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942. U. S. Post Office, Media, Pa.

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Date: 1947
This building later became the Media Borough Hall, It is now (2020) a restaurant.

Approach Plan, Media Post Office

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Date: 1916
Drawing No. 1A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Basement Plan, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-33.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 2A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Bonsall Bros. Hardware and Groceries, and Broomall Post Office

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Date: 1930 (circa)
Building erected 1817. Torn down 1965 or after. Gasoline pump also shown. According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 30, this building stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Sproul Road. Address is approximate

Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media

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Date: 1906
The caption for this photo, printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 25, 1906, reads: "Wrecked Safe in Media Post Office: Yeggmen set off a charge that demolished the outer part of the receptacle last night. The inner lining was intact. The…

Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media

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Date: 1906
See description at AP-8356. A bottle on a ledge by the safe, somehow unbroken after the explosion, bears this label: Pomeroy's Combined Writing & Copying Fluid. Flows Freely, Will Not Mould. Newark, N.J. One letter sits on the floor in front of the…

Dedication of the New Post Office

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Date: 1962-11-17
View across the loading dock toward Gayley Street and Baltimore Avenue, showing Pinocchio's Pizza on the northeast corner, and a Texaco gas station on the southest corner. This building, which replaced a municipal metered parking lot, was dedicated…

Edgemont Post Office, in store of “E. G. Peirce, dealer in general merchandise.”

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14004.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Caption on reverse reads: "Edgemont, Pa. on West Chester Pike. Car line ran from 69th St. to West Chester along West Chester Pike." Donated by Mrs. Hoyt (nee Sills), April 11, 1982. This building, which is no longer standing, was on the south side of…

First Floor Plan, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-37.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 3A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Front Elevation, Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06011-34.jpg
Date: 1916
Drawing No. 100A. Signed by J. A. (James A.) Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, Treasury Department

Letter Carrier

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Mail was delivered in this horse-drawn vehicle.

M03. U. S. Post Office and Borough Hall, Media, Pa.

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Date: 1950-1955
The post office (left) later became the Media Borough Hall, It is now (2020) a restaurant. The original borough Hall, in the background, was torn down in 1969 as part of Media's urban renewal project.

Matthew Fox, Postmaster, Media, Pa.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1913 (circa)
Stamped on reverse: Allan Cleaves Dodge. Post Office History. Box 22 Drexel Hill Pa.

Media Centennial Beard Contest. Charles Wray in front of Media Post Office

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Date: 1950-06-04
See Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10 for details of this event and full list of contestants.

Media Centennial Celebration. Borough Day. Parade of Fraternal Orders

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Date: 1950-06-09
Media Mothers' Club souvenir stand in old wagon, in front of Post Office

Media Centennial Celebration. Firemen's Day

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Date: 1950-06-10
View of Borough Hall and Post office before parade.

Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06002.jpg
Date: 1960 (circa)

Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-06004.jpg
Date: 1970 (circa)
This building, which replaced a municipal metered parking lot, opened on November 17, 1962.

Media Post Office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2678.jpg
Date: 1950-03-04
Centennial Book 29.

Media Post Office, interior. State and Plum, ca. 1905

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Date: 1905 (circa)
Furnishings "Designed and manufactured by the I. B. Williams Co., Seward, Nebraska"