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Pearson house, Darby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4142.jpg
Address: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
Possibly related to the Pearson branch of Appleton's family

Pearl Street between Orange and Lemon streets, looking west

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01084.jpg
Date: 1972
No similar buildings now exist on this block; many small buildings along this stretch were torn down to make parking lots and parking spaces.

Pearl Street between Orange and Lemon streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01318.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
This information is from Frank Lees folder caption. No information was found on the reverse of the photograph.

Peach Bottom, railroad car interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5115.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Location is approximate.

Peach Bottom railroad engine, L.O.& S.R.R.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5085.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. LO&SRR stands for Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Rail Road

Pay railroad car

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5048.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-05-15
Not sure if this means this car was rented, "for pay," by this festive, well dressed group of young adults, or if this is the car which carried pay for employees. One passenger car, marked P.W. & B. R.R. and Pennsylvania, pulled by a locomotive.

Paul L. Clark, Media Borough Secretary

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01332.jpg
Date: 1967 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "Office in old library building at Jackson and Jasper streets, prior to moving to borough hall at 2 W. Jackson Street"

Patterson patent farm machinery, “Deering Ideal”

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5178-2.jpg
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.

Patterson machine, parts

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8355-5.jpg
Date: 1905 (circa)
Appear to be parts for oats gleaner pictured in AP-8355

Patterson machine

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8355.jpg
Date: 1905 (circa)
Label on machine reads: Patterson Oats Gleaner, patented 9-27-04

Patron, a horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8140.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1901 (circa)

Pastime Theatre

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01096.jpg
Date: 1900-1912
On reverse: Prior to 1913. According to Frank Lees, the theater operated until 1927.

Past and present borough officials of Media, Pa., assembled in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2862.jpg
Date: 1950-04-29
No identifications on negative envelope. Left to right, Bottom: Walter L. Rhodes, Crosby L. Smith, ?, J. Fred Schultz. Middle: ? (man behind Schultz's right shoulder). Top: Walter Strine, Paul Clark, Gus G. D. Houtman, ?, J. Orval Mancill, Frank…

Past and present borough officials of Media, Pa., assembled in front of Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Zimmerman/ZM-2863.jpg
Date: 1950-04-29
No identifications on negative envelope. Left to right, Bottom: Walter L. Rhodes, Crosby L. Smith, ?, J. Fred Schultz. Middle: ? (man behind Schultz's right shoulder). Top: Walter Strine, Paul Clark, Gus G. D. Houtman, ?, J. Orval Mancill, Frank…

Paoli monument

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4146.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Monument memorializes the Battle of Paoli, fought Sept. 20, 1777. It still stands in Malvern, PA, in Paoli Battlefield Historical Park.

Paoli monument

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4149.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Monument memorializes the Battle of Paoli, fought Sept. 20, 1777. Still stands in Malvern, PA, in Paoli Battlefield Historical Park. Two bicyclists pose in the picture, probably Harry and Albert Appleton, the photographer's sons.

Pancoast baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5532-1.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905 (circa)

Pancoast baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5532-2.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905 (circa)

Panama Canal Zone, view of buzzards

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-16002.jpg
Location: Panama (Panama)
Date: 1907-04-17
One of a series of photographs of Panama Canal construction and scenery by W. R. Newbold, Jr., of Media. Original caption: Panama City is quite thickly populated. This represents a view from my dining room early morning. They are real buzzards.