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Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

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Date: 1950-06-07
The tail end of the Habbersett Bros. Pork Products contingent. "The small boy hauling a live baby pig with his tractor was four-year-old Gary Habbersett, of the fifth generation" of the family. (Chester Times, June 9, 1950, page 10)

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-23.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-24.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Unidentified veterans group.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3432.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Rotary Club float

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3433.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Exchange Club float

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3434.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Mother's Club float, showing bridal costumes of various eras.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3435.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Providence Friends Meeting float celebrating Lucretia Mott's anti-slavery work and the Underground railroad

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3436.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3437.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
American Legion float with Iwo Jima flag raising.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3438.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Businessmen's Association float.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3441.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Oscar Meyer Wienermobile

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3442.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Antique Dodge car, with bearded men

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3471.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Antique police car carrying Keystone Kops, on the lookout for unlicensed beardless men. Gewiss Bakery in background. A single Mummer marches alone behind the car.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3472.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Lions Club marchers, passing Gewiss Bakery.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

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Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, posing in front of her float with her parents, sisters, and some of her court. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna…

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3485.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3486.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-3487.jpg
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield.…

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-22.jpg
Date: 1950-06-08
Unidentified high school marching band, possibly Ridley Township High School.

Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/P-19195-25.jpg
Date: 1950-06-08
Unidentified baton twirlers.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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Date: 1950-06-08
Beth Israel Congregation of Media (the local Jewish synagogue) illustrating the story of the four chaplains who died with hundreds of other soldiers in February 1943, after the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat.

Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade

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Date: 1950-06-08
The float of the Campbell A.M.E. Church in Media had a replica of the original church building.