Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection

Probably a relative (maybe an aunt?) of Deborah Thatcher Haddock Appleton, wife of the photographer. Possibly in Appleton home, as this is the same wallpaper and table as in AP-4016

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

Appleton specialized in photography for use as evidence in legal cases. This is a reenactment of the case of James Daltry, a boy who picked up a live "electric light" wire on the Media, Pa. property of George Darlington and survived near-electrocution. House and buildings in Media are visible in the background, including the towers of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, and Media Borough Hall. Providence Rd. is just outside the chained entry strung between two granite posts, with Edgmont St. visible beyond that. One of the granite posts still stands at the northern parking lot entrance to Holly House Condominiums, which now occupy the Darlington property. See also AP-8161.

Appleton specialized in photography for use as evidence in legal cases. This is a reenactment of the case of James Daltry, a boy who picked up a live "electric light" wire on the Media, Pa. property of George Darlington and survived near-electrocution. One of the granite posts visible in the picture still stands at the northern parking lot entrance to Holly House Condominiums, which now occupy the Darlington property. See also AP-8160.

Used in Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument composites, AP-8248 and AP-8249, which were used in commemorative booklet for dedication of the monument in 1903

This school was located adjacent to the Darby Friends' Cemetery. The building is now gone, but the stuccoed wall and gateway remain (2018). A boy, probably Harry Appleton, the photographer's son, poses in the picture.

Present entrance to the graveyard is at 1205 Main St. in Darby.

Location is approximate.

Location is approximate.

Shows George M. Dunlap, Leading Cash Grocer, 857 and 859, Central Meat Market, No. 861, and a stationery store at 861-1/2.

Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Possibly at Darlington house on N. Providence Road at E. 5th St.

Women and a baby, probably three generations

Women and a baby, probably three generations

Women and a baby, probably three generations

Probably George E. Darlington's lawyers group; possibly photographed on Darlington's property on N. Providence Rd. in Media. See Also AP-8385-2 and AP-8385-3. MHAC also has several vintage prints of these photos, one of which dated it as "about spring of 1902" and had the following identifications on the reverse: Front row: Joshua Taylor, J. H. Hinkson, A. A. Cochran, [? - probably John] E. McDonough, J. Rohrman Robinson, A. D. MacDade, J. Lentz Garrett, F. B. Rhodes, W. L. Mathues, John M. Broomall III, Benjamin C. Fox. Second row: George T. Butler, George M. Booth, J. B. Hannum, Sr., David F. Rose, Isaac Johnson, George E. Darlington, David M. Johnson, William B. Broomall, Edward H. Hall, Edmund Jones. Third Row: J. Watts Mercur, W. Roger Fronefield, William B. Harvey, A. B. Geary, E. A. Howell, H. J. Makiver, Lewis L. Smith, Hiram H. Hathaway, W. T. Schaeffer, William Taylor, Josiah Smith, Charles T. Cronin, John B. Robinson, O. B. Dickinson, Garnet B. Pendleton, A. J. Williams, George W. Carr, J. DeH. White, Isaac E. Johnson, Sam Lyons, William C. Alexander.

Probably George E. Darlington's lawyers group; possibly photographed on Darlington's property on N. Providence Rd. in Media. See Also AP-8385-1 and AP-8385-3. MHAC also has several vintage prints of these photos, one of which dated it as "about spring of 1902" and had the following identifications on the reverse: Front row: Joshua Taylor, J. H. Hinkson, A. A. Cochran, [? - probably John] E. McDonough, J. Rohrman Robinson, A. D. MacDade, J. Lentz Garrett, F. B. Rhodes, W. L. Mathues, John M. Broomall III, Benjamin C. Fox. Second row: George T. Butler, George M. Booth, J. B. Hannum, Sr., David F. Rose, Isaac Johnson, George E. Darlington, David M. Johnson, William B. Broomall, Edward H. Hall, Edmund Jones. Third Row: J. Watts Mercur, W. Roger Fronefield, William B. Harvey, A. B. Geary, E. A. Howell, H. J. Makiver, Lewis L. Smith, Hiram H. Hathaway, W. T. Schaeffer, William Taylor, Josiah Smith, Charles T. Cronin, John B. Robinson, O. B. Dickinson, Garnet B. Pendleton, A. J. Williams, George W. Carr, J. DeH. White, Isaac E. Johnson, Sam Lyons, William C. Alexander.

Probably George E. Darlington's lawyers group; possibly photographed on Darlington's property on N. Providence Rd. in Media. See Also AP-8385-1 and AP-8385-2. MHAC also has several vintage prints of these photos, one of which dated it as "about spring of 1902" and had the following identifications on the reverse: Front row: Joshua Taylor, J. H. Hinkson, A. A. Cochran, [? - probably John] E. McDonough, J. Rohrman Robinson, A. D. MacDade, J. Lentz Garrett, F. B. Rhodes, W. L. Mathues, John M. Broomall III, Benjamin C. Fox. Second row: George T. Butler, George M. Booth, J. B. Hannum, Sr., David F. Rose, Isaac Johnson, George E. Darlington, David M. Johnson, William B. Broomall, Edward H. Hall, Edmund Jones. Third Row: J. Watts Mercur, W. Roger Fronefield, William B. Harvey, A. B. Geary, E. A. Howell, H. J. Makiver, Lewis L. Smith, Hiram H. Hathaway, W. T. Schaeffer, William Taylor, Josiah Smith, Charles T. Cronin, John B. Robinson, O. B. Dickinson, Garnet B. Pendleton, A. J. Williams, George W. Carr, J. DeH. White, Isaac E. Johnson, Sam Lyons, William C. Alexander.

Could also mean H____ and A____ R, 1733