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Trolley mail car between 5th and 6th on Olive St.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5035.jpg
Date: 1896-03-02
Chester Traction Co. trolley car bedecked with bunting and banner reading: Chester Media U.S. Mail. Conductor and operator standing at either end of car. According to an article in The Philadelphia Times, March 3, 1896, this service was inaugurated…

Trolley mail car between 5th and 6th on Olive St.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5035-1.jpg
Date: 1896-03-03
Chester Traction Co. trolley car bedecked with bunting and banner reading: Chester Media U.S. Mail. Conductor and operator standing at either end of car. According to an article in The Philadelphia Times, March 3, 1896, this service was inaugurated…

Eddystone Trolley Case

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8132.jpg
Date: 1900-1909
This was likely taken by Appleton in support of a legal case regarding a trolley accident.

Eddystone Trolley Case

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8132-25.jpg
Date: 1900-1909
This was likely taken by Appleton in support of a legal case regarding a trolley accident.

Eddystone Trolley Case

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8132-5.jpg
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.

West-Allen murder. View of Third Street west, Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8177-5.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1902-03-08
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903. A trolley car is in the distance.

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. .

Media high railroad bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8307.jpg
Date: 1903-11-01
View looking south from bridge showing Water Works, covered bridge at Baltimore Pike and view up the Ridley Creek valley. A trolley line crosses the creek in front of the covered bridge.

Folsom accident, with trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8338-1.jpg
Date: 1904-1905
Photography likely taken in support of a legal case regarding a trolley accident at this location.

Folsom accident, with trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8338-2.jpg
Date: 1904-1905
Photography likely taken in support of a legal case regarding a trolley accident at this location.

Unknown houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9037.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene

Unknown road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.

Unknown road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-3.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.

Unknown road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-4.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.

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 road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-6.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident

Media Borough Hall and trolley

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01035.jpg
Date: 1973 (circa)
This building was originally built in 1917-1919 to house the Media Post Office.

"Media Hill," on Baltimore Avenue, looking west out of the borough toward Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01039B.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1921
Frank Lees caption: "Graham automobile driven by Charles Pierson of Media." Trolley tracks are shown on south side of road.

South Avenue, looking north from just south of Jefferson Street.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01041B.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)
Courthouse visible in distance. Copy of original photo; source not noted

Looking east on State Street at Olive Street, with trolley

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01090.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: This shows the big red car of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company, headed towards Upper Darby. The store on the corner was a candy store. The store on the left is Major's Plumbing Shop. Copy of original photo;…

South Avenue looking south from Front Street

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01133.jpg
Date: 1920 (circa)
Trolley tracks shown down the center. "Meat Market" shown at corner of State Street.

"This Is Media - A Good Place to Live"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01176.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1919
Location of sign not noted. Possibly on east edge of borough, along Baltimore Avenue. Trolley tracks and large house in background.

South Avenue (now Veteran's Square) looking northwest towards Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01180.jpg
Date: 1928 (circa)
View includes many identical automobiles, probably Ford Model T, a trolley car, and an ice wagon. The Charter House Hotel, with its new entrance, is on the left. Copy of original photo; source not noted