The performance of the Keystone Kops was part of the 8-day Media Centennial Celebration in June 1950. The Kops "punished" beardless men who had not purchased the required "Beardless Permits," which were sold by the Lions Club leading up to this event. The club also held a Beard contest in which more than a hundred men participated. See Zimmerman Photograph Collection for many related photos. Names on reverse, left to right: standing, Percy Roberts, Hugh Bonner, Erich Bubat, unknown man, A. Fred Manno, Robert Burke, George Jeffries, and Donald Snively. Seated: Jack Kelley, Jr., Charles Allen, J. Clayton Snear, Francis Gray, Harry Walls, and Norman Yarnall. (Identifications made using Frank Lees' notes on reverse of photograph, IDs on Zimmerman Collection photographs, and various newspaper articles and photographs.)
Names on reverse (probably left to right): Frank Lees (front), Gleave Baker, A. Fred Schultz, Mayor; Ed Gibson, Francis Gray, Gus Houtman, Bob Burke, and Charles Outland
P-01276, P-01277 and P-01278 are mounted on identical boards, with identical handwriting in the captions, so they were all probably taken at the same time.
This building was last occupied by Stillwell Moving and Storage, before it was condemned and demolished during Media's Baker Street Urban Renewal project. See photo in Baker Street Book 1-392, with plan showing the address; also various advertisements in the Chester Times. The Media News, a weekly newspaper, merged with the Media Comment in 1955, and offices of the renamed "Media News Comment" moved to the County Building on Veterans Square.
Two copies. IDs on photograph: Left to right: Standing: Pete Reilly, George Noblitt, Jack Murray, Bill Alexander, Phil Carlin, Billy Diggins, Ollie Plummer, Pete Russell, Al Mathues. Kneeling, Matthew Fox.
Caption found handwritten on piece of envelope with photograph: "Entrance, Furness or Media Swimming pool, located on the site of the old Media Gas Tank, southwest of Media Railroad Station on the old Indian Trail, now Media [Station] Road."
