad] bridge over Ridley Creek and trains on bridge, showing portion of [west side of] Media." Williamson's lumber-yard is the…
Vansickle group
Address: 329 W. 4th St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905-1906
House number above the door reads 329. 1902 Media Directory lists Henry C. VanSyckel, Salesman, at 329 W. 4th St.
Van L. Wolf, Light Wagon Builder, Carriage Builder
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1910
The 1900 Semi-Centennial pamphlet, page 83, locates this business at State and Jackson streets. A photocopy of an undated advertisement in this photo folder locates it at "Cor. State & Plum Sts., Media." The 1882 map of Media shows a carriage…
Unity Day, Media, Pa., 1997
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-06-11
Headline, Media to Celebrate Unity Day Saturday; June 11, 1997 Town Talk article by Bob Bodine; Carolyn Glover, Juanita Edwards, And Mary Edwards review plans for Media's first Unity Day rally to be held at 10 a.m. Saturday June 14, 1997 in front of…
Unity Day Rally, 1997
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-05-27
Press release by Juanita Edwards on Media's first Unity Day Rally, sponsored by Citizens-Community Task Force.
Unity Day Rally, 1997
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-06-13
Flyer for the first Unity Day Rally, sponsored by Citizens-Community Task Force.
Unity Day Rally
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-06-15
Article by Susan Serbin in Delaware County Daily Times, about Media's 1997 Unity Day Rally
Unity Day '99 Theme Song
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1999-06-19
"Wake Up Everybody," by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes with Teddy Pendergrass
Union A.M.E. Church, Interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
This photo appears to be a different building from AP-5162-1 and AP-5162-2. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past, says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E. Church in…
Union A.M.E. Church, interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897-01-08
This photo like a different building from AP-5161-1 and AP-5116-2. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past, says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E. Church in Marple…
Union A.M.E. Church, interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897-01-08
This photo is the same building as AP-5162-1 and but different from AP-5161-5. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past (52), says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E.…
Unidentified house, probably Media, Pa.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1880-1890
Frank Less had guessed that this house might have been on the 200 block of North Olive Street.