Mr. and Mrs. William M. Wenlock. According to the Chester Times, June 7, 1950, p. 15, these are costumes from the 1820s. She was the former Dorothy Anne Kane. The house number behind them is 318, like somewhere in Media, where they both lived.
Frank Lees caption, incomplete: "In front of John's Grille, Monroe and Baker Streets, 1950. Left to right, standing: Hershey Wiler [sic], Frank Hedge, John Banis, Walter Tipping" Abram Hershey Weiler lived on Manchester Avenue in Nether Providence, was a World War II veteran and a member of the Media VFW post. [Chester Times, obituary, June 13, 1970)
Unknown men during Centennial Celebration, near Media High School athletic field, probably on Edgemont Street. The Thunderbird automobile is the real star of this picture.
Snowden's male employees sport beards and clothing of the last century to honor the spirt of the event. From left to right: Unknown woman, Phil Walsh, Walter (Wally) LaLonde, and Ralph Robinson. This photograph appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, May 28, 1950. Men identified by newspaper clipping in Centennial Scrapbook, page 34.
Snowden's male employees sport beards and clothing of the last century to honor the spirt of the event. Left to right: Ralph Robinson, Mrs. Yarnall, Phil Walsh, and Walter (Wally) LaLonde in front of the store, looking at potted plants for sale. The man on the far left (perhaps Mr. Yarnall) is sporting a Media Centennial Beardless Permit on his belt.
Snowden's male employees sport beards and clothing of the last century to honor the spirt of the event. Left to right: Mrs. Yarnall with Ralph Robinson and Walter (Wally) LaLonde in front of the store, looking at potted plants for sale.
Snowden's male employees sport beards and clothing of the last century to honor the spirt of the event. Walter (Wally) LaLonde on a ladder in the store, waiting on a customer.
Card includes photographs of Media Presbyterian Church, Borough Hall, Media High School, and R.M.S. Media, a British steamship. Dr. Walter Engard Wentz Jr. married Elizabeth Hoopes Mackey on September 24, 1932 (See Chester Times, Sept. 26, 1932). She was born ca. 1909, and is probably the Baby Macky shown in Appleton photographs AP-5903 and AP-5904. For the grown-up Mrs. Wentz, see also P-12013.
About 1000 people visited Tyler Arboretum as a kind of pilgrimage to the home of Minshall Painter, one of the Borough's founders and the man who gave Media its name. This house is one of the newer structures on the property. Free bus rides to and from the arboretum were provided.
