Frank Lees caption: "Philadelphia Suburban Transportation (Red Arrow) Trolley No. 73 at State and Monroe Sts. in Media. The jewelry store on the corner is Wiltshire's Jewelry, now (1979 circa) occupied by Royal Jewelers. These center door trolleys plied the route to Media from 69th Street for many years. This photo was taken in June of 1973 at Media's Town Fair Days, when the trolley was used to take folks for a ride. "
North Avenue no longer exists. It was directly in line with South Avenue, north of the court house. These houses were demolished at some point as the court house, and then the county government center, expanded to cover the entire area from Front to 3rd streets, and Olive to Jackson streets.
Frank Lees caption: "From right to left are: the building once occupied by Ellis Pharmacy, the building once occupied by Broadbelt Stables, Pierson's Garage, and Trimm Glass Company, which burned down in 1975. Below that was Pierson's auto showroom; Snowden's once used this building for a warehouse. All but the Pierson's auto showroom building have been demolished."
Frank Lees' caption notes that these buildings, once owned by C. B. Williamson (who probably built the houses), were standing in 1880. A new brick office building now (as of 2019) occupies the site.
Photograph of architectural rendering. Centennial Book 86. This building was planned to be on the southwest corner of Front Street and South Avenue (now Veterans Square), but it was never built.
Names on reverse (probably left to right) : Francis Gray, Walter Strine, Frank Snear, Bill Patterson. Name "Al McKinney" visible on tag of man at far right.
On the northwest corner of the intersection noted below, this house is still standing (2018). Henry Pearson, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa. (286), claims that part of the house was built in 1681.
Datestone reads L, I & S, 1791; or I____ and S____ L____. According to 1909 Mueller map of Media, Media Park was an area south of the borough in Upper Providence Township, including Orange St. and South Ave. below the railroad tracks. The datestone is part of the collection of the Delaware County Institute of Science, so it can be assumed that this house is no longer standing.
Date is probably when she began working as assistant librarian for the Media Free Library. This photograph probably appeared in the Media Comment newspaper.
