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.
Shows two boxcars. One is identified as from the Atlantic Coast Despatch, and includes the logo of the R. F. & P. R. R. (Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad) - car 217. The second is stenciled with a large "M", "AR.6.92.XC", and "Air Brake, M.C.B Coupler, Pocket Attachment"
Appleton dated this photograph Sept. 30, 1902. A Chester Times article says that Charles E. and Sophia D. Austin Redheffer had a golden anniversary celebration on May 16, 1903. Either Appleton's date is wrong, or less likely, this is a party for another Redheffer.
