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Hardware store run by Isaac Johnson III, and Jefferis Drugs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01444.jpg
Date: 1925-07-04
Photograph, probably by E. V. Streeper, of the hardware store that occupied the Media Ledger building for more than 75 years. The store closed sometime between 2004 and 2008.

Media Ledger Building, showing Media Hardware Co. and Jefferis Drugs, southwest corner of State and Jackson streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01131A.jpg
Date: 1972-05-07
Caption sheet says this building built on land once owned by Isaac Worrall in 1891, the same year the Media Ledger newspaper was founded.

Media Town Fair

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01155B.jpg
Date: 1975
Three men posed in front of Borough Hall with sign: "Century III Funders and Sponsors: National Science Foundation, Bicentennial Council of the 13 Original States, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Sanders Associates, Inc.

Media Town Fair

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01155C.jpg
Date: 1975
Three men posed in room with sign: "Media Future Options Project"

Presenting flag that flew over the U. S. Capitol to Robert Mickle, Mayor of Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01069B.jpg
Date: 1969 (circa)
The Mayor is being interviewed by a woman from WEEZ, probably a local radio station.

Raising a flag that flew over the U. S. Capitol at Media Borough Hall

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01334.jpg
Date: 1972-06
Flag in front of veterans' memorial wall that, according to Frank Lees, "was built by the Media Rotary Club and the students of the William School, completed in June 1971." A letter in the folder authenticates the flag.

Raising flag that flew over the U. S. Capitol, in front of former World War II veterans memorial plaque, Borough Hall, northwest corner of State and Jackson streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01069A.jpg
Date: 1969 (circa)
Date is based on the vacant lot where the old Borough Hall stood. The building was torn down in 1969. View also shows "B. Gross, Outfitters for Men."