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Clifton Road
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
These photographs may have been taken to document the condition of the road, for a legal case. Shows extremely rough, unpaved surface. Possibly Clifton Avenue, in Delaware County?
Clifton Road
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
These photographs may have been taken to document the condition of the road, for a legal case. Shows extremely rough, unpaved surface. Possibly Clifton Avenue, in Delaware County?
Susquehanna River
Date: 1895-1900
In Pennsylvania or Maryland, perhaps near Peach Bottom or Port Deposit; see photos of these places elsewhere in this collection.
Media Fire Company wagon made by Media Carriage Co.
Address: 216 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Photographed outside the Media Carriage Co. building. See also AP-5796
Yacht Virginia, bow
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. The unidentified owner (perhaps builder) of this boat appears in some of the pictures.
Yacht Virginia, bow
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. Shows a man with the boat, possibly the unidentified owner (of builder?).
Yacht Virginia, stern
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. The unidentified owner (perhaps builder) of this boat appears in some of the pictures.
Yacht Virginia, stern
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. Shows a man with the boat, possibly the unidentified owner (of builder?).
Chadd’s Ford railroad station, gentleman’s room
Address: Fairville Rd., Chadd's Ford (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Location is approximate. View includes pot belly stove.
Darby Friends School
Address: 1205 Main St., Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1888
This school was located adjacent to the Darby Friends' Cemetery. The building is now gone, but the stuccoed wall and gateway remain (2018). A boy, probably Harry Appleton, the photographer's son, poses in the picture.
Thomas Rufus Vernon, Sr. and family
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
Posed around the mantle, showing various framed prints, figurines, a clock, a dolls head, and what appears to be a mourning corsage. His wife, the former Blanche E. Knight, is also in the photo, and along with his son, Thomas R. Vernon, Jr. and his…
Thomas Rufus Vernon, Sr., on bicycle
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
"Charter House Livery and Boarding Stables" are in the background. 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.
Morton Baseball Club
Address: Not Known
Date: 1897
Names on uniforms include Parker and Worrell. Photo taken at same location as many other sports photos, probably while team was playing in Media.
Morton Baseball Club
Address: Not Known
Date: 1897
Names on uniforms include Parker and Worrell. Photo taken at same location as many other sports photos, probably while team was playing in Media.
Stephen and Martha Horne
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1880
The photographer's maternal grandparents. This is a copy of an old photograph.
Walter house, Media, and adjacent house
Address: 100-104 W. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
From right: 104, 102, and 100 W. Front St. These are still standing as of 2018. The house on the far left has been demolished, and the porch on the far right has been altered
