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Lansdowne signs
Date: 1890-1900
Hand-lettered business signs posted on tree, one for "Ja's (James) Haynes, upholsterer, est. 1885, steam carpet cleaning; call for and deliver all goods, Clifton Heights and Lansdowne" and a second for "Edward Brown, whitewashing, grading, cementing…
Lima Methodist Episcopal Church
Address: 209 N. Middletown Rd., Lima (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
The building, somewhat altered, still stands (2018).
Lindsay ruins
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Rubble in a field; looks to be the ruins of a barn; another building is visible in the nearby woods.
Lewis log cabin
Location: Springfield Township (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
A crude picket fence surrounds the property. 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 21, shows "Log house 200 years" near the J. Howard Lewis property along Crum Creek, just downstream of Beatty Road. See also Plate 12. Photograph used in the book Twice…
Media railroad station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 42
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Media
Address: 350 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Parts of houses on either side of church also visible.
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Media
Address: 350 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Parts of houses on either side of church also visible.
Isaac L. Miller residence
Address: 23-37 W. Front St, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p.14. The house was on the northeast corner of Front and Olive. The property is now (2018) a parking lot. 1892 map identifies this lot, between Plum and Olive, as 23-37 W. Front St. Frank Lees, in his…
Mancill’s Mill, Media Water Works
Date: 1891-11
Photo taken on same day as AP-4126; see case and coat in foreground of each image. Photo Folder 5036 has prints, one of them dated Nov. 1891. The Media high railroad bridge Is in background.
Brownie McCoy
Address: 10 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
McCoy was a newsboy for the Delaware County American. He is at the door of 10 E. State St., which later became 212 W. State St.
Jack Maitland, copy of painting
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
Photograph of painting of barefoot shoeshine boy on a white marble stoop. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad." [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa., Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 104. This novel tells the story of two…