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Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Patty Highfield and her court on the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) Miss Greater Media float. Attendants this day were Mary Ann Schultz, Mary Lou Vivian, Pauline Walls, Helen Stern, Virginia Merion, and her sister, Donna Highfield.…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
Women in vintage costume portraying Clara Barton for American Red Cross float, at parade staging area.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
American Red Cross float at parade staging area, with women in vintage clothing portraying Clara Barton.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-08
American Red Cross float, with women in vintage clothing portraying Clara Barton.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Unidentified high school marching band, possibly Ridley Township High School.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Beth Israel Congregation of Media (the local Jewish synagogue) illustrating the story of the four chaplains who died with hundreds of other soldiers in February 1943, after the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
The float of the Campbell A.M.E. Church in Media had a replica of the original church building.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Float carrying The Candlelighters, 12-voice choir from the First Presbyterian Church of Media. (Chester Times, June 9, 1950)
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag. This float also appeared in the parade the previous day.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
"In the parade Thursday at 7 p. m. following the Media High School Band, was a carload of Quaker folk in old time costumes. Driving was Clifford A. Woodbury jr., a Friend of Middletown Township. With him in the front seat was Alfred B. Smedley,…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Sign on car: "Jefferson Harris [sic: Harrison], Delaware County's oldest Odd Fellow, 101 Yrs Young. Studebaker courtesy of Jessup & Pell, Inc." Harrison, of 214 Vernon Street, had lived most of his life in Virginia, where he had once been a slave.…
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Address: 550 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, with Girl Scouts
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Booth for Girard-Miller Coal Co., showcasing the automatic "blue coal" burner, and a jar of pea coal "with blanks for guesses on the total number of pieces in the jar. A savings bond will go to the persons coming closest to the actual total.”…
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Booth for Girard-Miller Coal Co., showcasing the automatic "blue coal" burner, and a jar of pea coal "with blanks for guesses on the total number of pieces in the jar. A savings bond will go to the persons coming closest to the actual total.”…
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, in booth of Media Boys' Club and Boys' Clubs of America
Media Centennial Celebration. Industrial and Commercial Exhibit at Armory
Address: 12 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Booth for Girard-Miller Coal Company, featuring the automatic "blue coal" burner. Lane A. Davis, company representative, shows Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, some heating equipment.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-08
Mrs. Cunningham pouring a coke for John Burk, at the Media Boys' Club refreshment stand.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
"Roy Worrall's girl does not like to have [her] picture taken." (Photographer's caption)
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Promenade of Yesteryear Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-08
Miss Greater Media float sponsored by the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Patty Highfield, in back, surrounded by her court.