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- Collection: Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection
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Charles Realey, at Christmas tree, dressed as soldier
Address: 327 W. Front St., Media (Pa.)
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
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1904-1905
Harry Appleton, the photographer's son, is seated at the bottom left.
Snowden’s hardware man
Address: 115 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905
Tin man created for display in Snowden's, a Media, Pa. hardware store.
Edgar T. Miller, copy
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Two men posing with tall sheaves of grains, perhaps at a County fair; not sure which is Miller.
Bosler’s store window
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…
Patterson machine
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
Label on machine reads: Patterson Oats Gleaner, patented 9-27-04
Patterson machine, parts
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
Appear to be parts for oats gleaner pictured in AP-8355
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…
Strath Haven Inn
Address: 801 Yale Ave., Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1905-1906
The dam backs up the flow of Crum Creek. The Strath Haven Condominiums now occupy this hillside.
Vansickle group
Address: 329 W. 4th St., Media (Pa.)
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
Date: 1905-1906
Photograph of painting. This could mean that this is the grandparent of A. L. Smith.
A. L. Smith, grandfather, copy
Date: 1905-1906
Photograph of painting. This could mean that this is the grandparent of A. L. Smith.
Brooke house, originally Hill farm house
Address: 106 W. Jefferson St., Media (Pa.)
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
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.
Children’s Day group
Address: 18 E. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: 18 E. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: 18 E. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: 18 E. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: 327 W. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1907 (circa)
The photographer's nephew posed with his family's Christmas tree.