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W. G. Hough’s Cash Grocery, 102 W. State Street
Address: 102 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
Shopkeepers and a boy posing outside the shop. Copy of original photo; source not noted
W. H. Corlies
Location: Appleton Studio
Date: 1907-06-28
In Media Cemetery found W. H. Corlies in Findagrave.com, record 4203698. No M. H. found anywhere. In his handwritten index to the photographs, Appleton’s capital M does resemble a capital W.
W. H. Culley and family, on front porch.
Address: 11 W. Third St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
House number is 11. Possibly 11. W. 3rd Street, according to 1897 Media Directory listing for Annie B. Culley. Several potted plants sit on the porch.
W. H. Culley, and family, in backyard
Address: 11 W. Third St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1900 (circa)
House number is 11. Possibly 11. W. 3rd Street, according to 1897 Media Directory listing for Annie B. Culley
W. H. Henderson, flowers
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1901-07-10
Henderson is buried in Media Cemetery, but the date on photo precedes Henderson’s death, as reported in the newspaper, by five weeks. Either date is wrong or this picture shows the flowers of another person.
W. H. Newlin shop
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.
Walter house, Media, and adjacent house
Address: 100-104 W. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
From right: 104, 102, and 100 W. Front St. These are still standing as of 2018. The house on the far left has been demolished, and the porch on the far right has been altered
War ship
Location: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ship is in the Delaware River off Philadelphia; the spire in the background is Independence Hall.
Water Works Media, old, mill only, copy of old photograph
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,…