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.
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 8. This novel tells the story of two adopted children in Media who grow up to get married, and uses many real people names and place names.
1902 Media Directory lists the address as 114 W. Front St. Sign on building says E. Front St., indicating that it was taken before the center of the house numbering system in Media was shifted from South Ave. to Jackson St. Negative smashed and repaired,
A genealogical chart of the descendants of James W. Haddock and Mary L. Tyson, the parents of Deborah Appleton, wife of photographer Stephen H. Appleton. The Appleton Collection includes photographs of all family members whose names are highlighted. See also a companion chart, "Descendants of Stephen and Martha Horne," for relatives of Stephen H. Appleton.
Genealogical chart of the descendants of Stephen and Martha Horne, the grandparents of photographer Stephen H. Appleton. The Appleton Collection includes photographs of all family members whose names are highlighted. See also a companion genealogical chart, "Descendants of James W. Haddock and Mary L. Tyson" for relatives of Deborah Appleton, the photographer's wife.
