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Stephen Horne, copy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4094.jpg
Date: 1860 (circa)
The photographer's grandfather. Copy is from a daguerreotype.

Horne, flowers, wet plate

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4096.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1867-1877
Probably flowers for the funeral of one of the photographer's grandparents or parents. "Wet plate" refers to the photographic process used to capture the image. This is possibly a copy from a tintype.

Stephen and Martha Horne

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5265-2.jpg
Date: 1880
The photographer's maternal grandparents. This is a copy of an old photograph.

Joseph Wharton Appleton, copy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4004.jpg
Date: 1880 (circa)
The photographer's father

Rev. Griffith, wet plate

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4086.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1880 (circa)
Probably Rev. T. M. Griffith, listed as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1885 Media Directory. “Wet plate” refers to the photographic process used to capture the image.

Martha P. Horne, grandmother, copy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4091.jpg
Date: 1880 (circa)
The photographer's grandmother. Copy is from a daguerreotype.

Pratt's apple tree

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4143-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1888-11-22
Probably Media

Mary Wilkinson

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4225.jpg
Date: 1888-11-28
Mary was daughter of Sarah and Edgar Wilkinson; Sarah (or Sallie) was Deborah Appleton's sister.

Dog, Grover Pierce

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4144.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1888-12-25

Stephen H. Appleton, on rocks outdoors

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4028.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Probably along Ridley Creek near Media. AP-4221 is same location.

Alfred Appleton, on fence outdoors

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4029.jpg
Date: 1889 (circa)
The photographer's son

Wilkinson store

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4234.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Sign reads Wilkinson & Cutler

Wright's baby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4237.jpg
Date: 1889-01-19
Baby is posed in chair in front of an array of potted plants.

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.

Ellwood Haddock, at forge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4089.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890 (circa)
Deborah Appleton's brother. He became a minister, but here is working at a blacksmith's forge.

Railroad bridge, probably in Delaware County, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-04049.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
Location of this photograph is uncertain. Original caption: The original High Bridge from the Media Water Works area. Frank Lees wrote on folder: Believed to be over Darby Creek at Clifton Heights, not Media as marked. The photographer lived in…

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.

Floral apron

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4078-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Flowers form the numbers 298

Lindsay ruins

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4110.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Rubble in a field; looks to be the ruins of a barn; another building is visible in the nearby woods.

Marshall shooting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4112-3.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Sport shooting, probably at clay pigeons

Marshall shooting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4112-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Sport shooting, probably at clay pigeons

Marshall shooting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4112-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Sport shooting, probably at clay pigeons

Redmon house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4160.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Possibly house of Charles or Charters and Hannah Redmon, in Newtown Square

Samuel P. Rush

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