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Port Deposit, Maryland
Address: Main St., Port Deposit (Md.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ice on Susquehanna River and over railroad tracks .Location given in address field is approximate.
Paoli monument
Date: 1895 (circa)
Monument memorializes the Battle of Paoli, fought Sept. 20, 1777. It still stands in Malvern, PA, in Paoli Battlefield Historical Park.
Paoli monument
Date: 1895 (circa)
Monument memorializes the Battle of Paoli, fought Sept. 20, 1777. Still stands in Malvern, PA, in Paoli Battlefield Historical Park. Two bicyclists pose in the picture, probably Harry and Albert Appleton, the photographer's sons.
Wallingford Presbyterian Church
Date: 1895 (circa)
Worrall house, Friends School site
Address: 117 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
1855 Map of Media shows that Wesley Worrall owned this lot, although no house had yet been built.
War ship
Location: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ship is in the Delaware River off Philadelphia; the spire in the background is Independence Hall.
Watters Clock
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
The Watters Electric Program Clock, patented Oct. 29, 1895, by L. H. Watters, Media, PA. Patent 549,038. Filed Nov. 30, 1891
Angora railroad bridge
Date: 1895 (circa)
Location is approximate. This bridge crossed a small stream called Thomas Run or Ameaseka Run, in West Philadelphia. The stream was buried in a sewer by the early 20th century and the railroad now crosses this valley at grade.
Mancill Bridge, covered
Date: 1895 (circa)
Baltimore Pike crossing Ridley Creek at Elwyn Road, showing covered bridge. Ridley Creek at this location is the boundary between Upper Providence and Middletown townships.
Wawa Railroad Station, platform, looking east
Location: Chester Heights (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
Water tank and locomotive are in the distance. The station was on the west side of Chester Creek, whcsh appears behind a scrim of trees.
Cutting ice on Palmer's Dam
Date: 1895 (circa)
In the old vernacular, a pond and a dam were synonymous. Palmer's Dam was located on Ridley Creek just north of Baltimore Pike, upstream of the Media Water Works. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Residence of Henry M. and Mary T. Fussell, 24 E. Jefferson Street, Media, Pa.
Address: 24 E. Jefferson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
On reverse: Robert and Lewis Fussell on the porch. Mary T. Fussell in bay window.
William H. Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 ca.
Shown here in the Recorder of Deeds office at the Delaware County Court House, Media, Pa.
Media Base Ball Club of 1895
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-10-05
Same team as in AP-5159. See PH-15036 for a print with the players identified.
Media Base Ball Club of 1895
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-10-05
Same team as in AP-5158. See PH-15036 for a print with the players identified.
Media baseball team.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-10-05
2 copies. Same as Appleton AP-5158. IDs on photograph: “Phenomenal” John Smith, Curt Wiegand, Harry Barton, Phil Larkin, “Frosty” Stackhouse, George Noblitt, Jay Murray, Pete Band, Jimmy Toman, Matthew Fox, Phil Donnelly, “Cheese” Anderson, Bert…