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First Methodist Episcopal Church, Christmas house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4067.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Location not identified in index, but located by comparing the design and arrangement of windows to other pictures of this church

Thomas V. Cooper, residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4068.jpg
Date: 1889-01-29
Media 1897 Directory: Washington (now Baltimore), corner of Jackson. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 16

Dutton Otley Cummins

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4069-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
House number in photograph is 349. Sign on porch post mentions Dr. Laine, probably Dr. D. T. Laine.

Dutton Otley Cummins

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4069-2.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Photo taken in front of 341 W. State St., Appleton's house

Charter House, D. R. Hawkins, Proprietor. Copy from map

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4070.jpg
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media." Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 129. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow up…

Darlington dogs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4071.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Darlington dogs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4071-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Darlington dogs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4071-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Dale mansion

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4072-2.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
This would have been about where the Church of Christ (housed in the former Woman's Club of Media building) is now located (2018).

Darby Public School

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4073.jpg
Address: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900

Duke Ivison

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4075.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
This could either be Duke who worked for the Ivison's (who owned the Charter House), or Duke might be the name of the Ivison's dog.

Eastman residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4076.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
House of John I. Eastman, listed in 1885 Media Directory at Washington, now Baltimore Ave., and Lemon St. Image is in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 37, as “Miss Eastman's Cottage." See also 1892 Map of Media.

Elephant, in front of Charter House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4077-1.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; see also AP-4077-2

Elephant, in front of Charter House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4077-2.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; the elephant has a Charter House advertisement banner on its back. See also AP-4077-1

Floral apron

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4078-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Flowers form the numbers 298

Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com

Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4079-2.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com

Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4079-3.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com

Cat Fred

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4080-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an Appleton family pet.

Cat Fred

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4080-2.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an Appleton family pet.

Friends Select School

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4081.jpg
Date: 1896 (circa)
Photograph of architectural rendering by Morgan Bunting, Architect. Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169, AP-5772.

Fronefield residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4082.jpg
Date: 1889
In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 39: "Residence of J. H. Fronefield, M.D.” 1892 map of Media shows this house, and the greenhouse that appears in the background, behind the house of E. Carey, at N. Jackson and Carbon St.

Field’s house, former schoolhouse

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4083.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
See AP-8219 for Fields family. Corner of plate broken. Media 1897: Thomas F. Fields, 8 S. Lemon St. Lived with Margaret Fields, widow Samuel.

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."