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- Collection: Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection
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D. A. Vernon
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Copy of an original portrait (either a photograph, drawing, or engraving); the original is signed E. J. Willcox, 1889. David Ashbridge Vernon was one of the founders of the Delaware County American. He died in 1888.
D. T. Thatcher, sewing
Address: 341 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Probably a relative (aunt?) of Deborah Thatcher Haddock Appleton, wife of photographer. Possibly in Appleton home, as this is the same wallpaper and table as in AP-4017
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
Dale mansion
Address: 423 S. Jackson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
This would have been about where the Church of Christ (housed in the former Woman's Club of Media building) is now located (2018).
Daltry case, inside lawn
Address: 501 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901-11-04
Appleton specialized in photography for use as evidence in legal cases. This is a reenactment of the case of James Daltry, a boy who picked up a live "electric light" wire on the Media, Pa. property of George Darlington and survived…
Daltry case, outside lawn
Address: 501 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901-11-04
Appleton specialized in photography for use as evidence in legal cases. This is a reenactment of the case of James Daltry, a boy who picked up a live "electric light" wire on the Media, Pa. property of George Darlington and survived…
Daniel McClintock
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1903
Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903
Darby Friends School
Address: 1205 Main St., Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1888
This school was located adjacent to the Darby Friends' Cemetery. The building is now gone, but the stuccoed wall and gateway remain (2018). A boy, probably Harry Appleton, the photographer's son, poses in the picture.
Darby Friends’ graveyard
Address: 1205 Main St., Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Present entrance to the graveyard is at 1205 Main St. in Darby.
Darby, Main Street
Address: 857-861 Main St., Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1906-1907
Shows George M. Dunlap, Leading Cash Grocer, 857 and 859, Central Meat Market, No. 861, and a stationery store at 861-1/2.
Darlington dogs
Address: Not Known
Date: 1899-09-16
Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.
Darlington lawyers group
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1902 ca.
Probably George E. Darlington's lawyers group; possibly photographed on Darlington's property on N. Providence Rd. in Media. See Also AP-8385-2 and AP-8385-3. MHAC also has several vintage prints of these photos, one of which dated it as "about…
Darlington lawyers group
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1902 ca.
Probably George E. Darlington's lawyers group; possibly photographed on Darlington's property on N. Providence Rd. in Media. See Also AP-8385-1 and AP-8385-3. MHAC also has several vintage prints of these photos, one of which dated it as "about…