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H. G. or H. S. Richmond

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1890-1900

River view, with sailboats

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Date: 1890-1900
Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.

Rorer's Market

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1889-02-14
Used as basis for engraving in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 29

Bessie Redmon

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1895 (circa)

Rowland farm house

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Used in Media Semi-centennial booklet, 1900, in combination photograph of Media's Original Farm Houses, belonging to Dr. Joseph Rowland

Pennock houses

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4151.jpg
Date: 1889-01-24
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p.8, with caption: “Pennock Cottages, South Orange St." Three identical pairs of these houses still stand (2018): 506-508, 510-512, and 514-516 S. Orange St.

Providence Friends Meeting

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Date: 1889-01-21

Paoli monument

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4149.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Monument memorializes the Battle of Paoli, fought Sept. 20, 1777. Still stands in Malvern, PA, in Paoli Battlefield Historical Park. Two bicyclists pose in the picture, probably Harry and Albert Appleton, the photographer's sons.

Port Deposit, Maryland, on the Susquehanna River. Ice with railroad boxcar half submerged. C.V. R. R. Cumberland Valley Railroad car 655

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Date: 1895 (circa)
Location is approximate.

Public School, Media

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4147.jpg
Date: 1889
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 57

Paoli monument

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4146.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Monument memorializes the Battle of Paoli, fought Sept. 20, 1777. It still stands in Malvern, PA, in Paoli Battlefield Historical Park.

Dog, Grover Pierce

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1888-12-25

Pratt's apple tree

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1888-11-22
Probably Media

Pearson house, Darby

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4142.jpg
Address: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
Possibly related to the Pearson branch of Appleton's family

Maggie Porter

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Date: 1895 (circa)

Port Deposit, Maryland

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4140-2.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ice on Susquehanna River and over railroad tracks .Location given in address field is approximate.

Port Deposit, Maryland

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4140-1.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ice on Susquehanna River and over railroad tracks. Location given in address field is approximate.

Delaware County American, printing office

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Date: 1895 (circa)

Antrim Osborne

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Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1895 (circa)

Ox team

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1895 (circa)
Pulling cart, on road with driver

W. H. Newlin shop

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4136.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895 (circa)
Sign reads: Carpenter and Builder. The 1885 Media Directory lists William Newlin, carpenter, with a residence at the corner of Franklin St. and Manchester Ave. The shop pictured was most likely at a different location, probaby somewhere in Media.

New St. house, Darby

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Address: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)

Newtown Octagonal School

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4134.jpg
Date: 1898 (circa)
This building still stands on the grounds of Dunwoody, off West Chester Pike in Newtown Square. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 97. This novel…

Massachusetts, battleship

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4133.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.

Media Orthodox Friends Meeting, 3rd and North Ave.

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Date: 1889-01-01
This complex now includes Media-Providence Friends School. North Avenue no longer exists.