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Allen’s fat cattle
Address: Brooke St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Cattle are outside Allen's Market, with several men posing in the background and the storefront behind them. A sign reads: “Now is the time to engage your turkey”
Charter House parlor
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Clearly shows draperies, furniture, light fixtures, and potted plants
Friends Select School
Address: 117 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897 (circa)
Photograph of architectural rendering by Morgan Bunting, Architect. Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169, AP-5772.
Chadd’s Ford railroad station, woman’s room
Address: Fairville Rd., Chadd's Ford (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Location is approximate. Shows ticket window and pot belly stove.
North Ave. row, east side, from 2nd St. to Carbon St.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
North Avenue no longer exists. It was directly in line with South Avenue, north of the court house. These houses were demolished at some point as the court house, and then the county government center, expanded to cover the entire area from Front to…
Holl’s unfinished building
Address: 217 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
On State Street, north side, east of Orange St. Building under construction, with masons at work.
Back-door neighbors
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1895
Deborah Appleton, the photographer's wife, and a neighbor, in back of 341 and 343 W. State St.
Back-door neighbors
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1895
Deborah Appleton, the photographer's wife, and a neighbor, in back of 341 and 343 W. State St.
Harry Appleton and Alfred Appleton, in woods near Media, Pa.
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1895
The photographer's sons; Stephen Appleton is presumably the man behind the camera.
D. T. Thatcher, sewing
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Probably a relative (aunt?) of Deborah Thatcher Haddock Appleton, wife of photographer. Possibly in Appleton home, as this is the same wallpaper and table as in AP-4017
Quinby hearse, for funerals
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.
Decoration Day Parade, 1895. T. School.
Date: 1895
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.…
Decoration Day Parade, 1895. Parade Band
Date: 1895
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.
Decoration Day Parade, 1895. Cooper’s Rifles
Date: 1895
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.
Decoration Day Parade, 1895. Bradbury Post
Date: 1895
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.
First Methodist Episcopal Church, interior, Christmas
Address: 350 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
First Methodist Episcopal Church, interior, Christmas
Address: 350 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
C. Redmon and wife
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1902 (circa)
Probably Charles or Charters Redmon and Hannah A. Logan Redmon, according to Sharpless Genealogy, p. 798 and Ogden Genealogy, p. 120-121. Parents of Dilwyn or Dillwyn Redmon; see AP-5374 and AP-4158. On a porch, with potted plants.
Firemen boys
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Boys dressed in fireman hats in carriage behind a mule or donkey
Annie Haddock, sewing
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Annie T. Haddock, sitting at a Household brand sewing machine, is listed as a dressmaker in the 1897 Media Directory. She was Deborah Appleton's sister.
