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Media Fire Company officers
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-04-28
Left to right: William Hannum, Robert Ford, Charles Outland, Charles Higgins, Edward Gibson, Frank Lees, A. Randall Mathues, Bernard Cunningham, Richard Lavery, John Tipping, Centennial Book 26. Negative damaged.
Media Fire Company No. 1, fire hose carriage, old
Address: 16 West State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1892 (circa)
Original post office, located at Plum and State, is on right. Highbarger & Lynch Furniture, "on State St. near Plum," on left. Modern prints in Photo Folder 7053, captioned by Frank Lees: “Media’s first fire house and first piece of fire equipment is…
Media Fire Company members with equipment in front of Borough Hall
Date: 1895
This is Zimmerman's copy of an old photograph, dated 1895.
Media Fire Company hose carriage
Date: 1901-10-02
Photographed on the State St side of the old Borough Hall, which housed the fire company on the first floor. A memorial portrait for William McKinley, recently assassinated, hangs in the doorway of the Media Free Library, which had space upstairs.…
Media Fire Company hook and ladder truck
Address: 11 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1893-1895
Frank Lees caption: “Media’s first ladder wagon ca. 1895 shown in front of Way House, 11 W. State St., location of Media Office Supply.”
Media Fire Company engine
Date: 1902 (circa)
Engines is photographed on Jackson Street side of Media Ledger building at 2 W. Jackson St.
Media Fire Company
Date: 1902 (circa)
Two horse-drawn fire wagons photographed on the State St. side of Borough Hall, which housed the fire company in the first floor.
Media Fellowship House, newspaper article on 20th anniversary
Address: 302 S. Jackson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1964-11-26
Delaware County Daily Times article by Sara M. Grasberger, about Media Fellowship House, 320 S. Jackson Street, Media, PA and coordinator Mary M. Edwards.
Media Fellowship House, Dedication program
Address: 302 S. Jackson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1944-08-06
Media Elementary School, looking west from Edgmont Street near State Street.
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-03-06
The elementary school occupied the eastern part of the school complex, with the high school in the western section. Centennial Book 63.
Media Dry Cleaners
Date: 1949-05-01
Identifications, from the negative envelope, are probably left to right: Michael Alexander, F. T. Dotts, Frank Lomas, and Samuel Abrams, who is coatless and was an employee of the company.
Media Drug Store. Haldeman Building, northwest corner of State and Olive streets.
Date: 1938 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted
Media Coal & Ice Company, trucks lined up in front of plant.
Address: 39.912947, -75.393222
Date: 1950-03-19
Address is given in newspaper advertisements as "South Ave and the Pennsylvania Railroad." The business was located east of Orange Street and north of South Avenue. "Made for Mr. Michener, used for advertisement." Centennial Book 85.
Media Club house
Address: 116 W. Baltimore Ave, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
This building housed the Media Club. The building still stands (2018) although the club no longer exists.
Media Civic League
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1966
Text of Mary M. Edwards presentation, on behalf of the Media Civic League, to a Media Borough Council meeting in 1966, disputing a proposed park that would have taken property of the Black community, and suggesting a different location.
Media Centennial Executive Committee visiting new Media Bell Telephone Exchange
Address: 200 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-05
Individuals are not identified on negative envelope. Group includes Frank Lees, J. Fred Schultz, Edward Streeper, John Tipping, Frank Wiltshire, Walter Strine, Edward Young…
Media Centennial Executive Committee visiting new Media Bell Telephone Exchange
Address: 200 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-05
Individuals are not identified on negative envelope. Group includes Frank Lees, J. Fred Schultz, Edward Streeper, John Tipping, Frank Wiltshire, Walter Strine, Edward Young…
Media Centennial Executive Committee visiting new Media Bell Telephone Exchange
Address: 200 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-05
Individuals are not identified on negative envelope. Group includes Frank Lees, J. Fred Schultz, Edward Streeper, John Tipping, Frank Wiltshire, Walter Strine, Edward Young. This negative is moldy; scanning the contact print may produce a better…
Media Centennial Executive Committee visiting new Media Bell Telephone Exchange
Address: 200 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-04-05
Individuals are not identified on negative envelope. Group includes Frank Lees, J. Fred Schultz, Edward Streeper, John Tipping, Frank Wiltshire, Walter Strine, Edward Young…
Media Centennial Celebration. Youth Day. Program on High School field
Date: 1950-06-06
Children with red, white and blue striped hats waving American flags.
Media Centennial Celebration. Youth Day. Program on High School field
Date: 1950-06-06
Children square dancing. Media Friends School and Media Elementary School presented similar dance performances.
Media Centennial Celebration. Youth Day. Program on High School field
Date: 1950-06-06
Children square dancing. Media Friends School and Media Elementary School presented similar dance performances.