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Carlotta Broomall Matienzo

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905
She seems to be dressed as a queen.

Hoopes family, five generations

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905
Caleb Hoopes, former Media sheriff, is the man with cane and beard.

Catholic Church rectory

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Date: 1904-1905
Full name is Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, or Nativity BVM, for short. A priest in full regalia sits in a wicker rocking chair on the porch, reading a newspaper.

Catholic Church rectory

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Date: 1904-1905
Full name is Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, or Nativity BVM, for short. A priest in full regalia sits in a wicker rocking chair on the porch, reading a newspaper.

Pusey wedding party

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1904-1905
Pusey is an old Quaker name; the brick wall behind the wedding party might possibly belong to a Quaker meeting house.

Pusey wedding party

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1904-1905
Pusey is an old Quaker name; the brick wall behind the wedding party might possibly belong to a Quaker meeting house.

Pusey wedding party

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8344-5.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1904-1905
Pusey is an old Quaker name; the brick wall behind the wedding party might possibly belong to a Quaker meeting house.

Marjorie Brooks

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1904 (circa)
Born 1883, died 1977, buried Green Mount Cemetery, West Chester , Pa. Married J. Oscar Dicks, M.D. (1875-1938), buried in same place. See also AP-5507. Sister of Mildred Brooks, see AP-8346.

Mildred Brooks

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1904-12-14
Married Henry Ewing Macky; she and her husband are both buried in Media Cemetery. She may be the mother of Baby Macky (see AP-5903 and AP-5904) and is the sister of Marjorie Brooks (see AP-8345 and AP-5507).

Harry Appleton

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1904 (circa)
The photographer's son

Sue Appleton, at Christmas tree

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Date: 1904
The photographer's daughter at the family's Christmas tree.

Sue Appleton, at Christmas tree

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Date: 1904
The photographer's daughter at the family's Christmas tree.

Charles Realey, at Christmas tree, dressed as soldier

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Date: 1904
The photographer's nephew posed with his family's Christmas tree. A print of AP-8213, a Realey family group, sits on the mantel above Charles' head.

E. Q. O. I. Group

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Date: 1904-1905
Harry Appleton, the photographer's son, is seated at the bottom left.

Snowden’s hardware man

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Date: 1905
Tin man created for display in Snowden's, a Media, Pa. hardware store.

Edgar T. Miller, copy

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Two men posing with tall sheaves of grains, perhaps at a County fair; not sure which is Miller.

Bosler’s store window

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1905-11-22
Showing display of two Post products, Postum and Grape-Nuts. Sign above the display reads: "Some can, some cannot drink coffee. If each week your ailment grows worse, stop coffee. Use Postum. There's a reason. Postum Coffee. It makes red blood. The…

Anderson dog

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1905 (circa)

Anderson dog

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1905 (circa)

Patterson machine

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Date: 1905 (circa)
Label on machine reads: Patterson Oats Gleaner, patented 9-27-04

Patterson machine, parts

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Date: 1905 (circa)
Appear to be parts for oats gleaner pictured in AP-8355

Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media

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Date: 1906
The caption for this photo, printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 25, 1906, reads: "Wrecked Safe in Media Post Office: Yeggmen set off a charge that demolished the outer part of the receptacle last night. The inner lining was intact. The…

Crime scene. Post Office robbery, Media

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Date: 1906
See description at AP-8356. A bottle on a ledge by the safe, somehow unbroken after the explosion, bears this label: Pomeroy's Combined Writing & Copying Fluid. Flows Freely, Will Not Mould. Newark, N.J. One letter sits on the floor in front of the…

Strath Haven Inn

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Date: 1905-1906
The dam backs up the flow of Crum Creek. The Strath Haven Condominiums now occupy this hillside.

Vansickle group

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Date: 1905-1906
House number above the door reads 329. 1902 Media Directory lists Henry C. VanSyckel, Salesman, at 329 W. 4th St.