Photographed on the State St side of the old Borough Hall, which housed the fire company on the first floor. A memorial portrait for William McKinley, recently assassinated, hangs in the doorway of the Media Free Library, which had space upstairs. Black memorial bunting is also draped on the semicircular porticos.
Original post office, located at Plum and State, is on right. Highbarger & Lynch Furniture, "on State St. near Plum," on left. Modern prints in Photo Folder 7053, captioned by Frank Lees: “Media’s first fire house and first piece of fire equipment is pictured here in 1890 in front of the then fire house at 16 West State Street. This was a hose cart and was pulled by hand to fires.”
Left to right: William Hannum, Robert Ford, Charles Outland, Charles Higgins, Edward Gibson, Frank Lees, A. Randall Mathues, Bernard Cunningham, Richard Lavery, John Tipping, Centennial Book 26. Negative damaged.
Crowd listening to Crosby L. Smith, who was Media's tax collector in 1950 and former burgess (or mayor) of the borough. Date on negative envelope wrong.
Beer party in firehouse after the event. Edward Gibson, chief (left) with Mildred Gibson, his wife. As of 2020, four generations of the Gibson family have served the Media community though work with the fire company.
Two copies, with names on reverse: Left to right: Top: Thomas Carlin, Walter Reed, Fred. Seal, John Hawthorne, William Steigelman, Thomas Taney, Marion Fairlamb. Bottom: William Zeising, Fred Guetter, George Barker, Benjamin (Benny) Stiteler, A. Wilson Mathues, manager; Frank Palmer, Harry "Puzz" Highbarger, Maurice Zinn
