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.
Bridge over Darby Creek near Leedom's Mill. ( Caption from a similar photgraph in the collection of the Delaware COunty Institute of Science, Cat. # 1988.2.87B) Appleton's photograph is used facing page 89 in the novel Twice Adopted, by "En Quad." [Thomas R. Vernon], Media, Pa.: Cooper and Vernon, Publishers, 1898. 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.
This is probably the daughter of Jennie Leishman, shown in AP-5663. This name might be Lershman, but handwriting is unclear, and there are Leishmans in Delaware County newspapers but no Lershmans; and a wider newspaper search finds thousands of Leishmans but far fewer Lershmans. Findagrave also shows many Leishmans but no Lershmans.
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
A crude picket fence surrounds the property. 1892 Delaware County Atlas, Plate 21, shows "Log house 200 years" near the J. Howard Lewis property along Crum Creek, just downstream of Beatty Road. See also Plate 12. Photograph used in the book Twice Adopted, by "En Quad" [Thomas R. Vernon]. Media, Pa.: Cooper & Vernon, Publishers, 1898, facing page 65. 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.
Clarence Devoe and Lilly or Lillie May Redmon were married April 19, 1902. Either these photos were taken 10 days after the wedding of the photographer recorded the date incorrectly in his index. See other photos of this couple in this collection.
Clarence Devoe and Lilly or Lillie May Redmon were married April 19, 1902. Either these photos were taken 10 days after the wedding of the photographer recorded the date incorrectly in his index. See other photos of this couple in this collection.
Clarence Devoe and Lilly or Lillie May Redmon were married April 19, 1902. Either these photos were taken 10 days after the wedding of the photographer recorded the date incorrectly in his index. See other photos of this couple in this collection.
