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Media Town Fair

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01155E.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1975
African American woman posed with sign: Media Civic Forum

Michener's Media Ice Company float

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9021.jpg
Date: 1900
This was the float for the Media Semi-Centennial parade in 1900. This company was later known as the Media Coal and Ice Co.

Miss Garnett and baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5338.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902 (circa)
See also AP-5308-3 and AP-5324A

Miss Tabitha Garnett, portrait

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5308-3.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902
Media Directory in 1897 lists Tabitha Garnet, domestic. See also AP-5324-1

Mrs. C. D. Manley’s colored girl

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5776.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1908 (circa)
This unnamed woman was likely a domestic servant for Mrs. C. D. Manley

Mrs. Daht Green, dead

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5590.jpg
Date: 1906-02-09

Oxen team drawing wagon at northeast corner, Front and Orange streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01275.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Delaware County Court House is in background. African-American man is tending the four oxen. Two children look on in the background.

Patron, a horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8140.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1901 (circa)

Pete Bland, murderer

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5041.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Appleton cropped Pete Bland out of this football team photo, probably to use in the newspaper. (See Plate AP-4043, which is a portion of a full 5x7 plate, and according to Appleton's index, was originally plate AP-5041.) This had been identified as a…

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.

Plum Street baby, dead, in coffin

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

Radnor murderer in handcuffs, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5811.jpg
Date: 1900-1909
This unidentified man probably committed his alleged crime in Radnor Township, Pa.

Reynolds' Tabbitt

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5324-1.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1902
Same as AP-5308-3. This probably means that the photograph shows the Reynolds' domestic servant, Tabbit, or Tabitha Garnet, who was listed as a domestic in the 1897 Media Directory.

Samuel E. D. Caine, in Civil War uniform

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5402.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1903 (circa)
Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903, Wearing cap with 194; several medals, and political button: "For Pennsylvania's Governor, S. W.…

Sandy Bank School Graduating Class

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08020A.jpg
Date: 1931

Sarah Minton

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5527.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1905 (circa)

Scott-Harrison murder, rear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8123.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909

Side and front view of African American man in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5946.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Side view of African American man in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5947.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Side view of African American man in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5948.jpg
Date: 1900-1910

Slap boy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4206.jpg
Date: 1900-07-15
Barefoot African-American boy. Probably in Appleton's backyard; same arbor as in AP-4001.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Unveiling Committee

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8249.jpg
Date: 1903
Composite with twelve photographs and fancy borders. See annotated image for names.

South Media Field Club

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8384.jpg
Date: 1906
13 African-American men and 1 boy.

Staff of Motor Sales Inc. of Media, in front of 30-34 E. State Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01104.jpg
Date: 1950 (circa)
Caption calls this "Miley & Brown, Chrysler and Plymouth."

The Palmist and Sue Appleton in high chair

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8314.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1904-04-23
"The Palmist" was probably an itinerant palm reader who came to Media. She is posed here with the photographer's daughter.