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Yacht

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4246.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Boat is near a marina; probably on Delaware River

Wawa Railroad Station, platform, looking east

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/AP-5210.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Water tank and locomotive are in the distance. The station was on the west side of Chester Creek, whcsh appears behind a scrim of trees.

War ship

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4242.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ship is in the Delaware River off Philadelphia; the spire in the background is Independence Hall.

W. A. Johnson, street view

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

View on Brandywine Creek, probably in Delaware

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-14008A.jpg
Location: Delaware
Date: 1915 (circa)
One of eight photographs on two album pages.

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…

Unknown property 1

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9052.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1908 (circa)
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-9053.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1908 (circa)
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-9054.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1908 (circa)
Possibly a photograph for a legal case or of a crime scene, or documenting the property before it was sold?

Susquehanna River

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5253.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
In Pennsylvania or Maryland, perhaps near Peach Bottom or Port Deposit; see photos of these places elsewhere in this collection.

Steamboat “City of Chester”, on the Delaware River

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4200.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Launched May 2, 1888 from Harlan and Hollingsworth shipyard, in Wilmington

Steam train on High Bridge over Ridley Creek Valley, heading east towards Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04008.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1910-1915
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Smedley’s Meadow

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08044.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Along Ridley Creek. See also P-08048 and P-08050 and P-08044.

Rose Valley near Moylan, Ben Walker and Ed

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08018A.jpg
Date: 1908 (circa)
"Red Ink" photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Photo shows a stream that may be Vernon Run, a Ridley Creek tributary.

River view, with sailboats

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4155.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.

Ridley Creek from P.M.S. trolley bridge, looking south, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08018B.jpg
Date: 1908 (circa)
Red Ink photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. P.M.S. is the Philadelphia, Morton & Swarthmore Street Railway Company. This line did have a bridge in…

Ridley Creek below Duffs, Moylan, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08030.jpg
Location: Moylan (Pa.)
Date: 1908 (circa)
Red Ink photo, series by same photographer named for red ink used for writing descriptions on reverse side of similarly-mounted images. Duffs may be the mill that now houses the borough offices for Rose Valley, Pa. It is possible that the…

Ridley Creek at Smedley’s Swamp

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08052.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known.

Ridley Creek at Smedley’s Meadow

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08048.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known. See also P-08050 and P-08044.

Ridley Creek at Smedley’s Meadow

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08050.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known. See also P-08048 and P-08044.

Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08049.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known.

Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08051.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Exact location not known.

Red Bridge carrying Rose Tree Road over Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08014.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: “This old covered bridge, still known to many as the Red Bridge, carries Rose Tree Road across the Ridley Creek, connecting Upper Providence Township with Middletown Township. The date of this photo is unknown. Although the bridge…

Railroad High Bridge over Ridley Creek Valley, looking west

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04007.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 (circa)
Bridge over railroad, and Clothier Mansion atop hill, are visible in the background.