Sign reads: Baker Street Urban Renewal Area. Project No. PA. R-248. A project of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Delaware and the Borough of Media. This urban renewal project is being undertaken with Federal financial aid under Title 1 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended through the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location. See 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 15. This photograph was taken from about 6th St. and Crosby St.
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location. See 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 15. This photograph was taken from about 6th St. and Crosby St.
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location. See 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 15. This photograph was taken from about 6th St. and Crosby St.
Part of a series of stereoviews of "Media and its vicinity" by Samuel McMullin, Landscape Photographer, No. 1128 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Handwritten note reads: "412 W. State St. Purchased by A. Lewis Smith from Judge John M. Broomall in 1866, when H. Clement Smith was six yrs. old. - Henry C. Smith. Birthplace of L. Cheyney Smith 7/1/1891. Picture taken soon after purchase by A.L.S."
Caption: "412 W. State Street in the 1880s. Taken by Henry C. Smith. Residence of A. Lewis Smith who maintained a law office on the first floor to the right of the evergreen tree."
Advertising "Jap-A-Lac--Made by the Glidden Varnish Co, Cleveland, Ohio--Wears Like Iron" Clock shows :Pap-A-Lac Time." At bottom of sign is a note, "Shinn Did It," indicating sign painter's name, Shinn.
