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Stephen Horne, copy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4094.jpg
Date: 1860 (circa)
The photographer's grandfather. Copy is from a daguerreotype.

Horne, flowers, wet plate

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4096.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1867-1877
Probably flowers for the funeral of one of the photographer's grandparents or parents. "Wet plate" refers to the photographic process used to capture the image. This is possibly a copy from a tintype.

Horse block

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4097-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Set of stone steps used to help people mount horses.

Hagerman baby, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4098-3.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Possibly child of Herbert and A. Hagerman who lived at 30 E. Jefferson, according to 1897 Media Directory

Charles Haddock, hand press

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4099.jpg
Date: 1888-11-30
Possibly at office of Delaware County American. Charles Haddock was Deborah Appleton's brother.

Joseph Horne house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4100.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895 (circa)
Home of photographer's parents, possibly in Marple Township or Darby, Pa.

Harry Appleton in snow house, winter of 1895

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4101-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895
The photographer's son. Most likely in backyard of Appleton house

Harry Appleton and Billie the cat

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4101-2.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
The photographer's son. Photograph taken on same day as AP-4009, but different cat

Indiana, battleship

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4103-1.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Built at Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia and commissioned in 1895. This picture may be from the commissioning celebration, judging from the number of civilians on ship and the awning at the stern. Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia…

Indiana, battleship

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4103-2.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Built at Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia and commissioned in 1895. This picture may be from the commissioning celebration, judging from the number of civilians on ship and the awning at the stern. Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia…

Jobson’s market, interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4104.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Address according to 1897 Media Directory. The decorations may be for the celebration of Media's Semi-Centennial in 1900, or for some other patriotic holiday. The five butchers in the picture are all wearing top hats, and seem to be hamming it up for…

Kirschnek store

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4105.jpg
Date: 1889-01-19
John Kirschnek had a jewelry store at 108 W. State St., according to 1902 Media Directory; his store may have been successor to J. S. Chapman, shown in this picture. Also shown are the Burdsall & Adams Segar or Cigar Manufacturers at 106 W. State,…

Letter Carrier

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4106.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Mail was delivered in this horse-drawn vehicle.

Leedom children, boy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4107-1.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1888-12-29

Leedom children, boy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4107-2.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1888-12-29

Leedom children, girl

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4107-3.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1888-12-29
Possibly Ethel Leedom; see AP-5767 and AP-5768-1 and -2.

Lansdowne signs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4108.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Hand-lettered business signs posted on tree, one for "Ja's (James) Haynes, upholsterer, est. 1885, steam carpet cleaning; call for and deliver all goods, Clifton Heights and Lansdowne" and a second for "Edward Brown, whitewashing, grading, cementing…

Lima Methodist Episcopal Church

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4109.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
The building, somewhat altered, still stands (2018).

Lindsay ruins

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4110.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Rubble in a field; looks to be the ruins of a barn; another building is visible in the nearby woods.

Lewis log cabin

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4111.jpg
Date: 1898 (circa)
A crude picket fence surrounds the property. 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 21, shows "Log house 200 years" near the J. Howard Lewis property along Crum Creek, just downstream of Beatty Road. See also Plate 12. Photograph used in the book Twice…

Marshall shooting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4112-3.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Sport shooting, probably at clay pigeons

Marshall shooting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4112-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Sport shooting, probably at clay pigeons

Marshall shooting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4112-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Sport shooting, probably at clay pigeons

Media railroad station

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4113.jpg
Date: 1889 (circa)
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 42