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Eddystone Trolley Case
Date: 1900-1909
Shows church at 9th and Sayville in Eddystone, with trolley No.16 of the Chester Traction Co. This was likely taken by Appleton in support of a legal case regarding a trolley accident. A large factory is in the background.
Buck Tavern
Date: 1901
According to "whatwasthere.com" (accessed in January 2018), this tavern was on West Chester Pike in Marple Township and was demolished in the 1940s for a housing development. American Legion Post 805 in Broomall now occupies the site.
Golf Club grounds
Date: 1901-07-25
This may be the golf club built on the Rowland Farm property; the club later moved to Nether Providence Township and is now the Springhaven Country Club. The half-hidden house in the distance appears to be the Rowland farmhouse (compare to…
Quoit pitchers
Address: Not Known
Date: 1901-09
Group of Delaware County men who held an annual picnic. Also called in newspaper reports the Delaware County Quoit Pitchers Association. See also AP-8141-2.
Quoit pitchers
Address: Not Known
Date: 1901-09
Group of Delaware County men who held an annual picnic. Also called in newspaper reports the Delaware County Quoit Pitchers Association. See also AP-8141-1.
Quinby wagon, for funerals
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1907-09-02
Probably behind 206 S. Orange, Media, where the Quinby Funeral Home was located.
Rowlandville railroad bridge no. 64, north side
Location: Port Deposit (Md.)
Date: 1901-07-20
Crosses Octoraro Creek in Cecil County, Maryland, close to the Susquehanna River.
Media Fire Company hose carriage
Date: 1901-10-02
Photographed on the State St side of the old Borough Hall, which housed the fire company on the first floor. A memorial portrait for William McKinley, recently assassinated, hangs in the doorway of the Media Free Library, which had space upstairs.…
Roland Evans family
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1901-09-28
Date is probably a year or so off. Children have different haircuts and are slightly older than they are in AP-8147-5 and AP-8147-75, which have same date.
Robinson will, last page
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901-10-05
This was photographed for a legal case contesting the will of Letitia Robinson.
Media Fire Company, parading in front of Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.
Media Fire Company, parading in front of Charter House
Address: 201 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901-10-02
Firemen in uniform; onlookers include numerous children; Charter House willows in full leaf.
