The Appleton Collection includes more than 2,000 glass photographic negatives, taken in Media, Pennsylvania and vicinity from 1888 to 1909. Media Historic Archives received the collection in 1988, but until 2018 most of these pictures had never been seen by the public.
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House.
Elevated view from southwest corner of W. State St. and S. Orange St., looking east. Holl's Jewelry store is on left; this is before the adjoining building to the east was constructed (see AP- 5140). Also shows willow trees in front of Charter House. "T. School" is probably Training School in Elwyn.
Arthur, George, and Mae Dee all lived in this house on the northwest corner of 4th St. and Monroe St., according to news note in the Chester Times on August 11, 1902.
Arthur, George, and Mae Dee all lived in this house on the northwest corner of 4th St. and Monroe St., according to news note in the Chester Times on August 11, 1902. The backs of two adjacent houses on E. 4th St. also visible.
Arthur, George, and Mae Dee all lived in this house on the northwest corner of 4th St. and Monroe St., according to news note in the Chester Times on August 11, 1902.
Arthur, George, and Mae Dee all lived in this house on the northwest corner of 4th St. and Monroe St., according to news note in the Chester Times on August 11, 1902. Risley house at 5th and Monroe also visible.
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 street numbering system after that, because the same newspaper building appears in other photos in this collection as 212 W. State St. Perhaps the earlier system used South Ave. as the starting point for east and west. See AP-5066 and AP-5170 for later photos with modern address.
