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West-Allen murder. View of Third Street west, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-08
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903. A trolley car is in the distance.

West-Allen murder, view of Weigand house front

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-08
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903.

West-Allen murder. View of Third Street looking east, Chester, Pa.

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-08
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903.

Sixth St., Chester, looking west

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Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location. See 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 15. This photograph was taken from about 6th St. and Crosby St.

Sixth St., Chester, looking west

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Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location. See 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 15. This photograph was taken from about 6th St. and Crosby St.

Sixth St., Chester, looking east

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Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location. See 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 15. This photograph was taken from about 6th St. and Crosby St.

Uncle Josh group

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Date: 1902-02-20
Uncle Josh was a stock character in amateur theatrical and minstrel shows. One man is in blackface, a racist imitation of African American skin color. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran this photograph on March 2, 1902, page 9, with the following headline…

H. M. David, baby

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902-03-22

W. A. Johnson, street view

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Date: 1902-03-22
Detail of this Lansdowne property.

W. A. Johnson, street view

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Date: 1902-03-22
View of property in Lansdowne, view looking north. Sign on pole says W. Greenwood Ave.

Letitia Robinson, will and loan note

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1902-01-30
This was photographed for a legal case contesting the will of Letitia Robinson. Notes are due to John Wanamaker.

Letitia Robinson, loan notes

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1902-01-30
This was photographed for a legal case contesting the will of Letitia Robinson. Notes are due to John Wanamaker.

Henry Fussell, copy

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Copy of a photograph of a flooding stream.

Reynolds pitcher, poem side

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1901-11-02
Antique pitcher with portrait of "Reynolds the Philanthropist" on one side and poem on other side. J. T. Reynolds of Media brought this to a Reynolds family gathering. See Tenth Annual Reunion [of] The Reynolds Family Association. Middletown,…

Reynolds pitcher, portrait side

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1901-11-02
Antique pitcher with portrait on one side and poem on other side. J. T. Reynolds of Media brought this family heirloom to a Reynolds family gathering in 1901. See Tenth Annual Reunion [of] The Reynolds Family Association. Middletown, Connecticut,…

Railroad bridge no. 31 west of Kennett, south side

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1901-12-21

Railroad bridge no. 31 west of Kennett, north side

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1901-12-21

Railroad bridge no. 31 west of Kennett, top west

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1901-12-21
Town and smokestack visible in distance.

Worrilow group

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Date: 1901-11-28
A Thanksgiving Day family portrait.

Worrilow group

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Date: 1901-11-28
A Thanksgiving Day family portrait.

Worrilow group

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Date: 1901-11-28
A Thanksgiving Day family portrait.

Worrilow group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8163.jpg
Date: 1901-11-28
A Thanksgiving Day family portrait.

First Methodist Episcopal Church, Media

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Date: 1901-11-09

Daltry case, outside lawn

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Date: 1901-11-04
Appleton specialized in photography for use as evidence in legal cases. This is a reenactment of the case of James Daltry, a boy who picked up a live "electric light" wire on the Media, Pa. property of George Darlington and survived…

Daltry case, inside lawn

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Date: 1901-11-04
Appleton specialized in photography for use as evidence in legal cases. This is a reenactment of the case of James Daltry, a boy who picked up a live "electric light" wire on the Media, Pa. property of George Darlington and survived…