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Engle’s bakery, southwest corner, State and Orange.

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Date: 1895-1900
Sign on side of building reads: H. P. Engle Ice Cream Parlor. Signs in adjacent storefronts include Phila. Laundry, and Branch Office, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Woodmen

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Date: 1895-1900
Probably at C. Frank Williamson’s lumber yard, near railroad station in Media. Scene includes railroad flatbed cars loaded with lumber, woodsmen with axes, and huge uncut tree trunks with bark still attached.

Schuchardt store or barber shop and J. Sweeny Shoe Store

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Date: 1895-1900
According to 1897 Media Directory, George Schuchardt had a barber shop at this location. Tall barber pole in front, and horse hitching post. At 124 S. Orange, sign in window reads: J. Sweeny Shoe Store.

Schuchardt store or barber shop and J. Sweeny Shoe Store

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Date: 1895-1900
According to 1897 Media Directory, George Schuchardt had a barber shop at this location.

Boyer’s store

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Date: 1895-1900
On sign: “Boyer & Co. Up to Date Store. Ladies and Gents Furnishings”

Boyer’s store

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5168-5.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
On sign: “Boyer & Co. Up to Date Store. Ladies and Gents Furnishings”

Friends Select School, Gayley and Baker

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Date: 1897
Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169-5, AP-5772, AP-4081.

Friends Select School, Gayley and Baker

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5169-5.jpg
Date: 1897
Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169, AP-5772, AP-4081.

Delaware County American, office staff

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Date: 1905 (circa)
Cord for shutter release visible in the photographer's hand.

P. W. Ware’s plumbing store

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Date: 1895-1900
Signs read: P. W. Ware, Hot Water Heating, Sanitary Plumbing. Plumbing, Heaters. Media Ledger building to the left.

Angora railroad bridge

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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.

Idlewild Cottage, west end

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Date: 1897 (circa)
Designed by Frank Furness. Potted plants on porch and in yard.

Idlewild Cottage, west end

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5174-2.jpg
Date: 1897 (circa)
Designed by Frank Furness. Potted plants on porch and in yard.

Charter House office

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Date: 1895-1900
Shows furnishings, lamps, clock, artwork on wall, potted plants

Charter House stairway

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Date: 1895-1900
Shows furnishings, lamps, carpeting, artwork on wall, potted plants

Sharpless barn

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in the stable on his farm in 1885. he case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime. Shows…

Brooklyn cruiser

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Date: 1896 (circa)
United States Navy armored cruiser, launched Oct. 2, 1895 from the Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia. Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.

Brooklyn cruiser

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5178-1.jpg
Date: 1896 (circa)
United States Navy armored cruiser, launched Oct. 2, 1895 from the Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia

Patterson patent farm machinery, “Deering Ideal”

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Date: 1895-1900
Label on machine reads: Patterson Oats Swather. Man'f'd by A. P. Patterson, Lansdowne, Del. Co., Pa. Patented June 16, 94, May 3, 97.

Patterson patent farm machinery, “Deering Ideal”

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5178-3.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Same machine as pictured in AP-5178-3.

Burmont railroad bridge, under construction or repair

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Date: 1895-1900
This is the bridge over Darby Creek, on the Media train line. What is now called Gladstone station was then called Burmont station.

Burmont railroad bridge, under construction or repair

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Date: 1895-1900
This is the bridge over Darby Creek, on the Media train line. What is now called Gladstone station was then called Burmont station, which appears in the background.

Rogers' grave, with flowers and boy in sailor's suit at grave, in Media Cemetery.

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Date: 1895-1900
Entrance off N. Orange St., between Kirk La. and Rose Tree Rd. See also AP-5064. The Smedley family intermarried with the Rogers family. This is probably the grave of Ellen Jane Smedley Rogers who died 18 Oct 1899.