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Sprogell School
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1910 (circa)
Shows class and teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprogell. With copy negative. Copy of original photo; source not noted.
Miss Bessie's School
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1915 (circa)
The Sprogell School, run by sisters Bessie (Elizabeth) and Tillie Sprogell. "Frank Hamilton" handwritten on reverse. Doris Hamilton is mentioned on a posit-it note on reverse; she was possibly donor of the photograph.
American Red Cross building, before it became the Media Free Library
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1945-1950
American Red Cross building, before it became the Media Free Library
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1945-1950
American Red Cross building, former home of Sprogell School.
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-04
The building later became the home of the Media Upper Providence Free Library. It was demolished in 2016, and a new library built on the site. Centennial Book 51.
Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday.
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-04
Two couples, in vintage costumes, riding in a horse-drawn carriage, on Front Street east of Jackson Street. The American Red Cross building is behind the carriage.
Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday.
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-04
Two couples , in vintage costumes, riding in a horse-drawn carriage, on Front Street east of Jackson Street. The American Red Cross building is behind the carriage. A man in costume stands beside the carriage.
Media Centennial Celebration. Sunday.
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-04
Two couples, in vintage costumes, riding in a horse-drawn carriage, on Front Street east of Jackson Street. The American Red Cross building is behind the carriage.
Media Free Library Clock
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1951 (circa)
Martz (or Marty?) Boyd, top, and Ben Miller, below.
Media Free Library Doll Display
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1955 (circa)
Mary Williamson, wife of board member C. Frank Williamson, is showing the doll to a woman and two Girl Scouts. These dolls (as of 2019) are in the collection of the Media Historic Archives Commission.
Mrs. Gene Berry, one of the assistants at the Media Free Library
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1960 (circa)
Media Free Library, interior shelves of new room
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961
This photograph shows the new room added to the back of the library, dedicated in April 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.
Media Free Library, interior shelves of new room
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961
This photograph shows the new room added to the back of the library, dedicated in April 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.
Media Free Library, ribbon cutting by Arthur Wiltshire, board member
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961
The library's new room was opened in this ribbon cutting ceremony on April 22. 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.
Media Free Library, ribbon cutting by Arthur Wiltshire, board member
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961
The library's new room was opened in this ribbon cutting ceremony on April 22. 1961. See Chester Times article, April 21, 1961, page 5.
Media Free Library
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961-04-11
Sign for "Child Guidance Clinic of Delaware County--Mary Louise Trainer Stephenson Memorial, 2nd Floor" indicates that this agency shared the library building.
Media Free Library, entrance
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961-04-11
Date for 12030 series based on dated print of this photograph, April 11, 1961, in Folder 12028