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Delaware County Court House and jail, copy from map
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media." Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 8. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow up…
Radnor murderer in handcuffs, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1909
This unidentified man probably committed his alleged crime in Radnor Township, Pa.
Chester murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
This unidentified man probably committed his alleged crime in Chester, Pa.
Jail group
Date: 1900-1910
The staff of the Delaware County Jail, not the prisoners incarcerated in it. The jail's warden, Thomas S. Fields, is standing, fat left.
Jail group
Date: 1900-1910
The staff of the Delaware County Jail, not the prisoners incarcerated in it. The jail's warden, Thomas S. Fields, is standing, fat left.
Side view of African American man in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Side view of African American man in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Sinclair, prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Prisoner in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1900-1910
Unknown man in jail
Date: 1900-1910
Similar to other portraits of prisoners taken in County Jail.
Unknown man in jail
Date: 1900-1910
Similar to other portraits of prisoners taken in County Jail.
Albert West, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1902 (circa)
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903.
Fields family
Date: 1902 (circa)
The family of Thomas S. Fields (seated, front), warden of the county jail in Media. This photograph appears to have been taken with the wall of the jail as backdrop. See also AP-5945-1 and -2 for Fields in a group of jail employees. The Fields…
David Murdie, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1902-04-27
Albert West in his cell, in Delaware County Jail, Media, Pa.
Date: 1903
West was hanged in Media in April 1903. The calendar on the wall appears to be from March 1903.
Two laughing men, in County Jail, Media, Pa.
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