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Young flowers

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8115.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Flowers spell "Sister". Deceased person in coffin.

Yacht Virginia, stern

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5257-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. The unidentified owner (perhaps builder) of this boat appears in some of the pictures.

Yacht Virginia, stern

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5257-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. Shows a man with the boat, possibly the unidentified owner (of builder?).

Yacht Virginia, bow

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5256-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. The unidentified owner (perhaps builder) of this boat appears in some of the pictures.

Yacht Virginia, bow

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5256-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Probably in Media. This is more a sailboat than a yacht, and is being stored in a yard. Shows a man with the boat, possibly the unidentified owner (of builder?).

Williamson, small dog

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4250-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Older dog and puppy posed in a side yard, on an Oriental carpet

Williamson, small dog

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4250-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)
Older dog and puppy posed in a side yard, on an Oriental carpet

Williamson, large dog

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4249.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900 (circa)

Wilkinson store

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

Wilkinson homestead

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4228-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900

Wilkinson homestead

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4228-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900

Wilde Guard Post. No. 25, G.A.R., Grand Army of the Republic

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8265.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
This shows a gathering of Civil War veterans, probably on State Street in Media.

Wilde Guard Post. No. 25, G.A.R., Grand Army of the Republic

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8266.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1902 (circa)
This shows a gathering of Civil War veterans, probably oin Media. One of the houses is number 11.

Wawa Road Bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4230.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Over small unidentified stream

W. H. Newlin shop

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4136.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895 (circa)
Sign reads: Carpenter and Builder. The 1885 Media Directory lists William Newlin, carpenter, with a residence at the corner of Franklin St. and Manchester Ave. The shop pictured was most likely at a different location, probaby somewhere in Media.

View across fence through yard to distant houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5128-5.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly Media. See AP-5128 for information on this circle picture.

Vernon trees, with picnic party underneath

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5099.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900

Vernon residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5133.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Woman and child in carriage posed, with horse, outside. See AP-5230 and AP-5251. This may be the Vernon Farm, in Upper Providence Township, referred to in several newspaper notes.

Vernon house, with D. A. Vernon and horse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5251.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Appleton's index entry is hard to decipher, but this man is definitely not D. A. Vernon, who died in 1888; this is probably D. A. Vernon's horse. Same residence and same day as in AP-5133 and AP-5230. Possibly in Upper Providence.

Vernon house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5230.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
See AP-5133 and AP-5251. This may be the Vernon Farm, in Upper Providence Township, referred to in several newspaper notes. Family posed on porch, with women playing banjo and guitar, and pets sprawled on the lawn..

Unknown theater group

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9057.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1909
Play or minstrel show in makeshift performance space, possibly the Media Minstrel Association headquarters. 19 Perge Modo” on banner above stage. Image out of focus. Two white men wearing dark makeup referred to as blackface, supposed to make them…

Unknown stiff, dead

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4212.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900

Unknown road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.

Unknown road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-3.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.

Unknown road and trolley tracks

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-9079-4.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1900-1908
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.