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  • Collection: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
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World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919.

World War I Peace Parade, 1919

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Date: 1919
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War , June 27 and June 28, 1919. Media Fire Company truck driven by J. Nelson Rigby, with Thomas P. Kelley seated beside him. Marching at left: George Major, R.…

World War I Memorial Bridge over Crum Creek

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Date: 1925 (circa)
The so-called Plush Mill Memorial Bridge, with its associated bronze tablets memorializing World War I dead, was dedicated June 16, 1926.

Woodward's Bakery, southeast corner of Orange and Jasper streets

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Date: 1926
Frank Lees caption on reverse: Mrs. Woodward's Delco Dairy, Orange and Jasper streets. Lillie Donnelly, Mrs. Grant, and Mrs. Woodbury. Mr. Jobson in straw hat.

Woodward's Bakery, northwest corner of State and Orange streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01147.jpg
Date: 1934-03
No identifications, but some of the same women appear in this photo and in P-01148.

Woman on Route 47 trolley (or Car No. 47), M. & S. Traction Co.

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Location: New Jersey
Date: 1900-1910
The M. & S. Traction Company, according to a newspaper search, operated in central New Jersey--M. & S. standing for Middlesex and Somerset, two New Jersey counties. Therefore, Frank Lees' information -- "Summer trolley car on Baltimore Avenue, on…

Wind Mill on Hart Farm, Ridley Creek Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08037.jpg
Date: Unknown
This may be a copy of a postcard. More information on this image would be welcomed.

William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station, northeast corner Plum and State streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01109D.jpg
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."

William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station, northeast corner Plum and State streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01109E.jpg
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."

William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station, and L. W. Woolworth Co. 5 & 10 cent Store, looking at north side of State Street from Plum Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01109F.jpg
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."

William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station, and L. W. Woolworth Co. 5 & 10 cent Store, looking at north side of State Street from Plum Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01109G.jpg
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."

William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station, and F. W. Woolworth Co. 5 & 10 cent Store, looking at north side of State Street from Plum Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01109H.jpg
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."

William S. Thorp - Garner Service Station

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01109C.jpg
Date: 1929-12
Sign reads: "Notice! On or about Dec. 16th this building will be demolished and the material [?] for sale."

William H. Miller, President, First National Bank of Media, 1906-1925

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17004.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1920 (circa)
Heavily retouched photograph. This portrait and others decorated the bank's board room (see P-17026). See P-17005 for original cabinet card.

William H. Miller, President, First National Bank of Media, 1906-1925

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-17005.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1920 (circa)
Original cabinet card on which the retouched image in P-17004 is based.

William Eves Williamson House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01198.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1887
Frank Lees caption: William Eves Williamson, north side of State Street between Monroe and Church streets, opposite Thriftway Market [in 2019, the Iron Hill Brewery]. Building in background is Morgan Wood's store at the northwest corner of State and…

West side of Orange Street, Baker Street to State Street.

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Date: 1945 (circa)
View includes two tailor shops and a jeweler. All these buildings were demolished during Media's urban renewal project starting in the late 1960s. Scan made from original negative.

West side of Orange Street, Baker Street to State Street

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Date: 1945 (circa)
All these buildings were demolished during Media's urban renewal project starting in the late 1960s. Scan made from original negative.

West side of Orange Street between Baker Street and Baltimore Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01392.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1966 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "This row of stores, and others like them, were all torn down about 1968 as part of the Media's urban renewal project. These were among the first stores built in Media and were over 100 years old when destroyed." This print was…

West entrance to Media, Del. Co., Pa.

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Looking west on Baltimore Avenue toward Brooke Street

Way House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01004.jpg
Date: 1919
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Way House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01005.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)