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- Collection: Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection
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Baker’s porch
Address: 333 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
This is probably 333 W. State St., several doors east of Appleton's house at 341. See AP-8375. The Media 1900 Directory lists Hannah M. Baker at 333 W. State St.
Brooke house, originally Hill farm house
Address: 106 W. Jefferson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Location is approximate. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 5, and captioned: “Residence of the late Mrs. H. Jones Brooke.” Also used in Media 1900 Semi-centennial booklet as one of Media's Original Farm Houses, belonging to John Hill. See…
Black store, copy from map
Address: 119 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media", location found on this map. Also called Nelling & Sons Grocery and Dry Goods Store. Black and Nelling both owned property at the northeast corner of State St. and Veterans Sq.
Brooke, Washington St. house
Date: 1889 (circa)
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p.15: “Residence of Mrs. Nathan Brooke”. 400 block, W. Baltimore Pike. House still stands as of 2018
Brooke, Orange St. House
Address: 435 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Similar used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 53. Houses at 449, 435, and 423 S. Orange still stand (2018) and were identical when originally built. 435 is the best guess for this photograph.
J. W. Cooper, at stone
Address: 212 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
Working in printing shop, probably the Delaware County American.
Delaware County Court House and jail, copy from map
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media." Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 8. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow up…
Chestnut Grove House
Date: 1889-02-02
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 58. This later became the Colonial. This occupied property south of Jefferson St. and West of Orange St., above the railroad tracks just inside the Media borough boundary.
Catholic Church, front view
Address: 30 E. Franklin St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-19
Full name is Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, or Nativity BVM, for short.
Catholic Church, side view
Address: 30 E. Franklin St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-19
Full name is Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, or Nativity BVM, for short.
Horne clock
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Grandfather clock probably in photographer Stephen Horne Appleton's parents' or grandparents' house
Cutter, Charles and Dick
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Appleton's index entry, used as the title, leaves it unclear who (in this photograph of a man, horse, and horse-drawn vehicle, in a farm setting) is Charles, who is Dick, and if Cutter is a family name.
Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-02-14
Used In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 13
Campbell A.M.E. Church
Date: 1889-01-19
This church stood on the south side of W. 3rd Street, between Orange St. and the former North Ave., now Broomall St. According to Frank Lees in From Media's Past (50), the cornerstone for the new church, at 3rd and Olive streets, was laid in 1930.