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I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection

Title: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection
Description: The I. Frank Lees Collection forms the backbone of the collections of the Media Historic Archives Commission, and is its reason for being. MHAC--an official arm of the Media, Pennsylvania government--was created to administer a collection of photographs and other material which I. Frank Lees (1919-1999), a lifelong resident, donated to the borough in 1981. The collection contains roughly 15,000 items, including the more than 1,800 photographs which are presented here. More photographs from this collection, and from other collections donated after Lees' death in 1999, will be added to this site in the future.

THANKS TO
- Chris Welc, for scanning more than 1,000 photographs in the photograph folders that Frank Lees had created. and for creating the first version of the Excel spreadsheet that became the basis of the catalog records on this site.
- Adam Levine scanned hundreds more photographs, fleshed out the photograph descriptions, and created the final metadata now attached to each image.
- Media Borough Council approved the purchase of a new computer and scanners for MHAC, and funded the creation and upkeep of this website.
Spatial Coverage: Media, Pennsylvania and vicinity, as well as other locations (including the Panama Canal Zone) related to Media people.
Date: 1860-2000
Identifier: I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection

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584. Shopping. 300 block Market St., Chester

Market Street is now Avenue of the States. Third street no longer intersects this street. Location uncertain.

585. Commercial. Commission Row, 200 block Edgmont, Chester. To be redeveloped.

Edgmont and 2nd Street no longer intersect. Address is approximate.

586. Chester municipal lot, near P.R.R., west of business district

Sign reads: "Shop in Chester. 10 cents for 3 hours." Exact location uncertain.

587. Railroad. Pennsylvania railroad at Market St., Chester

Location based on newspaper research for The Hat Corner.

588. Shopping. 600 block Edgmont Ave., Chester

590. William Penn Homes, Chester

Exact location uncertain

593. Row, new. Near Honan St., Chester.

Address is approximate

594. Row, new. Honan St., Chester

Corner of Honan and Lehman streets.

596. Row, 1954. Concord Park on Bethel Road, Chester

Exact location uncertain. Perhaps Peoples St. or Coples St.

597. Row, 1954. Rear, Bethel Road, Concord Park, Chester

Exact location uncertain. Perhaps Peoples St. or Coples St.

601. Industry. From Naaman's Creek Rd., Upper Chichester Township

Exact location uncertain.

602. Industry and Residential. Off Cherry Tree Rd., Aston Township

Exact location uncertain.

603. Industry and Residential. Cherry Tree Rd. and Chester-Concord Rd., Aston Township. Water tanks of Chester.

Tanks are for the water supply of Chester, through the Chester Water Authority.

612. Construction. Lawrence Park, Marple Township

Houses under construction. Exact location uncertain.

640. Darby Creek, north of Bryn Mawr Ave., Radnor Township

Location uncertain. This may be the bridge on Goshen Road or on Saw Mill Road at Darby Paoli Road.

646. Industry. Curtis Publishing Co., Sharon Hill

This building now (2020) in an enlarged industrial park, houses the Delaware County Community College - Southeast Center.

654. Street. Harper and State Rd., Drexel Hill. Slight jog, faulty planning.

This jog still exists as of this writing, in 2020.

656. Row, old. N. Lawrence Rd., across from Lynnewood School, Havertown

Address is for the closest house in the row.

659. Park. Wissahickon at Valley Green.

Valley Green Inn is in the background. The address is for this location. The Wissahickon Valley is part of Fairmount Park.

660. Park. Wissahickon.

The Wissahickon Valley is part of Fairmount Park.

69th Street Trolley at Pine Ridge Station

Copy of original photo; source not noted

741. Industry. Newtown Square

Location uncertain.

743. Darby Creek, Tinicum Marsh

Delaware River and Little Tinicum Island are in the distance. This view may have been taken from over Folcroft.

744. Industry. Marcus Hook

Exact location uncertain.

745. Row, new. Near Hook Road, Darby Township

Exact location uncertain.