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A. P. Ottey, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5081-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Staged in baby carriage in parlor; no flowers

Delaware County Court House, old

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5080.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Delaware County Jail, Media, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5079.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Delaware County Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5078.jpg
Date: 1900

Delaware County Court House in 1900, with inset of 1850 Court House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5077.jpg
Date: 1900

Della Hoopes, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5076.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900

Henry flowers

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5075.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Lilies of the valley and calla lilies

Water Works Media, old, mill only, copy of old photograph

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5073-5.jpg
Date: 1899-12-03
This possibly shows the Mancill Mill on the water works property. Frank Lees, in his caption for this image on Photo Folder 1374 in the MHAC collection, identifies it as: "Ice House, Palmer's Ice Co., at Palmer's Dam, Ridley Creek at Baltimore Pike,…

James Haddock and Elwood (or Ellwood) Haddock

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5072.jpg
Date: 1889-11-30
Deborah Appleton's father James and brother Ellwood. This is probably an 1889 copy of an older photo.

Brooke Hall

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Date: 1900-03-24

Brooke Hall

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5071-1.jpg
Date: 1900-03-24

Griscom’s dog Norma

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5070.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
See also AP-5200, for Griscom children with same dog.

Griscom, baby, laughing

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5069.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1900

Griscom children and goat

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5068.jpg
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1900

Baby, deceased, electric light

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
"Electric Light" probably refers to the lighting Appleton used while taking this photograph.

Baby, deceased, electric light

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5067-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
"Electric Light" probably refers to the lighting Appleton used while taking this photograph.

Delaware County American staff

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5066.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
An annotated version of this photo, with names, is attached. See also AP-5170 for different version.

Lansdowne baby, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5065.jpg
Date: 1894

Rogers' grave, with boy in sailor's suit by grave in Media Cemetery

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Date: 1890-1900
Entrance off N. Orange St., between Kirk La. and Rose Tree Rd. See notes and second photo at AP-5181

Ivy Mills

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Date: 1890-1900
A few walls of this 1829 factory, in ruins even when Appleton photographed it, still stand (2018) as part of the Ivy Mills National Historic District, in Concord Township. The ruins of the former paper mill, built by the Willcox family, are located…

Jumping dog

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5061.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Dog hangs from stick held up by two women; a third woman is holding backdrop for photo.

M. L. Haddock, flash light

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5060.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Probably Mary L. Haddock, a relative of Deborah Appleton. "Flash light" probably means that Appleton used an artificial flash to capture this image.

Church combination

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5059.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Includes Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, African Methodist, Episcopal, Friends, and Orthodox Friends buildings in Media, Pa. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, and also on p. 15 of Media Semi-Centennial booklet, 1900

Sassafras trees

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5058-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Huge specimens, with man posed beneath them for scale.

Sassafras trees

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5058-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Huge specimens, with man posed beneath them for scale.