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Wright's baby
Location: Delaware County (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-19
Baby is posed in chair in front of an array of potted plants.
Buckley, State St. houses
Address: 308-310 E. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-17
On Photo Folder 1423, this image is identified as "Home of Elmer Lukens.” An engraving of this photo, which eliminated the unsightly utility pole, appears in the "Media, Penna." 1889 brochure on page 31. Address probably 308-310 E. State St., but…
Media Orthodox Friends Meeting, 3rd and North Ave.
Address: 125 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-01
This complex now includes Media-Providence Friends School. North Avenue no longer exists.
Media Orthodox Friends Meeting, 3rd and North Ave.
Address: 125 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889-01-01
This complex now includes Media-Providence Friends School. North Avenue no longer exists.
Josepha Costancia Philips Ridley
Address: Washington, D.C.
Date: 1889 ca.
Portrait when she was about age 18. She was born in St. Croix to a local laundress and George A. Philips, a wealthy white New Yorker who owned businesses and plantations in the West Indies. She was educated and cared for in St. Croix while her father…
Delaware County American newspaper office, exterior
Address: 210-214 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
American address is 10; photo also shows store of Samuel Dutton, at No. 12, and another building to the right, probably No. 8 Addresses probably 8 to 12 E. State St. 1885 Media Directory confirms Dutton at 12 E. State, but Media must have changed its…
Stephen H. Appleton, on rocks outdoors
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
Probably along Ridley Creek near Media. AP-4221 is same location.
Brooke, Washington St. house
Address: 413 Baltimore Ave, Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p.15: “Residence of Mrs. Nathan Brooke”. 400 block, W. Baltimore Pike. House still stands as of 2018
J. W. Cooper, at stone
Address: 212 W. State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
Working in printing shop, probably the Delaware County American.
Eastman residence
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
House of John I. Eastman, listed in 1885 Media Directory at Washington, now Baltimore Ave., and Lemon St. Image is in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 37, as “Miss Eastman's Cottage." See also 1892 Map of Media.
Media railroad station
Address: 301 Media Station Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 42
Rowland farm house
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
Sharpless stable, interior
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in his stable in 1885. The case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime.
Samuel Johnson death warrant, certificate, William F. Mathues, Sherriff
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889 (circa)
Samuel Johnson was accused of the murder of John Sharpless and sat in the Media Jail awaiting death by hanging for several years before his sentence was commuted to life in prison. Appleton probably photographed this 1886 document several years after…
Sharpless, long distance view.
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in his stable in 1885. The case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime.
Sharpless barn
Address: Not Known
Date: 1889 (circa)
John Sharpless was murdered in the stable on his farm in 1885. he case dragged on until 1889, and was the most sensational in Delaware County history up to that point. These may be Appleton's retrospective photos of the scene of the crime. Shows…
Broomall mansion
Address: 513 W. Front St. , Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 6: “Residence of Hon. John M. Broomall”
Brooke house, originally Hill farm house
Address: 106 W. Jefferson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Location is approximate. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 5, and captioned: “Residence of the late Mrs. H. Jones Brooke.” Also used in Media 1900 Semi-centennial booklet as one of Media's Original Farm Houses, belonging to John Hill. See…
Brooke, Orange St. House
Address: 435 S. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1889
Similar used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 53. Houses at 449, 435, and 423 S. Orange still stand (2018) and were identical when originally built. 435 is the best guess for this photograph.