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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-01036A.jpg
Date: 1925 (circa)
Frank Lees caption: "The Delaware County Prison on the northeast corner of Second and Orange Streets. This prison building was built In 1850 at the same time the Court House was built. It housed offices of the sheriff and warden as well as living…

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.

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…

Unknown man in jail

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5961-2.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
Similar to other portraits of prisoners taken in County Jail.

Unknown man in jail

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5961-1.jpg
Date: 1900-1910
Similar to other portraits of prisoners taken in County Jail.

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.

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.

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.

Radnor murderer in handcuffs, in County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5811.jpg
Date: 1900-1909
This unidentified man probably committed his alleged crime in Radnor Township, Pa.

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.