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Rogers' grave, with flowers and boy in sailor's suit at grave, in Media Cemetery.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5181-1.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Entrance off N. Orange St., between Kirk La. and Rose Tree Rd. See also AP-5064. The Smedley family intermarried with the Rogers family. This is probably the grave of Ellen Jane Smedley Rogers who died 18 Oct 1899.

Idlewild Cottage, west end

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5174-2.jpg
Date: 1897 (circa)
Designed by Frank Furness. Potted plants on porch and in yard.

Idlewild Cottage, west end

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5174-1.jpg
Date: 1897 (circa)
Designed by Frank Furness. Potted plants on porch and in yard.

Woodmen

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5166.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Probably at C. Frank Williamson’s lumber yard, near railroad station in Media. Scene includes railroad flatbed cars loaded with lumber, woodsmen with axes, and huge uncut tree trunks with bark still attached.

C. Frank Williamson Lumber Yard, Station Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5164.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Six or seven buildings, some look like dwellings. Sign reads: C. Frank Williamson, Lumber, Coal, Wood and Feed. Railroad tracks in foreground.

Rogers' grave, with boy in sailor's suit by grave in Media Cemetery

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5064-1.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Entrance off N. Orange St., between Kirk La. and Rose Tree Rd. See notes and second photo at AP-5181

Idlewild Cottage, north side

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5052.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Designed by Frank Furness. Potted plants on porch and on ground outside house.

Media railroad cut

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4162.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Locomotive is puffing a cloud of smoke.

Pennock houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4151.jpg
Date: 1889-01-24
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p.8, with caption: “Pennock Cottages, South Orange St." Three identical pairs of these houses still stand (2018): 506-508, 510-512, and 514-516 S. Orange St.

Media railroad bridge, perspective

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4131.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Looking from trestle over Ridley Creek toward Elwyn Institute, in distance

Gas Works

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4084.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Exterior of the building, with workmen around door. Sign on door reads: "No admittance except on business."

Beatty’s dam, on Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4048.jpg
Date: 1889 (circa)
Crum Creek Road is on the left.