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Union A.M.E. Church, interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897-01-08
This photo like a different building from AP-5161-1 and AP-5116-2. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past, says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E. Church in Marple…
Union A.M.E. Church, interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897-01-08
This photo is the same building as AP-5162-1 and but different from AP-5161-5. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past (52), says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E.…
Campbell A.M.E. Church, interior with people
Date: 1902 (circa)
This church stood on the south side of W. 3rd Street, between Orange St. and the former North Ave., now Broomall St. According to Frank Lees in From Media's Past (50), the cornerstone for the new church, at 3rd and Olive streets, was laid in 1930.
Campbell A.M.E. Church, interior with people
Date: 1902 (circa)
This church stood on the south side of W. 3rd Street, between Orange St. and the former North Ave., now Broomall St. According to Frank Lees in From Media's Past (50), the cornerstone for the new church, at 3rd and Olive streets, was laid in 1930.
Campbell A.M.E. Church, interior, no people
Date: 1902 (circa)
This church stood on the south side of W. 3rd Street, between Orange St. and the former North Ave., now Broomall St. According to Frank Lees in From Media's Past (50), the cornerstone for the new church, at 3rd and Olive streets, was laid in 1930.
Rockdale Choir Lady
Address: 667 Mount Rd., Aston Township (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
At the Calvary Episcopal Church, Rockdale or Lenni
Rockdale Choir Ladies, two women
Address: 667 Mount Rd., Aston Township (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
At the Calvary Episcopal Church, Rockdale or Lenni
Rockdale Choir Lady
Address: 667 Mount Rd., Aston Township (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
At the Calvary Episcopal Church, Rockdale or Lenni
First Baptist Church
Address: 18 E. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1908-10-08
Photograph of architectural rendering by George E. Savage, Architect, Philadelphia
First Baptist Church rededication, inset of Rev. Patton
Address: 18 E. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1899
First Baptist Church, with inset of Rev. W. D. Thatcher
Address: 18 E. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900
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.
Uncle Josh group
Address: 30 E. Franklin St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1902-02-20
Uncle Josh was a stock character in amateur theatrical and minstrel shows. One man is in blackface, a racist imitation of African American skin color. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran this photograph on March 2, 1902, page 9, with the following headline…