Browse Items (43 total)
- Subject is exactly "Restaurants"
Sort by:
Items open in a separate tab. Close the tab to return to this list.
120. Commercial. Drexelbrook Inn and Lounge.
Date: 1954-07
The sign calls this a "Lodge." Address is approximate
465. Roadside. Looking west on Baltimore Pike in Springfield Township
Date: 1955-08
Stony Creek East Shopping Center is on the left. The address is for this group of stores.
512. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike at cloverleaf, Lima.
Date: 1955-08
The sign for the Clover Leaf Inn is on the right. The cloverleaf connects Route 352 (carried on the bridge) with Route 1.
659. Park. Wissahickon at Valley Green.
Date: 1955-09
Valley Green Inn is in the background. The address is for this location. The Wissahickon Valley is part of Fairmount Park.
Aerial view taken over Media, Pa.
Date: 1950-04-22
Looking west on Baltimore Avenue from east of Providence Road. Howard Johnson's restaurant is in lower left, opposite from the Media Inn.
Crosby L. Smith (left) presenting "Media's Man of the Year" award, from the Media Businessmen's Association, to Lane A. Davis
Date: 1950-03-27
According to a story in the Chester Times, March 28, 1950, page 10, the event was held at the Media Inn.
Dedication of the New Post Office
Address: 101 E. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
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…
Exchange Club of Central Delaware County
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-04-26
Left to right: Dr. Theodore Orr, Cyril McKeon, G. D. Houtman, James Green, and John Horgan. Centennial Book 41.
Exchange Club of Central Delaware County
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-04-26
Left to right: Dr. Theodore Orr, Cyril McKeon, G. D. Houtman, James Green, and John Horgan.
Hamilton’s Delicatessen and Light Lunch Café, on Front Street opposite Delaware County Court House
Date: 1917 (circa)
Frank Lees refers to this as a tea room. It was located on Front St. opposite the Delaware County Court House. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Judge E. Leroy van Roden at the Towne House Restaurant
Address: 117 Veterans Square, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1960 (circa)
The judge is in the center; the two women are not identified
Looking west at northwest corner of State and Olive streets
Date: 1940 (circa)
View includes, from east to west, Media Drug Stores, Arcadia Restaurant, former Pastime Theater, State Grille Restaurant, Snowden's Hardware, and other stores beyond.
Marguerite De Angeli, children's book author, and guests from Media-Upper Providence Free Library, at the Towne House.
Address: 117 Veterans Square, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1968-04-26
Caption reads: "Media Free Library board dinner, given at the Towne House in Media, for Marguerite de Angeli, writer of children's books (Henner's Lydia, Copper Toed Boots, etc.). Left to right: Arthur Wiltshire, President, Mark W. Allam,…
Media Borough Council and School Board with wives.
Address: 402 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-10
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley,…
Media Borough Council and School Board with wives.
Address: 402 W. Baltimore Ave., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-10
This dinner, at the Hotel Media, was held on the exact anniversary of Media's founding. According to the Chester Times (March 11, 1950), councilmen present were William H. West, J. Orval Mancill, Paul L. Clark, Walter M. Strine, Ambrose L. Smedley,…
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Bearded members of the Media Lions Club, who sponsored the contest.
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-04-25
HAIR FRINGES ON MEDIA LIONS CLUB MEMBERS – Nine members of Media Lions Club are sporting beads for the Media Centennial Celebration in June, and rightly so, for this club is the sponsorship unit for the beard-raising contest that has set the razor…
Media Future Forum Luncheon at the Towne House Restaurant
Address: 117 Veterans Sq., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: Left to right, standing: ?, Jim Loughrin, Willis Glen, Joseph Krug, Frank Ferguson. Seated: Esther Bell, ?, Mr. D'Ignazio. Envelope includes 35 mm negative strip with four other photos.
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees)
Address: Not Known
Date: 1949-05-26
New Board officers. Left to right: Norman Yarnall, Edwin E. Lippincott 2d (Theodore Lippincott), Robert M. Shellenberger, Jr., Samuel M. Blumberg, Jr., L. Benjamin Palmer, and John E. Houtman (Gus D. Houtman, Jr.). Names from the Chester Times, May…
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Annual awards dinner
Date: 1950-01-19
Left to right: Sam Blumberg, president, congratulating Media police chief Malcolm H. Laughead, Wilbur Duncan, Allen Fisher. Laughead received the 1949 Distinguished Award at the organizations third annual dinner, held at Howard Johnson's. (Chester…
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Annual awards dinner
Date: 1950-01-19
Sam Blumberg presenting plaque to Media police chief Malcolm Laughead, Carley Outlander seated. Laughead received the 1949 Distinguished Award at the organization's third annual dinner, held at Howard Johnson's. (Chester Times, January 20, 1950)