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  • Collection: Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection
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Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8008-5.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue.

Lansdowne railroad bridge, side view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8010-5.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Lansdowne railroad bridge, top view looking north

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8011.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8011-5.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue. Workmen and horse and dump cart under Maple Ave. sign.

Brinton’s railroad trestle

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8012.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-06-15
Probably near Concordville. Wooden railroad trestle.

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8012-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue.

Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa., near Maple Avenue

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8013-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1905
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting damages from a change of grade in Elm Avenue.

Burmont railroad bridge, diagonal

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8014.jpg
Date: 1900-08-09
Plate broken in several pieces and badly taped, scanned through mylar without cleaning. This is the bridge over Darby Creek, on the Media train line. What is now Gladstone station was then called Burmont station.

Burmont railroad bridge, top view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8015.jpg
Date: 1900-08-09
This is the bridge over Darby Creek, on the Media train line. What is now Gladstone station was then called Burmont station, which is visible in background.

Elkins’ cottage, rear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8016.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Elkins’ cottage, front

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8018.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)

Bridge over single-track railroad

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8019.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly in Chester Heights, Pa.

Drawbridge over creek, closed

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8019-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly Chester Creek or Crum Creek

Bridge over single-track railroad

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8020.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly in Chester Heights, Pa.

Drawbridge over creek, open

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8020-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly Chester Creek or Crum Creek

Bridge over single-track railroad

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8021.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly in Chester Heights, Pa.

Drawbridge over creek, closed

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8021-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly Chester Creek or Crum Creek

Drawbridge over creek, open

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8021-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly Chester Creek or Crum Creek

Concordville railroad bridge No. 20, top

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8022.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)

Concordville railroad bridge No. 20, north side

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8023.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)

Concordville railroad bridge No. 20, diagonal

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8024.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)

Concordville railroad bridge No. 20, dinted?

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8025-5.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)

Angora railroad bridge, Flat

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8026.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. This bridge crosses a small stream called Thomas Run, in West Philadelphia. The stream was buried in a sewer by the early 20th century and the railroad now crosses this valley at grade.

Charles Realey, in Indian costume, with Christmas tree in parlor

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8026-1.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
The photographer's nephew posed with his family's Christmas tree.

Angora railroad bridge, top

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8027.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. This bridge crosses a small stream called Thomas Run, in West Philadelphia. The stream was buried in a sewer by the early 20th century and the railroad now crosses this valley at grade.