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Media railroad bridge, perspective
Date: 1890-1900
Looking from trestle over Ridley Creek toward Elwyn Institute, in distance
River view, with sailboats
Date: 1890-1900
Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.
Ulysses Grant Realey
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Swinging bat during baseball game; crowd in background. Probably in Media. Husband and Sue Haddock Realey and father of Charles Realey.
Redmon house
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Possibly house of Charles or Charters and Hannah Redmon, in Newtown Square
Delaware County Record newspaper office
Address: 114 W. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
1902 Media Directory lists the address as 114 W. Front St. Sign on building says E. Front St., indicating that it was taken before the center of the house numbering system in Media was shifted from South Ave. to Jackson St. Negative smashed and…
George Redmon and family, on front porch
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
George Redmon married Elizabeth or Lizzie nee Horne, in the center of the photograph. She was a cousin of Stephen Appleton. See Ogden Genealogy, p. 120-121. They had two daughters who lived to adulthood: Bessie and Lillian, pictured in other photos…
Turkeys, McClure, with Providence Friends Meeting in background
Address: 105 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Turkey, McClure, with Providence Friends Meeting in background
Address: 105 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
D. T. Thatcher, reading
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Probably a relative (maybe an aunt?) of Deborah Thatcher Haddock Appleton, wife of the photographer. Possibly in Appleton home, as this is the same wallpaper and table as in AP-4016
Frank Van Leer on rocks
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Probably along Ridley Creek near Media. AP-4028 is the same location on same day.
Jennie and Helen Vernon
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Newspaper search confirms that these two are sisters, if their similar appearance did not already confirm this.
Pete Bland, murderer
Address: 185 Glen Mills Rd., Glen Mills (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Appleton cropped Pete Bland out of this football team photo, probably to use in the newspaper. (See Plate AP-4043, which is a portion of a full 5x7 plate, and according to Appleton's index, was originally plate AP-5041.) This had been identified as a…
T. D. Cooper store
Address: 114-116 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
T. Dawson Copper was a "stationer and news agent" according to the 1897 Media Directory. His store at 114 W. State Street, and the building to the west, probably 116, were torn down to make room for an addition to the First National Bank of Media.
