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Bland-Sewell murder, looking north on S. Orange Street, Media, Pa., at bridge over railroad

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8111.jpg
Date: 1898 (circa)
Pete Bland murdered Samuel Sewell near the Media Train Station on July 16, 1898. Bland was never apprehended. Plate very dark.

Pete Bland, murderer

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5041.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
Appleton cropped Pete Bland out of this football team photo, probably to use in the newspaper. (See Plate AP-4043, which is a portion of a full 5x7 plate, and according to Appleton's index, was originally plate AP-5041.) This had been identified as a…

Pete Bland, murderer, from football picture

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4043.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Extracted from football team photograph taken by the photographer at Glen Mills School. See full photo and note at AP-5041.