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Ridley Creek at Smedley’s Meadow
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known. See also P-08050 and P-08044.
House opposite Media Park
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. Frank Lees wrote that this house is now on what is known as the Upper Bank Nursery property. The property is…
Lovers Lane, Idlewild Woods
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 is possibly the lane that one ran on the Park Avenue side of the Idlewild Hotel, which is now unused and is…
Houses at Duffs, Moylan, Pa.
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.
Group of children near bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Ridley Creek
Date: 1930 (circa)
Left to right: Howard Mulholland, Cyrus Mulholland, Ann Mulholland, *Dot Sullivan (now Freeman), Sis Redding, *Dorothy Harvey (now Leonard, whose father took the photo), William Dutton Mulholland, Jr., and Arthur George Thorp, Jr. (* = only ones…
647-649 S. Orange St.
Date: 1900-1909
This twin house is just south of the intersection of Ridley Creek Rd. and S. Orange St. The photo also shows a partial view of 645 S. Orange, on the left.
M. E. Michener, Media Ice Company wagon
Date: 1909-05-12
Wagon is parked in front of 533 S. Orange St. This company was later known as the Media Coal and Ice Co.
Irving grave, with flowers, at Media Cemetery.
Date: 1900-1905
Media Cemetery identified as location from Mary W. Thorn gravestone in background. This grave could be for Henry Baker Irving (died 1900) or Laura E. Irving (died 1903).
Bland-Sewell murder, looking north on S. Orange Street, Media, Pa., at bridge over railroad
Date: 1898 (circa)
Pete Bland murdered Samuel Sewell near the Media Train Station on July 16, 1898. Bland was never apprehended. Plate very dark.
Rose Tree Lodge No. 275, I.O.O.F., Media, Pa.
Date: 1900 (circa)
International Order of Odd Fellows. This group met in a building in the Rose Tree section of Upper Providence Township, Pa.
Rose Tree dogs
Date: 1900 (circa)
These were most likely dogs used in fox hunts that originated at Rose Tree.
Media high railroad bridge, top
Date: 1900 (circa)
Looking northwest; shows Elwyn Institute buildings in distance
Media high railroad bridge, side
Date: 1900 (circa)
Locomotive 177, pulling three passenger cars; stopped on bridge. Shows original stone piers for bridge, the supports of which are steel in this photo.
Media high railroad bridge, diagonal
Date: 1900 (circa)
Locomotive 177, pulling three passenger cars; stopped on bridge
Media high railroad bridge, diagonal
Date: 1900 (circa)
Locomotive 177, pulling three passenger cars; stopped on bridge
Old house in Media Park
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
Datestone reads L, I & S, 1791; or I____ and S____ L____. According to 1909 Mueller map of Media, Media Park was an area south of the borough in Upper Providence Township, including Orange St. and South Ave. below the railroad tracks. The datestone…
Rogers' grave etc. with flowers, at Media Cemetery.
Date: 1895-1900
Entrance off N. Orange St., between Kirk La. and Rose Tree Rd. See also AP-5064. The Smedley family intermarried with the Rogers family. This is probably the grave of Ellen Jane Smedley Rogers who died 18 Oct 1899.