Deborah Appleton's father James and brother Ellwood. This is probably an 1889 copy of an older photo.

Delaware County Daily Times article about James J. Cunningham's years of involvement in Media Borough.

Skelly was founder of James J. Skelly Co., a general contracting and road building firm once located in Media. See ad in Centennial Book, page 81, for a history of the firm up to 1950, and a photograph of Skelly with his two sons, Joseph J. and J. Paul Skelly.

Wagon reads: J. T. Sweeney, Bakery, Upland, PA. (A search of Chester Times online records confirm that this bakery was in Upland, on Upland Avenue.)

County Schools Superintendent. See composite photograph AP-8130-2

County Schools Superintendent. See composite photograph AP-8130-2

Photograph of engraving

The model of this "English Ford," made by Ford Motor Company in England, may be the Anglia.

This building originally housed P. W. Ware Plumbing. See AP-5171-2. Frank Lees caption: "This building was built by Preston W. Ware in 1896 for his plumbing, beating, and tin smelting business. Mr. Ware started in business at the southwest corner of State and Orange streets with $5 worth of tools.

Newspaper search confirms that these two are sisters, if their similar appearance did not already confirm this.

See also Leishman baby, AP-5662. This name might be Lershman, but handwriting is unclear, and there are Leishmans in Delaware County newspapers but no Lershmans; and a wider newspaper search finds thousands of Leishmans but far fewer Lershmans. Findagrave also shows many Leishmans but no Lershmans.

Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903.

Reunion committee, Spanish American War Veterans, 6th Regiment PA Volunteers. Identifications by Frank Lees: Left to right: Paul Garcia, secretary; E. Morris DeCann, treasurer; Walter S. Worrall, E. V. Streeper, William Westcott, president and chairman; Thomas Schroeder, Sarah E. Westcott, Sara E. Halfpenny, chaplain, A. W. Heite, color bearer, Bertha Dillmore. Negative damaged.

The groups is assembled on the side of a house on the 300 block of South Avenue, Media, Pa.

AAA tow truck and gasoline pumps in front. The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.

The business was on the northwest corner at Front and Orange streets, "opposite the Court House," according to company's ad in the Centennial Book 82.

Letter to "supporters" of Jimmy Carter's Presidential Campaign, from Rick Hutcheson, Delegate Selection Coordinator, inviting them to organizational meetings the week of December 16-19, 1975 at various locations in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Mt. Lebanon, Lewisburg, Dallas, Wescosville, and Philadelphia).

Address according to 1897 Media Directory. The decorations may be for the celebration of Media's Semi-Centennial in 1900, or for some other patriotic holiday. The five butchers in the picture are all wearing top hats, and seem to be hamming it up for the camera.

The market stood at the southeast corner of State and Plum streets.

Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903. Possibly John Q. Taylor, listed in Media 1897 Directory.