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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…
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.
Uncle Josh group
Address: 30 E. Franklin St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1902-02-20
Uncle Josh was a stock character in amateur theatrical and minstrel shows. One man is in blackface, a racist imitation of African American skin color. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran this photograph on March 2, 1902, page 9, with the following headline…
Ulysses Grant Realey
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Swinging bat during baseball game; crowd in background. Probably in Media. Husband and Sue Haddock Realey and father of Charles Realey.
U.S. Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1976
This may be the stop of this wagon train in Media. Exact location not determined.
U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in Media
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.
Two laughing men, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1903 (circa)
Appleton's title for this photograph, from his index, was "Laughing coons," using the derogatory term for African Americans. The men wear prison uniforms
Turkeys, McClure, with Providence Friends Meeting in background
Address: 105 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Turkey, McClure, with Providence Friends Meeting in background
Address: 105 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Trolley mail car between 5th and 6th on Olive St.
Date: 1896-03-02
Chester Traction Co. trolley car bedecked with bunting and banner reading: Chester Media U.S. Mail. Conductor and operator standing at either end of car. According to an article in The Philadelphia Times, March 3, 1896, this service was inaugurated…
Trolley mail car between 5th and 6th on Olive St.
Date: 1896-03-03
Chester Traction Co. trolley car bedecked with bunting and banner reading: Chester Media U.S. Mail. Conductor and operator standing at either end of car. According to an article in The Philadelphia Times, March 3, 1896, this service was inaugurated…
Tipping birthday party
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905-05-13
Party seems to be for the older woman (grandmother of the small children) at the center. Her daughter is likely standing behind her. There are several obvious sibling pairs, especially the girl on the far right and the boy standing second to the left…
Tipping birthday party
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905-05-13
Party seems to be for the older woman (grandmother of the small children) at the center.
Thomas V. Cooper, residence
Address: 2 E. Baltimore Pike, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-29
Media 1897 Directory: Washington (now Baltimore), corner of Jackson. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 16
Thomas Rufus Vernon, Sr., on bicycle
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
"Charter House Livery and Boarding Stables" are in the background. Full name from an application for Sons of the American Revolution found on findagrave.com 77996897, which gives detailed information about several generations of the Vernon family.