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Media Hospital
The hospital, founded in 1909, moved into the former Worrall mansion (pictured here) in 1911. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Media Hospital
The hospital sat on the northwest corner of the intersection. Centennial Book 27.
Media Hospital, northwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and Providence Road.
The hospital, founded in 1909, moved into the former Worrall mansion (pictured here) in 1911. Copy from negative made of original photo; source not noted.
Media Interfaith Council, meeting minutes
Mary Edwards spoke about developing clergy study circles to address racism in the community, and about the Unity Rally Day sponsored by the Citizens-Community Task Force.
Media July 4, 2025 Celebration
Some of the families in attendance at Media 2025 July 4th Celebration hosted by the Media Recreation Board at Barrall Community Parl. Those seen in the center of the picture are waiting in line for Water Ice. Behind those people, along Edgmont St are water slides, throwing games and the Rec Board table.
Media July 4th Celebration
Media Recreation Board member Wendy Allen with Media Borough Council member Kevin Boyer at the 2025 July 4th Celebration held at Barrall Community Park
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees)
New Board officers. Left to right: Norman Yarnall, Edwin E. Lippincott 2d (Theodore Lippincott), Robert M. Shellenberger, Jr., Samuel M. Blumberg, Jr., L. Benjamin Palmer, and John E. Houtman (Gus D. Houtman, Jr.). Names from the Chester Times, May 13, 1949. In parentheses are misidentifications used in the caption of this photo in the Centennial Book, page 40.)
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Annual awards dinner
Left to right: Sam Blumberg, president, congratulating Media police chief Malcolm H. Laughead, Wilbur Duncan, Allen Fisher. Laughead received the 1949 Distinguished Award at the organizations third annual dinner, held at Howard Johnson's. (Chester Times, January 20, 1950)
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Annual awards dinner
Sam Blumberg presenting plaque to Media police chief Malcolm Laughead, Carley Outlander seated. Laughead received the 1949 Distinguished Award at the organization's third annual dinner, held at Howard Johnson's. (Chester Times, January 20, 1950)
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Clean Up on State Street.
Inside School Pharmacy, refreshments after the clean up. Joseph Gershenfeld, owner, behind the counter. Bud Arters may be the man in the foreground.
Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Street numbering project
Caption from Chester Times, March 30, 1950, page 5: "Media Jaycees at Work: Burgess J. Fred Schultz [with paintbrush] stencils first house number in Media Junior Chamber of Commerce curb stenciling project, one of the Jaycees' civic improvement projects for the centennial year. At left is Robert M. Shellenberger, chairman of the curb painting committee, with William VanLeer (stooping) and Donald MacMillan (standing) inspecting the Schultz job." Numbers were three inches high, in black paint on a background of "Traffic Zone" white. Sherwin-Williams seems to have supplied the paint and the caps.
Media Laundry, front
Centennial Book 91.
Media Ledger building
Photographed from upper window of Media Borough Hall
Media Ledger Building, showing Media Hardware Co. and Jefferis Drugs, southwest corner of State and Jackson streets
Caption sheet says this building built on land once owned by Isaac Worrall in 1891, the same year the Media Ledger newspaper was founded.
Media Ledger building, State and Jackson
View taken looking from above and across the intersection from a window in the old Borough Hall.
Media Lions Club Keystone Kops
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.)