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Sue Appleton, one week
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1896-11-16
The photographer's daughter. Masking paint hides same woman as in AP-4185. This photo is clearly the same say as that one, though the dates in the index differ by a week.
Sue Appleton, Christmas tree
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
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
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
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
Date: 1895-1900
Launched May 2, 1888 from Harlan and Hollingsworth shipyard, in Wilmington
Sharpless Rock
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Rock still sits somewhere near Ridley Creek; "J. S. 1682" is carved into top of rock.
Slap boy
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900-07-15
Barefoot African-American boy. Probably in Appleton's backyard; same arbor as in AP-4001.