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Brooke Hall

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Date: 1900-03-24

James Haddock and Elwood (or Ellwood) Haddock

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Date: 1889-11-30
Deborah Appleton's father James and brother Ellwood. This is probably an 1889 copy of an older photo.

Water Works Media, old, mill only, copy of old photograph

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Date: 1899-12-03
This possibly shows the Mancill Mill on the water works property. Frank Lees, in his caption for this image on Photo Folder 1374 in the MHAC collection, identifies it as: "Ice House, Palmer's Ice Co., at Palmer's Dam, Ridley Creek at Baltimore Pike,…

Henry flowers

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Lilies of the valley and calla lilies

Della Hoopes, deceased

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900

Delaware County Court House in 1900, with inset of 1850 Court House

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Date: 1900

Delaware County Court House

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Date: 1900

Delaware County Jail, Media, Pa.

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Date: 1890-1900

Delaware County Court House, old

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Date: 1890-1900

A. P. Ottey, deceased

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Staged in baby carriage in parlor; no flowers

A. P. Ottey, deceased

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Staged in baby carriage in parlor; with flowers

Watterson murder, long distance, South Media view

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Date: 1895

Irvin and Mary Bickley, children

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Date: 1898-04-20

Irvin and Mary Bickley, children

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Date: 1898-04-20

Bickley family

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Date: 1898-04-20

Peach Bottom railroad engine, L.O.& S.R.R.

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. LO&SRR stands for Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Rail Road

Charter House dining room

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Date: 1900 (circa)
With flowers on one table.

Media police

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1891-09-21
Chief of police flanked by four officers, including one whom is African-American. Names, according to Frank Lees, in From Media's Past (45), are Hoopes, Rodenboh [probably Rodenbaugh], Chief McKniff, Sherlock, and Turner. Lees says the picture was…

Webster store, interior

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Date: 1900 (circa)
P. L. Webster sold butter and eggs at this location in 1900. Media 1897 Directory lists: Pennell L. Webster, Milk, 109 W. State, House, same

Providence Meeting House

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Stephen Appleton is sitting on the wall.

Providence Meeting House

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Stephen Appleton is sitting on the wall.

Quinby’s wagon

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Man holding horse, in front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors”

Quinby’s wagon

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Date: 1900 (circa)
Man holding horse, in front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors." This building still stands and, in 2018, is still almost identical from the outside.

Painting, copy, showing hunters with shotguns and several dogs

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)

Middletown Presbyterian Church, interior

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Date: 1900 (circa)
The small building pictured was remodeled and absorbed into the larger church and Sunday School complex now on this site.