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Mancill’s Mill, Media Water Works
Date: 1891-11
Photo taken on same day as AP-4126; see case and coat in foreground of each image. Photo Folder 5036 has prints, one of them dated Nov. 1891. The Media high railroad bridge Is in background.
Isaac L. Miller residence
Address: 23-37 W. Front St, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p.14. The house was on the northeast corner of Front and Olive. The property is now (2018) a parking lot. 1892 map identifies this lot, between Plum and Olive, as 23-37 W. Front St. Frank Lees, in his…
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Media
Address: 350 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Parts of houses on either side of church also visible.
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Media
Address: 350 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Parts of houses on either side of church also visible.
Media railroad station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 42
Lewis log cabin
Location: Springfield Township (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
A crude picket fence surrounds the property. 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 21, shows "Log house 200 years" near the J. Howard Lewis property along Crum Creek, just downstream of Beatty Road. See also Plate 12. Photograph used in the book Twice…
Lindsay ruins
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Rubble in a field; looks to be the ruins of a barn; another building is visible in the nearby woods.
Lima Methodist Episcopal Church
Address: 209 N. Middletown Rd., Lima (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
The building, somewhat altered, still stands (2018).
Lansdowne signs
Date: 1890-1900
Hand-lettered business signs posted on tree, one for "Ja's (James) Haynes, upholsterer, est. 1885, steam carpet cleaning; call for and deliver all goods, Clifton Heights and Lansdowne" and a second for "Edward Brown, whitewashing, grading, cementing…
Kirschnek store
Address: 108 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-19
John Kirschnek had a jewelry store at 108 W. State St., according to 1902 Media Directory; his store may have been successor to J. S. Chapman, shown in this picture. Also shown are the Burdsall & Adams Segar or Cigar Manufacturers at 106 W. State,…
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…