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James Haddock and Elwood (or Ellwood) Haddock
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1889-11-30
Deborah Appleton's father James and brother Ellwood. This is probably an 1889 copy of an older photo.
James J. Cunningahm, Jr., Delaware County Council candidate, newspaper article
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977-09-26
Delaware County Daily Times article about James J. Cunningham's years of involvement in Media Borough.
James J. Skelly
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961 (circa)
Skelly was founder of James J. Skelly Co., a general contracting and road building firm once located in Media. See ad in Centennial Book, page 81, for a history of the firm up to 1950, and a photograph of Skelly with his two sons, Joseph J. and J.…
James T. Sweeney and bakery wagon
Location: Upland (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Wagon reads: J. T. Sweeney, Bakery, Upland, PA. (A search of Chester Times online records confirm that this bakery was in Upland, on Upland Avenue.)
James W. Baker, copy
Address: Not Known
County Schools Superintendent. See composite photograph AP-8130-2
James W. McCracken, copy
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
County Schools Superintendent. See composite photograph AP-8130-2
Jefferis Drug Store, new delivery truck, English Ford
Address: 4 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-01-26
The model of this "English Ford," made by Ford Motor Company in England, may be the Anglia.
Jefferis Drugs, 4 W. State Street
Address: 4 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1972
This building originally housed P. W. Ware Plumbing. See AP-5171-2. Frank Lees caption: "This building was built by Preston W. Ware in 1896 for his plumbing, beating, and tin smelting business. Mr. Ware started in business at the southwest corner of…
Jennie Leishman
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1907-04-10
See also Leishman baby, AP-5662. This name might be Lershman, but handwriting is unclear, and there are Leishmans in Delaware County newspapers but no Lershmans; and a wider newspaper search finds thousands of Leishmans but far fewer Lershmans.…
Jesse Darlington
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1903 (circa)
Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903.
Jesse M. Baker Post, Spanish American War Veterans, 6th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
Address: Not Known
Date: 1949-04-30
Reunion committee, Spanish American War Veterans, 6th Regiment PA Volunteers. Identifications by Frank Lees: Left to right: Paul Garcia, secretary; E. Morris DeCann, treasurer; Walter S. Worrall, E. V. Streeper, William Westcott, president and…
Jessie D. Pierson, group
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905-1906
The groups is assembled on the side of a house on the 300 block of South Avenue, Media, Pa.
Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
AAA tow truck and gasoline pumps in front. The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.
Jessup & Pell, Studebaker agency and garage
Date: 1950-04-14
The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.
Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
Letter to "supporters" of Jimmy Carter's Presidential Campaign, from Rick Hutcheson, Delegate Selection Coordinator, inviting them to organizational meetings the week of December 16-19, 1975 at various locations in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Mt.…
Joann Gray, Children’s Librarian, Media Free Library
Address: 1 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977
Jobson’s market, interior
Address: 14 N. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Address according to 1897 Media Directory. The decorations may be for the celebration of Media's Semi-Centennial in 1900, or for some other patriotic holiday. The five butchers in the picture are all wearing top hats, and seem to be hamming it up for…
John Abernathy, owner, Media Terminal Market, southeast corner, State and Plum streets
Date: 1935-1945
The market stood at the southeast corner of State and Plum streets.
John G. Taylor
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1903 (circa)
Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903. Possibly John Q. Taylor, listed in Media 1897 Directory.