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Gifford-Risley House, 430 N. Monroe Street

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Date: 1889
Frank Lees caption: "The Risley House stands on the southwest corner of 5th and Monroe Streets and was once the home of Dr. S. D. Risley. This beautiful home had a solarium on the south side and a carriage house in the rear. Dr. Risley's practice…

Manley House, southeast corner, Front and Olive streets

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Looking across South Avenue

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Date: 1906 (circa)
A winter scene. This is probably in the hilly section of South Avenue south of the railroad tracks, in Upper Providence Township.

A bit of Delaware County

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Date: 1906 (circa)
No location provided. A dirt road with a barn on the left and fenced-in cornfield on the right.

On South Avenue at Jefferson Street

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Date: 1906 (circa)
Children on sled: Frank Richards, Mary McIntire [sic: MacIntyre], Anita Maldonado, and Sam Williamson

The Warriors

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1898-05-26
Caption reads: "The Warriors. 'Nine Club', Chester, May 26th, 1898. With the compliments of their photographic member, L. D. Woodridge." A later notation, in pencil, reads: "Rebecca Levis Smith in center"

Young ladies of Media, about 1905

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
Helen Janeway, Marian Cope, Ruth Leeds, Mary Mac. (Macintyre), Carmen Major, Betty Fronfield, "Pussy" Leeds, Janet McAllister (order unclear from caption)

"Reunion in Vienna"

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Young people in woods: Girls left to right: Marian Cope, Carmen Major, Helen Janeway, Mary Macintyre. Boy at left is Lewis Cheyney Smith. Boy at right is Lewis Wood Easby. The other two boys are unknown. The title may not be literal; the location may…

All the living descendants of Dr. George W. Smith at 412 W. State Street in Media on Christmas Day 1889

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Date: 1889-12-25
The photo came with the following typescript, which likely indicates the subjects from left to right, going from top to bottom: Rosalba Peale Smith, 18, daughter of Clement L. Smith; Clement Lawrence Smith, 45; Lewis Lawrence Smith, 24, son of A.…

Smith homestead

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Date: 1880-1889
Caption: "412 W. State Street in the 1880s. Taken by Henry C. Smith. Residence of A. Lewis Smith who maintained a law office on the first floor to the right of the evergreen tree."

Smith homestead

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Date: 1870-1880
Part of a series of stereoviews of "Media and its vicinity" by Samuel McMullin, Landscape Photographer, No. 1128 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Handwritten note reads: "412 W. State St. Purchased by A. Lewis Smith from Judge John M. Broomall in…

Delbert home

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Date: 1950-1955
According to the 1909 Mueller Atlas, Plate 26 (Nether Providence), the J. Y. Delbert property off Providence Road was called Les Arbres.

Dr. Frances Baker residence

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Date: 1900-1910
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Hill Farmhouse (Bishop Nursing Home)

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Date: 1960 (circa)
Bishop Nursing Home was located at 318 S. Orange St.; newspaper references start in 1960. According to Frank Lees caption, the building in this photograph is the same (with many additions and alterations) as the Hill Farmhouse. This may be incorrect.…

Way House

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Date: 1890 (circa)

Way House

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Date: 1919
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Sue and Charles Realey

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902 (circa)
The photographer's nephew and sister-in-law.

Sue Appleton, combination

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1899-11-09
The photographer's daughter.15 photographs of her at different ages, all arranged on one negative.

Sue Appleton, washing

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Date: 1900 (circa)
The photographer's daughter.