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Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
Letter to "supporters" of Jimmy Carter's Presidential Campaign, from Rick Hutcheson, Delegate Selection Coordinator, inviting them to organizational meetings the week of December 16-19, 1975 at various locations in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Mt.…
Sign for Baker Street Urban Renewal Area
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.
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
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
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…
Media Civic League
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1966
Text of Mary M. Edwards presentation, on behalf of the Media Civic League, to a Media Borough Council meeting in 1966, disputing a proposed park that would have taken property of the Black community, and suggesting a different location.
Invitation to Inauguration
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1965
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards to the inauguration of Lyndon Baines Johnson as President of the United States and Hubert Horatio Humphrey as Vice President on Wednesday January 20, 1965 in the City of Washington.
Invitation to Inaugural Ball
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1965
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards from the President and Mrs. Johnson and the Vice President and Mrs. Humphrey to attend the Inaugural Ball on Wednesday January 20, 1965 at 9:00 p.m.
100th birthday luncheon for Charles Palmer
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
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
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
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
Letterhead, Media Civic League
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1963
Letterhead reads: "Media Civic League, 312 East Jefferson Street, Media, PA. Wilby Higgins, President; Theodosia King and Randall Whitsett, Vice Presidents; Mary M. Edwards, Secretary; Verna N. Burrell, Treasurer; Thomas Lee, David S. Pinkston, Mrs.…
Media officials accepting award from American Automobile Association (AAA)
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."
Newsletter, Media Branch, NAACP
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961-09
Media, PA NAACP newsletter, September 1961. Articles by Mary Rosenthal, Editor; Philip H. Savage, Field Secretary on the convention; and Mary Edwards, Branch Secretary reporting on the National Convention In Philadelphia.
James J. Skelly
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.…
John H. Tipping (right) shaking hands with unidentified U.S. Army captain
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Official U.S. Army Photograph. The special citation between the two men, from the American Automobile Association honoring Media, Pennsylvania in 1957 for its "Pedestrian Program Activities," may or may not have anything to do with this photograph.
Nighttime on State Street, looking west from Jackson Street
Date: 1960 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
