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Sue Appleton, Christmas tree

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4195.jpg
Date: 1899-12-27
The photographer's daughter at the family's Christmas tree.

Sloan’s barn under construction, Baltimore Pike east of Beatty Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4197.jpg
Date: 1899-12-27
This looks like the barn could have been under reconstruction after a fire. 1892 Media map shows the M. W. Sloan estate at this location.

J. H. Sloan, Media Odorless Excavator Company

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4199.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an employee and not Sloan, the owner, at the reins of the horse. This was an early version of a septic tank cleaning service, which used vacuum pumps to remove the contents of outhouses and cesspools before a public sewer system was…

Steamboat “City of Chester”, on the Delaware River

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4200.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Launched May 2, 1888 from Harlan and Hollingsworth shipyard, in Wilmington

Sharpless Rock

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4201.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Rock still sits somewhere near Ridley Creek; "J. S. 1682" is carved into top of rock.

Smedley Christmas board

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4202.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900

Harry Swayne on horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4203-1.jpg
Date: 1895-1900

Swayne dog

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4204.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900

Harry Swayne on horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4205.jpg
Date: 1895-1900

Slap boy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4206.jpg
Date: 1900-07-15
Barefoot African-American boy. Probably in Appleton's backyard; same arbor as in AP-4001.

State Street view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4207.jpg
Date: 1895
Looking east from about 341 W. State St., the photographer's home.

Swayne, back porch

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4208.jpg
Date: 1895-1900

Sharpless stable, interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4209.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in his stable in 1885. The case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime.

Swayne, back porch

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4210.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Same Swayne as in AP-4203-1 and AP-4205.

Swarthmore College

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4211.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
View from railroad tracks all the way up to the main building, no Parrish Hall. The oak tree allee along this walk were then newly planted.

Unknown stiff, dead

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4212.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900

Risley house, southwest corner 5th and Monroe, 8:00 A.M.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4213.jpg
Date: 1889-02-12
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 10: “Residence of S. D. Risley, M.D.”

Trick dog, standing on hind legs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4215-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900

Trick dog, standing on hind legs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4215-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900

D. T. Thatcher, reading

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4216.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Probably a relative (maybe an aunt?) of Deborah Thatcher Haddock Appleton, wife of the photographer. Possibly in Appleton home, as this is the same wallpaper and table as in AP-4016

Frank Taylor, at work

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4217.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889-01-29
Laying brick in an unfinished building