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Mancill Bridge, covered, over Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4126.jpg
Date: 1891 (circa)
Photo taken on same day as AP-4121: see case and coat in foreground of each. See Photo Folder 5036 with prints of these negatives, one dated Nov. 1891.

William H. Miller residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4127.jpg
Date: 1889
Media borough offices now (2018) occupy this property. This photo was used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 7. Houses on 4th St. between Jackson and Monroe (still standing in 2018) are in background.

Monkey on park bench

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4128.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1899 (circa)
This may be "Timmie," the pet money of Dr. and Mrs. Morton P. Dickeson, as described in the animal's obituary in the Chester Times, March 29, 1919. The monkey was 13 years old. However, Timmie figured in a lawsuit that was covered by the…

Media Water Works

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4129.jpg
Date: 1899-11-24
On Ridley Creek; Media high railroad bridge in background

First Methodist Episcopal Church, Media, interior.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4130.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Identified by comparing the design and arrangement of windows to other pictures of this church. The church is decorated for Christmas, and the organ is clearly visible.

Media railroad bridge, perspective

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4131.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Looking from trestle over Ridley Creek toward Elwyn Institute, in distance

Media Orthodox Friends Meeting, 3rd and North Ave.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4132-1.jpg
Date: 1889-01-01
This complex now includes Media-Providence Friends School. North Avenue no longer exists.

Media Orthodox Friends Meeting, 3rd and North Ave.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4132-2.jpg
Date: 1889-01-01
This complex now includes Media-Providence Friends School. North Avenue no longer exists.

Massachusetts, battleship

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4133.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.

Newtown Octagonal School

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4134.jpg
Date: 1898 (circa)
This building still stands on the grounds of Dunwoody, off West Chester Pike in Newtown Square. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 97. This novel…

New St. house, Darby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4135.jpg
Address: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)

W. H. Newlin shop

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4136.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895 (circa)
Sign reads: Carpenter and Builder. The 1885 Media Directory lists William Newlin, carpenter, with a residence at the corner of Franklin St. and Manchester Ave. The shop pictured was most likely at a different location, probaby somewhere in Media.

Ox team

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4137.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895 (circa)
Pulling cart, on road with driver

Antrim Osborne

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4138.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1895 (circa)

Port Deposit, Maryland

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4140-1.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ice on Susquehanna River and over railroad tracks. Location given in address field is approximate.

Port Deposit, Maryland

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4140-2.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ice on Susquehanna River and over railroad tracks .Location given in address field is approximate.

Maggie Porter

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4141.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)

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

Pratt's apple tree

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4143-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1888-11-22
Probably Media

Dog, Grover Pierce

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4144.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1888-12-25

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.