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Swarthmore College
Address: 500 College Ave., Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
View from railroad tracks all the way up to the main building, no Parrish Hall. The oak tree allee along this walk were then newly planted.
Mary Wilkinson in house
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Mary was daughter of Sarah and Edgar Wilkinson; Sarah (or Sallie) was Deborah Appleton's sister.
Sallie and Mary Wilkinson
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Sallie (Sarah) was Deborah Appleton's sister; Mary was Sallie's daughter.
Lane Quinn
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1895-1900
Perhaps W. Lane Quinn: William Lane Quinn, of Ridley Township
Leedom’s bridge
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Bridge over Darby Creek near Leedom's Mill. ( Caption from a similar photgraph in the collection of the Delaware COunty Institute of Science, Cat. # 1988.2.87B) Appleton's photograph is used facing page 89 in the novel Twice Adopted, by "En Quad."…
Quinby Funeral Home, hearse
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
In front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors." This building still stands and, in 2018, is still almost identical from the outside.
Brinton’s tree, Baltimore and Lemon
Date: 1895-1900
According to the 1892 map of Media, Dr. D. G. Brinton lived at the southeast corner of Baltimore Ave. and Lemon St.
Circle pictures
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Six untitled photographs of various scenes, probably in or near Media, all shot on the same circular negative. See AP-5128-1 though -6 for individual photographs
Holl Building
Address: 217 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Emil Holl ran a jewelry business at this location. See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.
Charter House stable
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.
View across fence through yard to distant houses
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly Media. See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.
Media high railroad bridge over Ridley Creek looking toward Media Station
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.
Media Ledger building, State and Jackson
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
View taken looking from above and across the intersection from a window in the old Borough Hall.
Shoemakerville Bridge. Looking across Ridley Creek into Chester.
Date: 1895-1900
This hill and bridge are on Providence Road / Route 320, as it crosses Ridley Creek, which is the border between Chester and Nether Providence.