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  • Collection: Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection
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Charles Realey, at Christmas tree, dressed as soldier

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8349.jpg
Date: 1904
The photographer's nephew posed with his family's Christmas tree. A print of AP-8213, a Realey family group, sits on the mantel above Charles' head.

E. Q. O. I. Group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8350.jpg
Date: 1904-1905
Harry Appleton, the photographer's son, is seated at the bottom left.

Snowden’s hardware man

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8351.jpg
Date: 1905
Tin man created for display in Snowden's, a Media, Pa. hardware store.

Edgar T. Miller, copy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8352-1.jpg
Two men posing with tall sheaves of grains, perhaps at a County fair; not sure which is Miller.

Bosler’s store window

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8353.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1905-11-22
Showing display of two Post products, Postum and Grape-Nuts. Sign above the display reads: "Some can, some cannot drink coffee. If each week your ailment grows worse, stop coffee. Use Postum. There's a reason. Postum Coffee. It makes red blood. The…

Anderson dog

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8354.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1905 (circa)

Anderson dog

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8354-5.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1905 (circa)

Patterson machine

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8355.jpg
Date: 1905 (circa)
Label on machine reads: Patterson Oats Gleaner, patented 9-27-04

Patterson machine, parts

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8355-5.jpg
Date: 1905 (circa)
Appear to be parts for oats gleaner pictured in AP-8355

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…

Strath Haven Inn

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8357-5.jpg
Date: 1905-1906
The dam backs up the flow of Crum Creek. The Strath Haven Condominiums now occupy this hillside.

Vansickle group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8358.jpg
Date: 1905-1906
House number above the door reads 329. 1902 Media Directory lists Henry C. VanSyckel, Salesman, at 329 W. 4th St.

A. L. Smith, grandmother, copy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8359.jpg
Date: 1905-1906
Photograph of painting. This could mean that this is the grandparent of A. L. Smith.

A. L. Smith, grandfather, copy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8360.jpg
Date: 1905-1906
Photograph of painting. This could mean that this is the grandparent of A. L. Smith.

Brooke house, originally Hill farm house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8361.jpg
Date: 1905-1906
Location is approximate. This view of the house, later than that shown in AP-4049, shows the back of the stone house at 415 S. Orange. The Hill house was built before Media's street grid was established, and as shown on the 1892 map of Media, it sat…

Jessie D. Pierson, group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8362.jpg
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905-1906
The groups is assembled on the side of a house on the 300 block of South Avenue, Media, Pa.

Henry Saulnier, on horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8364.jpg
Date: 1907-05-05

Saulnier group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8365.jpg
Date: 1907-05-05
Four men on horseback

Children’s Day group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8366.jpg
Date: 1907 (circa)
Girls holding wreaths. Group includes Sue Appleton, the photographer's daughter, so this is probably a First Baptist Church group, since that is the church the Appleton family attended.

Children’s Day group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8366-25.jpg
Date: 1907 (circa)
Girls holding wreaths. Group includes Sue Appleton, the photographer's daughter, so this is probably a First Baptist Church group, since that is the church the Appleton family attended.

Children’s Day group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8366-5.jpg
Date: 1907 (circa)
Girls holding wreaths. Group includes Sue Appleton, the photographer's daughter, so this is probably a First Baptist Church group, since that is the church the Appleton family attended.

Children’s Day group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8366-75.jpg
Date: 1907 (circa)
Girls holding wreaths. Group includes Sue Appleton, the photographer's daughter, so this is probably a First Baptist Church group, since that is the church the Appleton family attended.

Charles Realey, in sailor's suit, and Christmas tree

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8367.jpg
Date: 1907 (circa)
The photographer's nephew posed with his family's Christmas tree.