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Sloan’s barn under construction, Baltimore Pike east of Beatty Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4197.jpg
Date: 1899-12-27
This looks like the barn could have been under reconstruction after a fire. 1892 Media map shows the M. W. Sloan estate at this location.

Sharpless Rock

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4201.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Rock still sits somewhere near Ridley Creek; "J. S. 1682" is carved into top of rock.

Sharpless stable, interior

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4209.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in his stable in 1885. The case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime.

John Watterson, undressed

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4224.jpg
Date: 1895
Watterson was murdered in South Media, Pa., by William Miller. See other photos in this collection. Bullet wound in chest.

John Watterson, dressed

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4226-1.jpg
Date: 1895
Watterson was murdered in South Media, Pa., by William Miller. See other photos in this collection.

Sharpless, long distance view.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5119.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in his stable in 1885. The case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime.

Sharpless barn

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5177.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in the stable on his farm in 1885. he case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime. Shows…

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-1.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-2.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5242-3.jpg
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.

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. .

Vernon Street, South Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8237.jpg
Date: 1902
View looking north. Houses in the distance are on the north side of Jefferson Street, east of Vernon Street, and are still standing (2018). Photography probably related to a legal case at this location.

Idlewild waiters

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8383-1.jpg
Date: 1906-1907
15 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. See also AP_8383-2.

Idlewild waiters

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8383-2.jpg
Date: 1906-1907
16 African American men, possibly posed on porch of Idlewild Hotel. Several men blurry in this picture. See also AP-8383-1.

South Media Field Club

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8384.jpg
Date: 1906
13 African-American men and 1 boy.

Pierson’s Livery Stage Coach on the road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01258.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "The stage coach which ran from Media to Chester, on Providence Road in Nether Providence. This coach made several trips a day. It was operated by Joseph Pierson, out of his livery stable at Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street."…