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Frederick Division, Pennsylvania Railroad

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5229.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900

Vernon house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5230.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-5133 and AP-5251. This may be the Vernon Farm, in Upper Providence Township, referred to in several newspaper notes. Family posed on porch, with women playing banjo and guitar, and pets sprawled on the lawn..

Baldwin flowers

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5231-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895
Flowers spell out “Wardle”. According to Media Cemetery records, this would probably be Wardle E. Baldwin, born 1894, died 1895.

Philadelphia Zoo, polar bear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5233.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Philadelphia Zoo, bear pits

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5234.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Philadelphia Zoo, seals

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5235.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Coffin with man, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5236.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900

Appleton's "First photo", of Harry and Deborah Appleton

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5237-1.jpg
Date: 1888
The photographer's wife and son.

Appleton's "First photo", two boys and toys, Albert and Harry Appleton

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5237-2.jpg
Date: 1888
The photographer's two sons.

Fairmount Dam

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5238.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
This view, of the Fairmount Dam and Water Works and the Callowhill St. Bridge, was taken from a boathouse ramp above the dam on the Schuylkill River. Two steamboats are moored above dam, and the roof of a bathing pavilion is visible below dam. Sewer…

Philadelphia Zoo, Reptile House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5239.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Beautiful leaded and stained glass.

Rowland house or Vernon house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5240.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
A flower bed is in the foreground, with a vine-covered porch on the house. Appleton initialed this in the lower left corner.

Broomall's Dam

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5241.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Formerly Media Swimming and Rowing Club, now Broomall's Lake Country Club

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-1.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-2.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-3.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Carey’s night blooming cereus

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5243.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
1893 map of Media shows that E. Carey had a greenhouse behind his house at N. Jackson and Carbon St. so it is likely that this picture was taken at that location.

Chester Sugar Refining

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5244.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Sign on building: “For sale, wharves and buildings. Apply to Samuel Lyons, Market Square.” Avenue of the States was formerly called Market St.

Carey’s cactus

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5245.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
1892 map of Media shows that E. Carey had a greenhouse behind his house at N. Jackson and Carbon St. so it is likely that this picture was taken at that location.

Shoemakerville Hill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5246.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
This hill and bridge are on Providence Road or Route 320, as it crosses Ridley Creek, which is the border between Chester and Nether Providence Township, Pa. See AP-5132-1 for same view taken same day.

Tuckerman children, with woman, probably mother

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5247-1.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
One boy in sailor's suit

Tuckerman children, with woman, probably mother

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5247-2.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
One boy in sailor's suit

Union M.E. Church, exterior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5248-1.jpg
Date: 1897-01-08

Thomas Rufus Vernon, Sr.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5250.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1895-1900
Full name from an application for Sons of the American Revolution found on findagrave.com 77996897, which gives detailed information about several generations of the Vernon family.

Vernon house, with D. A. Vernon and horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5251.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Appleton's index entry is hard to decipher, but this man is definitely not D. A. Vernon, who died in 1888; this is probably D. A. Vernon's horse. Same residence and same day as in AP-5133 and AP-5230. Possibly in Upper Providence.