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P. W. Ware’s plumbing store
Address: 4 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Signs read: P. W. Ware, Hot Water Heating, Sanitary Plumbing. Plumbing, Heaters. Media Ledger building to the left.
Delaware County American, office staff
Address: 212 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1905 (circa)
Cord for shutter release visible in the photographer's hand.
Friends Select School, Gayley and Baker
Address: 117 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169, AP-5772, AP-4081.
Friends Select School, Gayley and Baker
Address: 117 Gayley St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169-5, AP-5772, AP-4081.
Boyer’s store
Address: 9 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
On sign: “Boyer & Co. Up to Date Store. Ladies and Gents Furnishings”
Boyer’s store
Address: 9 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
On sign: “Boyer & Co. Up to Date Store. Ladies and Gents Furnishings”
Schuchardt store or barber shop and J. Sweeny Shoe Store
Address: 122 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
According to 1897 Media Directory, George Schuchardt had a barber shop at this location.
Schuchardt store or barber shop and J. Sweeny Shoe Store
Address: 122 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
According to 1897 Media Directory, George Schuchardt had a barber shop at this location. Tall barber pole in front, and horse hitching post. At 124 S. Orange, sign in window reads: J. Sweeny Shoe Store.
Woodmen
Address: 325 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Probably at C. Frank Williamson’s lumber yard, near railroad station in Media. Scene includes railroad flatbed cars loaded with lumber, woodsmen with axes, and huge uncut tree trunks with bark still attached.
Engle’s bakery, southwest corner, State and Orange.
Address: 218 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Sign on side of building reads: H. P. Engle Ice Cream Parlor. Signs in adjacent storefronts include Phila. Laundry, and Branch Office, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
C. Frank Williamson Lumber Yard, Station Road
Date: 1895-1900
Six or seven buildings, some look like dwellings. Sign reads: C. Frank Williamson, Lumber, Coal, Wood and Feed. Railroad tracks in foreground.
Union A.M.E. Church, interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897-01-08
This photo is the same building as AP-5162-1 and but different from AP-5161-5. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past (52), says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E.…
Union A.M.E. Church, interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897-01-08
This photo like a different building from AP-5161-1 and AP-5116-2. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past, says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E. Church in Marple…
Union A.M.E. Church, Interior
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
This photo appears to be a different building from AP-5162-1 and AP-5162-2. Frank Lees, in From Media's Past, says that the Trinity U.A.M.E Church at 420 N. Olive St., built in 1893, was originally chartered in 1839 as the United A.M.E. Church in…
St. David's Episcopal Church, Radnor
Address: 763 S. Valley Forge Rd., Wayne (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
The church is surrounded by a cemetery. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 192. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow…
St. David's Episcopal Church, Radnor
Address: 763 S. Valley Forge Rd., Wayne (Pa.)
Date: 1898 (circa)
The church is surrounded by a cemetery. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 192. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow…
Media Base Ball Club of 1895
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-10-05
Same team as in AP-5158. See PH-15036 for a print with the players identified.
Media Base Ball Club of 1895
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-10-05
Same team as in AP-5159. See PH-15036 for a print with the players identified.
Peach Bottom, steamboat or steamer, on the Susquehanna river
Location: Peach Bottom (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Annie Haddock, sewing
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Annie T. Haddock, sitting at a Household brand sewing machine, is listed as a dressmaker in the 1897 Media Directory. She was Deborah Appleton's sister.