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Ulysses Grant Realey

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902 (circa)
Husband of Sue Haddock Realey and father of Charles Realey

Realey family group; Charles Realey in middle

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902 (circa)
Ulysses Grant Realey, Charles Bechdolt Realey, and Sue Haddock Realey, the sister of the photographer's wife.

Fields family

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Date: 1902 (circa)
The family of Thomas S. Fields (seated, front), warden of the county jail in Media. This photograph appears to have been taken with the wall of the jail as backdrop. See also AP-5945-1 and -2 for Fields in a group of jail employees. The Fields…

Dorsey’s Mill, Peach Bottom, Pa.

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Water-powered mill with water wheel. Cow in foreground drinking from stream.

Dorsey’s Mill, Peach Bottom, Pa.

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Water-powered mill with water wheel. Cow in foreground drinking from stream.

Suburban Gas office

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Decorated with portraits of George and Martha Washington and American flag, perhaps for Washington's Birthday. In 10/31/1917 advertisement in Chester Times, address listed in Media as 19 E. State St.

Tidewater Steel Co., with railroad engine

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Photograph may have been taken to support a legal case related to this location.

Tidewater Steel Co., railroad racks

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Photograph may have been taken to support a legal case related to this location.

First National Bank

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Also shows neighboring buildings on State St. and South Ave.

Mr. Scott’s fireplace, copy

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)

Stark Cottage, Secane

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Address: Secane (Pa.)
Date: 1902 (circa)
This may also be called Primrose Cottage.

Edgmont Road, north view, best

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Photography probably taken in support of a legal case related to an accident at this location. Farm buildings, fields, and houses in valley at bottom of road.

Edgmont Road, south

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Photography probably taken in support of a legal case related to an accident at this location.

Melody Accident Case, short view

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Peter Melody, driving a horse and wagon on Ninth Street in Chester on Nov. 26, 1901, was struck by a trolley car; he and the horse were both killed. Appleton photographed this scene as part of the legal case related to this accident.

Melody Accident Case, long view

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Peter Melody, driving a horse and wagon on Ninth Street in Chester on Nov. 26, 1901, was struck by a trolley car; he and the horse were both killed. Appleton photographed this scene as part of the legal case related to this accident.

Wilde Guard Post. No. 25, G.A.R., Grand Army of the Republic

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
This shows a gathering of Civil War veterans, probably on State Street in Media.

Wilde Guard Post. No. 25, G.A.R., Grand Army of the Republic

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
This shows a gathering of Civil War veterans, probably oin Media. One of the houses is number 11.

Injured leg

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
Photograph may have been taken to support a legal case related to this injury.

Media Fire Company

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Two horse-drawn fire wagons photographed on the State St. side of Borough Hall, which housed the fire company in the first floor.

Samuel P. Ottey, butcher wagon

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)

Mendenhall children

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Date: 1902 (circa)

Circus posters pasted on fence

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
Two posters have "Media" pasted on top of the Saturday.

Wawa E. railroad bridge, west view

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.

Wawa E. railroad bridge, east

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.

Media Fire Company engine

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Date: 1902 (circa)
Engines is photographed on Jackson Street side of Media Ledger building at 2 W. Jackson St.