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  • Collection: Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection
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Pete Bland, murderer, from football picture

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4043.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Extracted from football team photograph taken by the photographer at Glen Mills School. See full photo and note at AP-5041.

Philadelphia Zoo, bear pits

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5234.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Philadelphia Zoo, polar bear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5233.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Philadelphia Zoo, Reptile House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5239.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Beautiful leaded and stained glass.

Philadelphia Zoo, seals

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5235.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Pierson [or Pearson?] Turner

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5470.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905 (circa)
Boy wearing sailor's suit. Pierson Turner found in Chester Times online database, but Pearson Turner was more common. This may be W. Pearson Turner, 1901-1969, buried in Cumberland Cemetery, according to Findagrave.com 173804506.

Pike baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5805.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1900-1909

Pike baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5808.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1900-1909

Plum Street baby, dead, in coffin

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5625.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1906 (circa)

Porch party

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5307.jpg
Date: 1901-07-09
Group of women and girls posed in front of long porch, on which sit other people. Looks to be a boarding house or hotel porch; too long for a dwelling?

Port Deposit, Maryland

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4140-1.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ice on Susquehanna River and over railroad tracks. Location given in address field is approximate.

Port Deposit, Maryland

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4140-2.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ice on Susquehanna River and over railroad tracks .Location given in address field is approximate.

Port Deposit, Maryland, on the Susquehanna River. Ice with railroad boxcar half submerged. C.V. R. R. Cumberland Valley Railroad car 655

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4148.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Location is approximate.

Pratt's apple tree

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4143-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1888-11-22
Probably Media

Price baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5535.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905-02-05

Price baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5626.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905 (circa)

Price baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5627.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905 (circa)

Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5949-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5949-2.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5949-3.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5951-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5951-2.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Providence Friends Meeting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4150.jpg
Date: 1889-01-21

Providence Friends Meeting House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/AP-5232.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)

Providence Meeting House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5090-1.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Stephen Appleton is sitting on the wall.