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William Jones, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5522.jpg
Date: 1905-08-02
He is holding a bouquet of flowers.

Two laughing men, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5392.jpg
Date: 1903 (circa)
Appleton's title for this photograph, from his index, was "Laughing coons," using the derogatory term for African Americans. The men wear prison uniforms

Albert West in his cell, in Delaware County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8252.jpg
Date: 1903
West was hanged in Media in April 1903. The calendar on the wall appears to be from March 1903.

Albert West, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5349.jpg
Date: 1902 (circa)
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903.

Chester murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5944.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
This unidentified man probably committed his alleged crime in Chester, Pa.