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Railroad bridge no. 38 Avondale top looking east

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8190.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-06-28
Man posing with bicycle on left side of photo.

Railroad bridge no. 38 Avondale north side

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8191.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-06-28
Part of a building, possibly a one-room schoolhouse, behind the bridge.

Railroad bridge no. 38 Avondale south side

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8192.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-06-28
Farms; Dwellings

Concordville south, railroad grade crossing, east

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8196.jpg
Date: 1902-07-15
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an accident at this location.

Concordville south, railroad grade crossing, south 100 feet

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8197.jpg
Date: 1902-07-15
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an accident at this location. Group of men and boys waiting at the crossing, presumably for the next train.

Concordville south, railroad grade crossing, south 25 feet

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8198.jpg
Date: 1902-07-15
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an accident at this location.

Concordville south, railroad grade crossing, north

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8199.jpg
Date: 1902-07-15
Probably photographed in support of a legal case involving an accident at this location. Small street sign reads: "Boothes Corner 4 mi". Sign on building : "Agency for Champion binders movers."

Concordville railroad wreck, view to the west

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8200.jpg
Date: 1902-07-15
Boxcar derailed and off the tracks. Workmen milling around; and onlookers watching. Car labeled with: "P.W.&B. R.R. 10034" [Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad]

Concordville railroad wreck, north view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8201.jpg
Date: 1902-07-15
Boxcar derailed and off the tracks. Workmen milling around; and onlookers watching. Special derrick on flatbed railroad car. Other photos in this series identify this derailed car as "P.W.&B. R.R. 10034" [Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore…

Concordville railroad wreck, east view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8202.jpg
Date: 1902-07-15
Two flatbed railroad cars with special derricks, probably to be used to get the boxcar back on the tracks. Car labeled with: "P.W.&B. R.R." [Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad]

Thomas Dalton Cooper and family, four generations

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8203.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902-07-28
Thomas Dalton Cooper is the father. Baby is Mary Cooper. Son and granddaughter of N. B. Cooper.

Shortlidge reunion, No. 1 group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8204.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1902-06-04
Swithin C. Shortlidge, founder of Shortlidge Media Academy, is standing in black coat just left of the center porch post.

Shortlidge reunion, No. 2 group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8205.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1902-06-04
Swithin C. Shortlidge, founder of Shortlidge Media Academy, is standing in black coat just left of the center porch post.

36th Anniversary of Howellville Base Ball Club

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Date: 1902-08-02
Ribbons read: 36th Anniversary of Howellville Base Ball Club, June 8, 1902. Edward. D. Baker is second from left; see him with his violin in AP-8258. Jesse R. Baker, his son, is at far right. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section…

36th Anniversary of Howellville Base Ball Club

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8207.jpg
Date: 1902-08-02
Appleton's index entry reads: Gradyville team or old Howellville Team, 1892." These were likely the players from that team. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township.

36th Anniversary of Howellville Base Ball Club

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8208.jpg
Date: 1902-08-02
Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Appleton's index entry: "Gradyville team, old members and president of Howellville Club"

36th Anniversary of Howellville Base Ball Club

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8209.jpg
Date: 1902-08-02
Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Appleton's index entry: "Gradyville Media old players, Media Team at Gradyville"

Castor Gray House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8210.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902-06-10
Possibly Caster Gray

Caleb Hoopes, Media sheriff

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8211.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902-07-04
Caleb Hoopes was past 80 years old and the ex-sheriff when this picture was taken. A note in the Chester Times from July 17, 1902, under the heading "The Captain's Picture," stated: "Photographer Stephen H. Appleton, of Media, has just completed a…

Ulysses Grant Realey

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902 (circa)
Husband of Sue Haddock Realey and father of Charles Realey

Realey family group; Charles Realey in middle

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8213.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902 (circa)
Ulysses Grant Realey, Charles Bechdolt Realey, and Sue Haddock Realey, the sister of the photographer's wife.