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Railroad bridge no. 25 Chadd's Ford top

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-04-04
Chadd's Ford Junction visible in background, and many other buildings. This is probably looking west across Brandywine Creek.

Railroad bridge no. 25 Chadd's Ford South far

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-04-04
Large mill building with two openings for water running underneath. This may be the building, once called Hoffman's Mill, that now houses the Brandywine River Museum.

Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, north side

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Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.

Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, south side, far view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8179-6.jpg
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.

Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, end view

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Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.

Ninth Street Bridge, Chester, southeast end

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8179-3.jpg
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.

Ninth Street Bridge, Chester , north side

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8179-2.jpg
Date: 1902-03-04
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an incident at this location.

Mendenhall farm

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-03-02
Farm field with rutted track leading to farm buildings and farm house in distance

Mendenhall field view

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-03-02
Farm field with two diverging rutted tracks

Britton or Britton, field view

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
Farm field with fence and lone man in distance.

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.