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Fronefield residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4082.jpg
Date: 1889
In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 39: "Residence of J. H. Fronefield, M.D.” 1892 map of Media shows this house, and the greenhouse that appears in the background, behind the house of E. Carey, at N. Jackson and Carbon St.

Friends Select School

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Date: 1896 (circa)
Photograph of architectural rendering by Morgan Bunting, Architect. Building still stands on Gayley Street near Baker St. (2018). See also AP-5137, AP-5169, AP-5772.

Cat Fred

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an Appleton family pet.

Cat Fred

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4080-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an Appleton family pet.

Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com

Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4079-2.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com

Mrs. Maria Fussell, in coffin, deceased

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4079-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1897
Wife of Henry Bartholomew Fussell. Maria Douglass Fussell, 8/5/1822-9/11/1897, Media Cemetery, information from findagrave.com

Floral apron

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4078-2.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1890-1900
Flowers form the numbers 298

Elephant, in front of Charter House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4077-2.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; the elephant has a Charter House advertisement banner on its back. See also AP-4077-1

Elephant, in front of Charter House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4077-1.jpg
Date: 1890-1900
A unique form of advertising; see also AP-4077-2

Eastman residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4076.jpg
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.

Duke Ivison

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
This could either be Duke who worked for the Ivison's (who owned the Charter House), or Duke might be the name of the Ivison's dog.

Darby Public School

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Address: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900

Dale mansion

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Date: 1895-1900
This would have been about where the Church of Christ (housed in the former Woman's Club of Media building) is now located (2018).

Darlington dogs

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Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Darlington dogs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4071-1.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Darlington dogs

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4071.jpg
Address: Not Known
Date: 1895-1900
Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Charter House, D. R. Hawkins, Proprietor. Copy from map

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4070.jpg
Date: 1855
Photographed from 1855 "Map of Media." Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 129. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow up…

Dutton Otley Cummins

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4069-2.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Photo taken in front of 341 W. State St., Appleton's house

Dutton Otley Cummins

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4069-1.jpg
Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
House number in photograph is 349. Sign on porch post mentions Dr. Laine, probably Dr. D. T. Laine.

Thomas V. Cooper, residence

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4068.jpg
Date: 1889-01-29
Media 1897 Directory: Washington (now Baltimore), corner of Jackson. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 16

First Methodist Episcopal Church, Christmas house

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4067.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Location not identified in index, but located by comparing the design and arrangement of windows to other pictures of this church

Campbell A.M.E. Church

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4066.jpg
Date: 1889-01-19
This church stood on the south side of W. 3rd Street, between Orange St. and the former North Ave., now Broomall St. According to Frank Lees in From Media's Past (50), the cornerstone for the new church, at 3rd and Olive streets, was laid in 1930.

Charter House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4065.jpg
Date: 1889-02-14
Used In “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 13