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.
This is probably the home of G. Herbert Brinton, the largest house in an early-20th-century development called Elwynside, south of the Elwyn railroad station. If it still stands, it is on on the driveway that continues east from the dead-end of Elwyn Avenue. Brinton also built other cottages on his large property, which extended to S. Old Middletown Road. Many of these still stand, centered around Brinton Lane. (Information gleaned from newspaper search, perusal of old maps, and visit to Brinton Lane on August 9, 2021 by Adam Levine.)
Number on door appears to be 303 or 305. The 1900 Media Directory lists Emma Brodhead at 305 W. State St. Signs on tree advertise a sale of household goods, and a lecture on cats and dogs.
Location is approximate. Used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 5, and captioned: “Residence of the late Mrs. H. Jones Brooke.” Also used in Media 1900 Semi-centennial booklet as one of Media's Original Farm Houses, belonging to John Hill. See also AP-8361 for more information.
Location is approximate. This view of the house, later than that shown in AP-4049, shows the back of the stone house at 415 S. Orange. The Hill house was built before Media's street grid was established, and as shown on the 1892 map of Media, it sat at a 45 degree angle to the line of Jefferson St. and partly in the street bed.
Similar used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 53. Houses at 449, 435, and 423 S. Orange still stand (2018) and were identical when originally built. 435 is the best guess for this photograph.
United States Navy armored cruiser, launched Oct. 2, 1895 from the Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia. This could be the day it was launched. Crowd on board, under tent. Other sailing ships and steamboats on river, including "Sylvan Dell." Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.
United States Navy armored cruiser, launched Oct. 2, 1895 from the Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia. Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester. This picture seems to have been taken at another time than AP-4041-1.
United States Navy armored cruiser, launched Oct. 2, 1895 from the Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia. Probably in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester.
