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Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley, Marriage certificate

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1883/02/17
The two remarried on February 17, 1883 in Media, as their slave marriage in Virginia did not have legal status.

George Washington Ridley

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 ca.
Pictured with son Eddie and daughter Lily. George escaped slavery as a child with his mother, Martha Jane Parham, his sister Rachel, and his uncle, Andison Parham.

Fronefield houses

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Photo shows Media Club at left, on corner of Baltimore Pike, and 205 and 207 South Avenue, to corner of Franklin St.

William H. Ridley

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1891 ca.
In this group photograph of members of the Delaware County Bar Association, William H. Ridley is in the second row, 5th from left.

Maud Ray Ridley

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1892 ca.
Baby portrait of William Henry and Josepha Ridley's only child.

William H. Ridley

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 ca.
Shown here in the Recorder of Deeds office at the Delaware County Court House, Media, Pa.

Jessie D. Pierson, group

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905-1906
The groups is assembled on the side of a house on the 300 block of South Avenue, Media, Pa.

Arthur Franklin

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1919
Father of Elizabeth Oveide. Caretaker, Broomall Lake and estate

Mary Edwards and Marie Posey

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1925 ca.
Mary (Matthews) Edwards and her sister, Marie (Matthews) Posey, in the 1920s

Mary Matthews, Media Public School report card

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1933-1934
Report Card, Media Public School for Mary Matthews, grade 8. Issued for the school year 1933-1934. Teacher was Miss Gamble.

William H Ridley

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1935
Advertisement for his political campaign for County Commissioner.

William H. Ridley

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1935 ca.
He lived from 1867 to 1945. He was the first child born to Martha Jane and Cornelius Ridley in Media.

Mary Matthews Short and Mildred Winters

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1941
Mary (Matthews) Short and Mildred Winters, Media, Pa.

Reginald Oveide at 16 months old, April

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1943 ca.
Brother of Mary M. Edwards.

Juanita Edwards

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1952
Juanita Edwards in a playpen. She is the daughter of Mary M. Edwards.

Juanita Edwards

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1953
Juanita Edwards in toy police car on playground formerly at the 200 block of Olive Street, Media, Pa. This property is now part of the Delaware County Government Center.

Schedule, Media Branch, NAACP

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958
1958 Media Branch NAACP, schedule of the monthly meetings and executive committee meetings

Media (Pa.) Branch, NAACP

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1959-08
Photograph used on page 405 of "The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races," the official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Vol. 66, No. 7, August-September 1959. Caption reads: "Mrs. Elizabeth Oveide (L) of the…

Media (Pa.) Branch, NAACP

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1959-08
Photographs of 4 pages of "The Crisis". Photograph on page 405 of "The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races," the official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Vo. 66, No. 7, August-September 1959. Caption reads:…

Newsletter, Media Branch, NAACP

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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.

Letterhead, Media Civic League

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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.…

Invitation to Inauguration

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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

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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.

Media Civic League

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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.