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James Haddock and Elwood (or Ellwood) Haddock

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5072.jpg
Date: 1889-11-30
Deborah Appleton's father James and brother Ellwood. This is probably an 1889 copy of an older photo.

Stephen H. Appleton as Worshipful Master, 1890

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4011-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890
Worshipful Master is a Masonic Lodge position.

Stephen H. Appleton as Worshipful Master, 1890

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4011-2.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890
Worshipful Master is a Masonic Lodge position.

Stephen H. Appleton, as M.E.H.P.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4019-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890
M.E.H.P stands for Most Excellent High Priest, a Masonic Lodge position

Stephen H. Appleton as M.E.H.P.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4019-2.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890
M.E.H.P stands for Most Excellent High Priest, a Masonic Lodge position

Harry Appleton and Fred the cat

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4012.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
The photographer's son. Appleton wrote Fred in his index, but this is clearly the black cat, Billy, pictured in other photos in this collection.

Harry Appleton

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4018.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890 (circa)
The photographer's son

George Washington Ridley

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lemon/LE-010.jpg
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 ca.
Pictured with son Eddie and daughter Lily. George escaped slavery as a child with his mother, Martha Jane Parham, his sister Rachel, and his uncle, Andison Parham.

Back-door neighbors

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5142.jpg
Date: 1890-1895
Deborah Appleton, the photographer's wife, and a neighbor, in back of 341 and 343 W. State St.

Back-door neighbors

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5142-1.jpg
Date: 1890-1895
Deborah Appleton, the photographer's wife, and a neighbor, in back of 341 and 343 W. State St.

Harry Appleton and Alfred Appleton, in woods near Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5143.jpg
Date: 1890-1895
The photographer's sons; Stephen Appleton is presumably the man behind the camera.

Alfred Appleton

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5222.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1895
The photographer's son.

H. G. or H. S. Richmond

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4156.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1900

Samuel P. Rush

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4161.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Probably at a local quarry

George Redmon and family, on front porch

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4165.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
George Redmon married Elizabeth or Lizzie nee Horne, in the center of the photograph. She was a cousin of Stephen Appleton. See Ogden Genealogy, p. 120-121. They had two daughters who lived to adulthood: Bessie and Lillian, pictured in other photos…

D. T. Thatcher, reading

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4216.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Probably a relative (maybe an aunt?) of Deborah Thatcher Haddock Appleton, wife of the photographer. Possibly in Appleton home, as this is the same wallpaper and table as in AP-4016

Frank Van Leer on rocks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4221.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Probably along Ridley Creek near Media. AP-4028 is the same location on same day.

Jennie and Helen Vernon

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4222.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Newspaper search confirms that these two are sisters, if their similar appearance did not already confirm this.

Dutton Otley Cummins

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5045-3.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900

M. L. Haddock, flash light

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5060.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Probably Mary L. Haddock, a relative of Deborah Appleton. "Flash light" probably means that Appleton used an artificial flash to capture this image.

Griscom children and goat

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5068.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1900

Griscom, baby, laughing

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5069.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1900

James Clark

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5098.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1900