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James Haddock and Elwood (or Ellwood) Haddock
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
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
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,…
Delaware County Court House, old
Date: 1890-1900
Peach Bottom railroad engine, L.O.& S.R.R.
Location: Peach Bottom (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. LO&SRR stands for Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Rail Road
Media police
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
Address: 109 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: 105 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Stephen Appleton is sitting on the wall.
Providence Meeting House
Address: 105 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Stephen Appleton is sitting on the wall.
Quinby’s wagon
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Man holding horse, in front of business of “Mrs. A. J. Quinby & Sons, Funeral Directors”
Quinby’s wagon
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
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
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Middletown Presbyterian Church, interior
Date: 1900 (circa)
The small building pictured was remodeled and absorbed into the larger church and Sunday School complex now on this site.