Browse Items (34 total)
- Subject is exactly "Farm buildings"
Sort by:
Items open in a separate tab. Close the tab to return to this list.
Alexander house, Brinton Mill
Address: 1601 Wilmington Pike, Thornton (Pa.)
Date: 1906-1907
Probably on the Concord Country Club property, formerly Brinton Lake Club
Alexander house, Brinton Mill
Address: 1601 Wilmington Pike, Thornton (Pa.)
Date: 1906-1907
Probably on the Concord Country Club property, formerly Brinton Lake Club
Barn on Hart Farm, Ridley Creek Road
Date: 1910 (circa)
This barn still stands as of 2019, as part of the Alpenhof Bed and Breakfast.
Chadd’s Ford case
Location: Chadds Ford (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
This photography taken in support of a legal case at this location.
Crook’s roadway, Wawa Road, wide view
Date: 1902-05-02
This may have been taken for a legal case related to the condition of the road, perhaps related to the ditch or drainage that seems to be the focus of this series of pictures, AP-8229-8231.
Eddystone Trolley Case
Date: 1900-1909
This was likely taken by Appleton in support of a legal case regarding a trolley accident.
Edgmont Road, north view, best
Date: 1902 (circa)
Photography probably taken in support of a legal case related to an accident at this location. Farm buildings, fields, and houses in valley at bottom of road.
Elkview railroad bridge, diagonal
Location: Lower Oxford (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1900 (circa)
"The 853-foot long Elkview Trestle built in 1897 still carries trains. The bridge is located on the former PRR Octoraro Branch which once connected Chester, Pa with the Susquehanna River above Port Deposit." Source:…
Elkview railroad bridge, Painters at
Location: Lower Oxford (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Includes farm landscape behind the workmen.
Elkview railroad bridge, top
Location: Lower Oxford (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1900 (circa)
"The 853-foot long Elkview Trestle built in 1897 still carries trains. The bridge is located on the former PRR Octoraro Branch which once connected Chester, Pa with the Susquehanna River above Port Deposit." Source:…
Lindsay ruins
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Rubble in a field; looks to be the ruins of a barn; another building is visible in the nearby woods.
Media high railroad bridge
Date: 1903-11-01
View looking south from bridge showing Water Works, covered bridge at Baltimore Pike and view up the Ridley Creek valley. A trolley line crosses the creek in front of the covered bridge.
Mendenhall farm
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-03-02
Farm field with rutted track leading to farm buildings and farm house in distance
Newtown Telephone Station
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Date stone on building reads 1897. Sign on striped barber pole reads: To V. E. Dewees, Barber.
Ogden homestead
Date: 1890-1900
On the northwest corner of the intersection noted below, this house is still standing (2018). Henry Pearson, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa. (286), claims that part of the house was built in 1681.
Railroad bridge no. 25 Chadd's Ford top
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-04-04
Chadd's Ford Junction visible in background, and many other buildings. This is probably looking west across Brandywine Creek.
Sharpless barn
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in the stable on his farm in 1885. he 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. Shows…