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Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day
Keystone Kops harassing a dog on Media High School athletic field.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day
Group of seven women and one man, standing in front of man at desk signing a document. Note in envelope lists Hugh Bonner, Mrs. Grace VanLeer, Mrs. Dorothy Lavery, Mrs. Maude Allen, Mrs. Lillian Baker, Mrs. Shirley Lees, Mrs. Jessie VanLeer Abernathy, Miss Jessie Abernathy, Judge Harold L. Ervin
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day
Group of seven women and one man, standing in front of man at desk signing a document. Note in envelope lists Hugh Bonner, Mrs. Grace VanLeer, Mrs. Dorothy Lavery, Mrs. Maude Allen, Mrs. Lillian Baker, Mrs. Shirley Lees, Mrs. Jessie VanLeer Abernathy, Miss Jessie Abernathy, Judge Harold L. Ervin
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day
Spectators heading to one of the evening's events.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Patty Highfield, Miss Greater Media, with Girl Scouts
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Historical pageant. Bride and groom leaving stage, followed by their attendants.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Historical pageant. Couple, possibly bride and groom, in costume, walking through the audience toward the stage.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Presentation of award to Pat Highfield, Miss Greater Media.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Evening program at Glen Providence Park
Historical pageant, re-enacting Media's first court case in 1851.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Open house at Media Women's Club
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Dorothy Southby (Mrs. Sydney Southby) is fourth from left. Someone with a better knowledge of fabrics and fashion could probably correlate more of the Chester Times dress descriptions with the women in this series of photographs. Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Open house at Media Women's Club
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Left to right: Unknown woman in white dress; bending women in background, Mrs. Frank Hamilton, nee Jane Ottey Baker; Mrs. Mathias Usinger, Unknown, Mrs. Harold White, Unknown, Unknown, Mrs. George T. Lewis. Someone with a better knowledge of fabrics and fashion could probably correlate more of the Chester Times descriptions with the photographs. Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Open house at Media Women's Club
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Left to right: May Valentinis-Dee, Mrs. Harold White, Mrs. Frank Hamilton, nee Jane Ottey Baker; unknown; Mrs. Richard Alexander, nee Eleanor Destler. Someone with a better knowledge of fabrics and fashion could probably correlate more of the Chester Times dress descriptions with the women in this series of photographs. Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Open house at Media Women's Club
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." Of this women, the newspaper wrote: "Mrs. Clifford Harriz caused a stir when she arrived in a brown flapper dress with its 11 pounds of rhinestones and beaded fringe." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
Media Centennial Celebration. Women's Day. Open house at Media Women's Club
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.