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Black store, copy from map

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4050.jpg
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media", location found on this map. Also called Nelling & Sons Grocery and Dry Goods Store. Black and Nelling both owned property at the northeast corner of State St. and Veterans Sq.

Row on South Ave.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4171-1.jpg
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media." This is the west side of South Ave., between Jasper St. and Front St. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 16.…

Delaware County American newspaper office, exterior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4027.jpg
Date: 1889 (circa)
American address is 10; photo also shows store of Samuel Dutton, at No. 12, and another building to the right, probably No. 8 Addresses probably 8 to 12 E. State St. 1885 Media Directory confirms Dutton at 12 E. State, but Media must have changed its…

Wilkinson store

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4234.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Sign reads Wilkinson & Cutler

Kirschnek store

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4105.jpg
Date: 1889-01-19
John Kirschnek had a jewelry store at 108 W. State St., according to 1902 Media Directory; his store may have been successor to J. S. Chapman, shown in this picture. Also shown are the Burdsall & Adams Segar or Cigar Manufacturers at 106 W. State,…

Frank Taylor, at work

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4217.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889-01-29
Laying brick in an unfinished building

Rorer's Market

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4154.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889-02-14
Used as basis for engraving in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 29

Delaware County Record newspaper office

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4164.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
1902 Media Directory lists the address as 114 W. Front St. Sign on building says E. Front St., indicating that it was taken before the center of the house numbering system in Media was shifted from South Ave. to Jackson St. Negative smashed and…

T. D. Cooper store

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5042.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
T. Dawson Copper was a "stationer and news agent" according to the 1897 Media Directory. His store at 114 W. State Street, and the building to the west, probably 116, were torn down to make room for an addition to the First National Bank of Media.

Media Club house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5046.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
This building housed the Media Club. The building still stands (2018) although the club no longer exists.

Rush's store

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5047.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
See also AP-9018

Ivy Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5062.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
A few walls of this 1829 factory, in ruins even when Appleton photographed it, still stand (2018) as part of the Ivy Mills National Historic District, in Concord Township. The ruins of the former paper mill, built by the Willcox family, are located…

Delaware County American staff

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5066.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
An annotated version of this photo, with names, is attached. See also AP-5170 for different version.

Quinby’s hearse, in front of funeral home

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5114.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
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.

Media Ice Plant, interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5193.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1893-1900

State Street view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4207.jpg
Date: 1895
Looking east from about 341 W. State St., the photographer's home.

W. H. Newlin shop

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4136.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895 (circa)
Sign reads: Carpenter and Builder. The 1885 Media Directory lists William Newlin, carpenter, with a residence at the corner of Franklin St. and Manchester Ave. The shop pictured was most likely at a different location, probaby somewhere in Media.

Ball & Rhodes yard

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5217.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)

J. H. Sloan, Media Odorless Excavator Company

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4199.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an employee and not Sloan, the owner, at the reins of the horse. This was an early version of a septic tank cleaning service, which used vacuum pumps to remove the contents of outhouses and cesspools before a public sewer system was…

Quinby Funeral Home, hearse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5126-1.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
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.

Holl Building

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5128-1.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Emil Holl ran a jewelry business at this location. See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.

View across fence through yard to distant houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5128-5.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly Media. See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.

Media Ledger building, State and Jackson

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5131.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
View taken looking from above and across the intersection from a window in the old Borough Hall.

Holl’s unfinished building

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5140.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
On State Street, north side, east of Orange St. Building under construction, with masons at work.