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- Collection: Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection
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Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media
Address: 18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: 18 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
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…
Brodhead house
Address: 305 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
Number on door appears to be 303 or 305. The 1900 Media Directory lists Emma Brodhead at 305 W. State St. Signs on tree advertise a sale of household goods, and a lecture on cats and dogs.
Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906
Building behind the hotel is visible, with Republican Party banner partly hidden behind tree.
Sarah Jack
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
See other pictures of Sarah with other family members in this collection.
Mrs. Jack and Sarah Jack
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
According to Media Cemetery records, Sarah is probably granddaughter of Charles S. Jack and Mary M. L. Lewis, the parents of the "Mrs. Jack" in the photo, who is probably Sarah's mother.
Mrs. Lewis and Sarah Jack
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
According to Media Cemetery records, Sarah is probably granddaughter of Charles S. Jack and Mary M. L. Lewis, the parents of the "Mrs. Jack", who is probably her mother.
Mrs. Jack and Sarah Jack
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
According to Media Cemetery records, Sarah is probably granddaughter of Charles S. Jack and Mary M. L. Lewis, the parents of the "Mrs. Jack" in the photo, who is probably Sarah's mother.
Mrs. Jack and Sarah Jack
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
According to Media Cemetery records, Sarah is probably granddaughter of Charles S. Jack and Mary M. L. Lewis, the parents of the "Mrs. Jack" in the photo, who is probably Sarah's mother.
Sarah Jack
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
See other pictures of Sarah with other family members in this collection.
Harry Appleton, in lieutenant’s uniform
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
The photographer's son. Letters O.N.U on his collar, for Ohio Northern Univesity, where he studied vivil engineering.
Harry Appleton, in lieutenant’s uniform
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1906 (circa)
The photographer's son. Letters O.N.U on his collar, for Ohio Northern Univesity, where he studied vivil engineering.
Appleton residence
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906-03-18
The photographer's residence and studio location. 337 and 339 W. State St. also visible.