Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919. View includes two floats: "The Media Ice Industry," and "Harrison Bros. Town & Country Paint"
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, June 27 and June 28, 1919. Elevated view looking west over intersection of South Avenue (now Veteran's Square) and State Street.
Delaware County Peace Celebration, in honor of soldiers and sailors who served in World War , June 27 and June 28, 1919. Media Fire Company truck driven by J. Nelson Rigby, with Thomas P. Kelley seated beside him. Marching at left: George Major, R. Dean White, and Robert Stale. At right: Edward Ford, Edward Bukins, William Faucett, Harry Bahail, Paul Wetzell, and Lewis Dotts. Man marching in the rear is Thurman Rock. Photo taken on West State Street in front of Charter House Hotel. Oversized.
Poster reads: Fall in! The United States is at war. It is time to wake up! Company H, 6th Regiment is a Delaware County company. Enlist in Company H and be with your friends instead of being drafted with strangers. Show your local pride. Media Armory is open for recruits every evening from 7 to 10 o'clock, except Saturday and Sunday. Press of Chester Times, Chester, Pa.
Clayton and Jay Worrall, sons of local builder, Winfield Worrall, in front of their family home at 109 E Sixth Street in Media, sometime around 1910. The photo was given to us by Jay's son, Jay Jr., who visited us in 2008 at the age of 88. Jay Jr. was born in the house, and spent many summers there with his Aunt Charlotte (Lottie), who inherited the house from her father and lived there through the 1960s.
