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Bland-Sewell murder, looking north on S. Orange Street, Media, Pa., at bridge over railroad

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8111.jpg
Date: 1898 (circa)
Pete Bland murdered Samuel Sewell near the Media Train Station on July 16, 1898. Bland was never apprehended. Plate very dark.

Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8356.jpg
Date: 1906
The caption for this photo, printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 25, 1906, reads: "Wrecked Safe in Media Post Office: Yeggmen set off a charge that demolished the outer part of the receptacle last night. The inner lining was intact. The…

Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8356-5.jpg
Date: 1906
See description at AP-8356. A bottle on a ledge by the safe, somehow unbroken after the explosion, bears this label: Pomeroy's Combined Writing & Copying Fluid. Flows Freely, Will Not Mould. Newark, N.J. One letter sits on the floor in front of the…

Interior room view 2

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9081.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly a crime scene.

Interior room view 2

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9082.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly a crime scene.

Room interior, possibly a crime scene

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5913.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1908 (circa)
Potbelly stove; possibly a railroad ticket office; sign on wall mentions Pensylvania Railroad tours.

Scott-Harrison murder, front

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8124.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909

Scott-Harrison murder, interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8125.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Includes pot belly stove.

Scott-Harrison murder, rear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8123.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909

Sharpless stable, interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4209.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in his stable in 1885. The case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime.

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-1.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-2.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-3.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Watterson murder, long distance, South Media view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5082.jpg
Date: 1895

Watterson murder, Miller’s Cabin, exterior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5095.jpg
Date: 1895

Watterson murder. Miller Cabin door

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4115-3.jpg
Date: 1895

Watterson murder. Miller Cabin, rear interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4125.jpg
Date: 1895

Watterson murder. Miller Cabin. Building on wheels, with man outside.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4115-1.jpg
Date: 1895

Watterson murder. Miller’s Cabin, rear interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4124-1.jpg
Date: 1895

Watterson murder. Miller’s Cabin, rear interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4124-3.jpg
Date: 1895

West-Allen murder, view of Weigand house front

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8177-2.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-08
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903.

West-Allen murder. View of Third Street looking east, Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8177-1.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-08
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903.

West-Allen murder. View of Third Street west, Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8177-5.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-08
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903. A trolley car is in the distance.