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"Shadowland" (Park Avenue), near Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08007.jpg
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.

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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10001.jpg
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…

Dr. Martin's, Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10002.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Beatty Road approaching Crum Creek, Nether Providence Township." This is possibly the house that, in 2019, still stands at 603 Beatty Road. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, plate 26, Edward Martin owned more than 100 acres…

Crum Creek (Beatty Hollow)

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10004A.jpg
Date: 1908
The title and date are from Frank Lee's writing on envelope. The original photograph had no identification on reverse other than an indication of the lens or film used, and a notation: "Taken against the sun." Address is approximate. Probably Dr.…

Purling waters and murmuring pines, Beatty's Hollow.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10004B.jpg
Date: 1908
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. This scene is on Crum Creek, near Beatty Road. Address is approximate. This photo was entered in The John…

Covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10009A.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)
Caption also calls this the Victoria Plush Mill Bridge. The view is looking east into Springfield. Modern print, probably from glass negative.

Covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10009B.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)
Caption also calls this the Victoria Plush Mill Bridge. The view is looking east into Springfield. Modern print, probably from glass negative.

Covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10009C.jpg
Date: 1917
Caption also calls this the Victoria Plush Mill Bridge. This view is looking west into Nether Providence A trolley is shown alongside the bridge. Copy of original photo; source not noted.

Reservoir, Springfield Water Co

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10010.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
This is probably the lower pond created by the dam north of Beatty Road.

World War I Memorial Bridge over Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10011.jpg
Date: 1925 (circa)
The so-called Plush Mill Memorial Bridge, with its associated bronze tablets memorializing World War I dead, was dedicated June 16, 1926.

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012A.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012B.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012C.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012D.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012E.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012F.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012G.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012H.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Building the World War I Memorial Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10012i.jpg
Date: 1923-1926

Angora Trolley on Baltimore Pike, Nether Providence Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10014.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)
Modern print, probably from glass negative. Title is from Frank Lees.

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

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10015.jpg
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.

South Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10018A.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)
Exact location in South Media is uncertain.

South Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10018B.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption probably added in 1959: In front of Paul's Row, Washington Ave., South Media, Pa. 1959 - Built up now nice homes for colored folks. Exact location in South Media is uncertain.

Along Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10028.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location uncertain. Photo probably by Dr. William T. W. Dickeson.

Avondale Road to Leiperville, near Leiper Quarry

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10029.jpg
Date: 1903-09
Exact location uncertain