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.
Appleton dated this photograph Sept. 30, 1902. A Chester Times article says that John C. 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.
Probably Rev. T. M. Griffith, listed as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1885 Media Directory. “Wet plate” refers to the photographic process used to capture the image.
William R. Patton was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Media. Portrait was taken at Lothrop, 64 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia. This is a copy of a photograph.
Antique pitcher with portrait of "Reynolds the Philanthropist" on one side and poem on other side. J. T. Reynolds of Media brought this to a Reynolds family gathering. See Tenth Annual Reunion [of] The Reynolds Family Association. Middletown, Connecticut, 1901. Downloaded from Google Books Jan. 13, 2018.
Antique pitcher with portrait on one side and poem on other side. J. T. Reynolds of Media brought this family heirloom to a Reynolds family gathering in 1901. See Tenth Annual Reunion [of] The Reynolds Family Association. Middletown, Connecticut, 1901. Downloaded from Google Books Jan. 13, 2018.
Same as AP-5308-3. This probably means that the photograph shows the Reynolds' domestic servant, Tabbit, or Tabitha Garnet, who was listed as a domestic in the 1897 Media Directory.
