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.
William Booth married Elizabeth Broomall on February 4, 1841. Signatures include the married couple and George and J. M. Broomall, Sarah A. Reynolds, Elizabeth and John Booth, B. T. Groff, and justice of the peace George W. Bartram
Media borough offices now (2018) occupy this property. This photo was used in “Media, Penna.” publication, 1889, p. 7. Houses on 4th St. between Jackson and Monroe (still standing in 2018) are in background.
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