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Eastman residence
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
House of John I. Eastman, listed in 1885 Media Directory at Washington, now Baltimore Ave., and Lemon St. Image is in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 37, as “Miss Eastman's Cottage." See also 1892 Map of Media.
Elephant, in front of Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; see also AP-4077-2
Elephant, in front of Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; the elephant has a Charter House advertisement banner on its back. See also AP-4077-1
Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com
Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com
Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com
Friends Select School
Address: 117 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1896 (circa)
Photograph of architectural rendering by Morgan Bunting, Architect. Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169, AP-5772.
Fronefield residence
Date: 1889
In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 39: "Residence of J. H. Fronefield, M.D.” 1892 map of Media shows this house, and the greenhouse that appears in the background, behind the house of E. Carey, at N. Jackson and Carbon St.
Field’s house, former schoolhouse
Address: 8 S. Lemon St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
See AP-8219 for Fields family. Corner of plate broken. Media 1897: Thomas F. Fields, 8 S. Lemon St. Lived with Margaret Fields, widow Samuel.
Gas Works
Date: 1890-1900
Exterior of the building, with workmen around door. Sign on door reads: "No admittance except on business."
Gayley house
Address: 301 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 55, described as “Swithin C. Shortlidge’s Academy Annex”
Rev. Griffith, wet plate
Address: Not Known
Date: 1880 (circa)
Probably Rev. T. M. Griffith, listed as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1885 Media Directory. “Wet plate” refers to the photographic process used to capture the image.
Holl's children
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Same little girl as in AP-4093. Older girl pushing Helen Holl in baby carriage.
Haverford Friends Meeting
Address: 235 E. Eagle Rd., Havertown (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 161. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow up to get married, and uses many real…
Ellwood Haddock, at forge
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890 (circa)
Deborah Appleton's brother. He became a minister, but here is working at a blacksmith's forge.
Hawley Store, Interior
Address: 115 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
This later became Snowden's Inc. Possibly Henry C. Snowden (born 1838) behind counter (although this does not look like the picture at Findagrave.com), or Samuel W. Hawley (1840-1905)
Appleton home, 1896
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1896
Also shows 339 W. State St.. Harry Appleton, the photographer's son, is on the porch.
Martha P. Horne, grandmother, copy
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1880 (circa)
The photographer's grandmother. Copy is from a daguerreotype.
Haddock house, Marple
Location: Marple (Pa. : Township)
Date: 1898
Possibly childhood home of Deborah Haddock Appleton, the photographer's wife.
