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Suburban Gas office
Address: 19 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1902 (circa)
Decorated with portraits of George and Martha Washington and American flag, perhaps for Washington's Birthday. In 10/31/1917 advertisement in Chester Times, address listed in Media as 19 E. State St.
Strath Haven Inn
Address: 801 Yale Ave., Swarthmore (Pa.)
Date: 1905-1906
The dam backs up the flow of Crum Creek. The Strath Haven Condominiums now occupy this hillside.
Stotebury, woman and child, copy
Date: 1905-1909
May be Stolebury. See also AP-5542. Copy of photograph taken in studio of W. J. Davis in Bozeman, Montana.
Stotebury, woman and child, copy
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905-1909
May be Stolebury. This is the photographers copy of one of his own photographs, to which he had presumably lost the negative.
Stephen Horne, copy
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1860 (circa)
The photographer's grandfather. Copy is from a daguerreotype.
Stephen H. Appleton, on rocks outdoors
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Probably along Ridley Creek near Media. AP-4221 is same location.
Stephen H. Appleton, KT
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902-04-27
The photographer is wearing his Knights of Templar regalia. Photographer's index includes this reference after title: (Mr. Snell) See possible explanations at AP-5316-5.
Stephen H. Appleton, Knight Templar
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1904-1905
The photographer is wearing his Knights of Templar regalia.
Stephen H. Appleton, hand press
Address: 212 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1892
In print shop making posters, probably the Delaware County American office. A helper, probably Charles Haddock, is also in the picture; see AP-4099 for another picture of Haddock. Posters, probably work samples, hang on the wall.
Stephen H. Appleton, as Worshipful Master
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Worshipful Master is a Masonic Lodge position. The photographer wears a Masonic apron, white gloves and tuxedo with a Masonic pin on the lapel, and poses next to a certificate from the Masons on which sits his black top hat.
Stephen H. Appleton, as M.E.H.P.
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890
M.E.H.P stands for Most Excellent High Priest, a Masonic Lodge position