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  • Street Address is exactly "N. Orange St. and W. 2nd St., Media (Pa.)"
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Delaware County Prison

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01036B.jpg
Date: 1925 (circa)
See P-01036A for description

Delaware County Prison

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01036C.jpg
Date: 1925 (circa)
See P-01036A for description

Little boy in jail, Pete

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5324-2.jpg
Date: 1905-08-02
This is probably a little boy named Pete, not Pete Little.

William Jones, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5522.jpg
Date: 1905-08-02
He is holding a bouquet of flowers.

Two laughing men, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5392.jpg
Date: 1903 (circa)
Appleton's title for this photograph, from his index, was "Laughing coons," using the derogatory term for African Americans. The men wear prison uniforms

Albert West in his cell, in Delaware County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8252.jpg
Date: 1903
West was hanged in Media in April 1903. The calendar on the wall appears to be from March 1903.

Albert West, murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5349.jpg
Date: 1902 (circa)
Albert West was hanged in Media in April 1903.

Fields family

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8219.jpg
Date: 1902 (circa)
The family of Thomas S. Fields (seated, front), warden of the county jail in Media. This photograph appears to have been taken with the wall of the jail as backdrop. See also AP-5945-1 and -2 for Fields in a group of jail employees. The Fields…

Chester murderer, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5944.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
This unidentified man probably committed his alleged crime in Chester, Pa.

Jail group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5945-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
The staff of the Delaware County Jail, not the prisoners incarcerated in it. The jail's warden, Thomas S. Fields, is standing, fat left.

Jail group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5945-2.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
The staff of the Delaware County Jail, not the prisoners incarcerated in it. The jail's warden, Thomas S. Fields, is standing, fat left.