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Walter house, Media, and adjacent house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5266.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
From right: 104, 102, and 100 W. Front St. These are still standing as of 2018. The house on the far left has been demolished, and the porch on the far right has been altered

W. A. Johnson, street view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8171.jpg
Date: 1902-03-22
View of property in Lansdowne, view looking north. Sign on pole says W. Greenwood Ave.

W. A. Johnson, street view

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8172.jpg
Date: 1902-03-22
Detail of this Lansdowne property.

View of valley [of Ridley Creek] and sunset, taken from residence of Dr. A. Vernon, Esq., Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01433B.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1870-1880
Back of card reads: "Thirty minutes by R.R. from Philadelphia. Media and Vicinity. Photographed by Samuel McMullin, Landscape Photographer, No. 1128 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Taken by request of James R. Cummins, Residence, Media, Penna."…

View of south side of Baltimore Avenue, in west end of Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01106.jpg
Date: 1930-1940
View includes Allen's Scrapple-Pork Products--Clement E. Allen, on Brooke St. near Baltimore Avenue, and many other houses.

View of railroad in Ridley Creek Valley, near Media, Pa. , with Clothier Mansion atop the far hill.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04050G.jpg
Date: 1894
Typed caption on reverse reads: "Looking due east showing the valley through which the Cent. Div. runs and the tracks skirting the property from its western boundary to the point it goes onto the high bridge; this frontage is an arc of a circle."…

View of lake and boating grounds, Media Park

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01433D.jpg
Date: 1880 (circa)
Back of card reads: "Thirty minutes by R.R. from Philadelphia. Media and Vicinity. Photographed by Samuel McMullin, Landscape Photographer, No. 1128 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Taken by request of James R. Cummins, Residence, Media, Penna."…

View looking south along Ridley Creek valley toward Media railroad bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04050B.jpg
Date: 1894
Typed caption on reverse reads: "View taken from the creek road showing [Clothier] Mansion on hill, the high bridge of the P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] and the wooden covered bridge over Ridley Creek. To the right of the covered bridge may be seen…

Vernon Street, South Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8236.jpg
Date: 1902
Photography probably related to a legal case at this location. Either June or September 9, 1902. Unclear what direction this view is looking. Portion of image obscured by remnants of envelope stuck to emulsion. .

Vernon Street, South Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8237.jpg
Date: 1902
View looking north. Houses in the distance are on the north side of Jefferson Street, east of Vernon Street, and are still standing (2018). Photography probably related to a legal case at this location.

Vernon residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5133.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Woman and child in carriage posed, with horse, outside. See AP-5230 and AP-5251. This may be the Vernon Farm, in Upper Providence Township, referred to in several newspaper notes.

Vernon house, with D. A. Vernon and horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5251.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Appleton's index entry is hard to decipher, but this man is definitely not D. A. Vernon, who died in 1888; this is probably D. A. Vernon's horse. Same residence and same day as in AP-5133 and AP-5230. Possibly in Upper Providence.

Vernon house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5230.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-5133 and AP-5251. This may be the Vernon Farm, in Upper Providence Township, referred to in several newspaper notes. Family posed on porch, with women playing banjo and guitar, and pets sprawled on the lawn..

Vail house, southwest corner, Front and West streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01407A.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Photocopy provided to MHAC by Dr. Roger G. Fennell, 502 W. Front St.

Vail house, southwest corner, Front and West streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01407B.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Photocopy provided to MHAC by Dr. Roger G. Fennell, 502 W. Front St.

Vail house, southwest corner, Front and West streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01407C.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Photocopy provided to MHAC by Dr. Roger G. Fennell, 502 W. Front St.

Vail house, southwest corner, Front and West streets

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01407D.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Photocopy provided to MHAC by Dr. Roger G. Fennell, 502 W. Front St.

Unknown road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-5.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Farm buildings and dwellings in background, and large house behind telephone pole on left, and what seem to be many smokestacks in far distance.

Unknown property 1

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9055.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1908 (circa)
Stone wall with stone posts, entrance to property down driveway through allee of trees. Building on left. Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene, or documenting the property before it was sold?

Unknown property 1

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9055-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1908 (circa)
Building or barn at end of driveway with neatly trimmed lawn. Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene, or documenting the property before it was sold?

Unknown houses, road, and bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9036.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene

Unknown houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9034.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene

Unknown houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9035.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene

Unknown houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9038.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene

Unknown houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9040.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene