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Shoemakerville Hill
Date: 1895-1900
This hill and bridge are on Providence Road or Route 320, as it crosses Ridley Creek, which is the border between Chester and Nether Providence Township, Pa. See AP-5132-1 for same view taken same day.
Carey’s cactus
Date: 1895-1900
1892 map of Media shows that E. Carey had a greenhouse behind his house at N. Jackson and Carbon St. so it is likely that this picture was taken at that location.
Chester Sugar Refining
Date: 1895-1900
Sign on building: “For sale, wharves and buildings. Apply to Samuel Lyons, Market Square.” Avenue of the States was formerly called Market St.
Carey’s night blooming cereus
Date: 1895-1900
1893 map of Media shows that E. Carey had a greenhouse behind his house at N. Jackson and Carbon St. so it is likely that this picture was taken at that location.
Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.
Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.
Watterson murder, "Rhoads & Geary"
Date: 1895
Possibly a re-enactment of the Watterson murder. Rhodes and Geary were attorneys for the defendant, John Miller.
Broomall's Dam
Address: 403-501 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Formerly Media Swimming and Rowing Club, now Broomall's Lake Country Club
Rowland house or Vernon house
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
A flower bed is in the foreground, with a vine-covered porch on the house. Appleton initialed this in the lower left corner.
Fairmount Dam
Date: 1895-1900
This view, of the Fairmount Dam and Water Works and the Callowhill St. Bridge, was taken from a boathouse ramp above the dam on the Schuylkill River. Two steamboats are moored above dam, and the roof of a bathing pavilion is visible below dam. Sewer…
Baldwin flowers
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895
Flowers spell out “Wardle”. According to Media Cemetery records, this would probably be Wardle E. Baldwin, born 1894, died 1895.
Vernon house
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..
