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Quinby hearse, for funerals
Address: 206 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
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.
Engle’s bakery, southwest corner, State and Orange.
Address: 218 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Sign on side of building reads: H. P. Engle Ice Cream Parlor. Signs in adjacent storefronts include Phila. Laundry, and Branch Office, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Schuchardt store or barber shop and J. Sweeny Shoe Store
Address: 122 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
According to 1897 Media Directory, George Schuchardt had a barber shop at this location. Tall barber pole in front, and horse hitching post. At 124 S. Orange, sign in window reads: J. Sweeny Shoe Store.
Schuchardt store or barber shop and J. Sweeny Shoe Store
Address: 122 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
According to 1897 Media Directory, George Schuchardt had a barber shop at this location.
Boyer’s store
Address: 9 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
On sign: “Boyer & Co. Up to Date Store. Ladies and Gents Furnishings”
Boyer’s store
Address: 9 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
On sign: “Boyer & Co. Up to Date Store. Ladies and Gents Furnishings”
P. W. Ware’s plumbing store
Address: 4 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Signs read: P. W. Ware, Hot Water Heating, Sanitary Plumbing. Plumbing, Heaters. Media Ledger building to the left.
Rorer’s store
Address: 201 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Photo includes other buildings on either side of the store, at the southeast corner of Baltimore Pike and Orange St. Similar to and probably used as basis for engraving in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 29. All the buildings in this photograph…
Burdsall & Adams, cigar manufacturer
Address: 106 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Similar to photograph in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 35
Fairmount Dam
Date: 1895-1900
This view, of the Fairmount Dam and Water Works and the Callowhill St. Bridge, was taken from a boathouse ramp above the dam on the Schuylkill River. Two steamboats are moored above dam, and the roof of a bathing pavilion is visible below dam. Sewer…
Rigby, white wagon with horse and man
Address: 110 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
In front of business of W. C. Rigby Funeral Director, Arterial Embalmer
Rigby, white wagon with horse and two men
Address: 110 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
In front of business of W. C. Rigby Funeral Director, Arterial Embalmer
Burdsall & Adams, cigar manufacturer
Address: 107 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1901
Similar to photograph in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 36
Media Ledger building and P. W. Ware Plumbing
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
Media Ledger building
Address: 2 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
Photographed from upper window of Media Borough Hall
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
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.
Newtown Telephone Station
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Date stone on building reads 1897. Sign on striped barber pole reads: To V. E. Dewees, Barber.
Ivy-covered ruins
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Looks to have once been a large factory or mill building. Possibly related to Ivy Mills; see AP-5062.
Daltry case, inside lawn
Address: 501 N. Providence Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1901-11-04
Appleton specialized in photography for use as evidence in legal cases. This is a reenactment of the case of James Daltry, a boy who picked up a live "electric light" wire on the Media, Pa. property of George Darlington and survived…