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Title: Alexis I. du Pont School, Class of 1900
Date(s): 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (contributor), Du Pont, Jessie Ball, 1884-1970 (former owner)
Description: From left: William Briggs, Lily Shepard, Alfred Mathewson
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_S018_014
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Fred Evans near former cannon house in front of Christ Church
Date(s): 1900?, 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Old cannon house in front of Christ Church, where powder was tested.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_C004_5_001
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Sam Frizzell's store on Main Street, opposite Breck's Mill, after freshet in Brandywine Creek
Date(s): 1880/1900?, 1880, 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_111
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Walker's Mill and Walker's Banks houses
Date(s): 1900/1928, 1900, 1928, 1900, 1928
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: "New Bridge" covered bridge over Rising Sun Lane in foreground. Walker's Mill and Walker's Banks on right bank. Breck's Mill on left bank.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_M22_019
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Alexis I. du Pont School students
Date(s): 1900?, 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (contributor), Du Pont, Jessie Ball, 1884-1970 (former owner)
Description: From left: Alfred Mathewson, Annie Evans, Fred Evans.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_S018_019
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Ticket to second annual ladies reception of the Brandywine Club, 1893
Date(s): 1893-09-29
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W063_065
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Rockford Tower under construction
Date(s): 1899/1901, 1899, 1901
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_P030_018
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Breck's Lane in Henry Clay, Delaware, in snow
Date(s): 1900/1910?, 1900, 1910
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Stable of Lammot du Pont , Jr. visible at right
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_115
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Reading Railroad tracks and Breck's Lane seen from Alexis I. du Pont School
Date(s): 1893/1912, 1893, 1912
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Stable of Alfred I. du Pont visible at right.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_S018_035
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Alfred I. du Pont's Orchestra in Breck's Mill
Date(s): 1900?, 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Taken in Breck's Mill Electric Shop. Left to right: William Hearn, Michael Maloney, George Gentieu, Alfred (Charles) Maxwell, James Casey (Pat's Son), Walker Mathewson, and Alfred Mathewson.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W063_040
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Rock formation overlooking Brandywine Creek, downstream from New Bridge Station
Date(s): 1900/1930?, 1900, 1930
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_100
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Yards at rear of Breck's Lane homes
Date(s): 1900/1902?, 1900, 1902
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Dr. Greenleaf's stable visible in background.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_106
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Upper Yard dam at Eleutherian Mills
Date(s): 1900/1950?, 1900, 1950
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_D007_012
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Two men with dog at Rockford Tower during construction
Date(s): 1899/1901, 1899, 1901
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_P030_015
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Houses on Creek Road (Main Street) in Henry Clay Village during flood on Brandywine Creek
Date(s): 1900/1902, 1900, 1902
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: View of homes and flood damage. Walker's Mill at right.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_F37_009
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Laboring gang in Hagley Yard
Date(s): 1890/1900?, 1890, 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Left to right: Unidentified, Sam Ferraro, unidentified, Benjamin Griffiths, possibly Louis Boubell.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W063_055
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: View from Cooper's Shop on Breck's Lane looking east along Wilmington and Northern Railroad tracks toward New Bridge Station.
Date(s): 1900/1930?, 1900, 1930
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Rockford Tower visible in distance.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_098
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Alexis I. du Pont School students
Date(s): 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (contributor), Du Pont, Jessie Ball, 1884-1970 (former owner)
Description: Back row: far left is Alfred Mathewson, third from left is Edith Lowther. Rest are unidentified.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_S018_020
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Gilbert Mathewson reading the newspaper in his home on Breck's Lane
Date(s): 1900?, 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W063_043
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Henry Clay, Delaware, and Walker's Banks seen from Rockford Tower
Date(s): 1900/1906, 1900, 1906, 1900, 1906
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Covered bridge in foreground in "New Bridge" at bottom of Rising Sun Lane. Creek Road (Main Street) of Henry Clay at left. Mill to left of dam is Breck's Mill. Mill to right of dam is Walker's Mill.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_109
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Men posing at Rockford Tower construction site
Date(s): 1899
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Man at far right: W. Jeff Blakeley, tavern keeper on Rising Sun Lane.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_P030_017
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: View from Rockford Tower looking north and west toward Kennett Pike
Date(s): 1900/1920?, 1900, 1920
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Typed caption: "Charles Copeland home right of center; visible on Kennett Pike is stable of St. Amour, A. Felix du Pont home (Elton), Ernest du Pont home, and Alexis I. du Pont School."
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_097
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Wooden keg mill (cooper shop) on Breck's Lane
Date(s): 1900/1904, 1900, 1904
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer), Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (contributor)
Description: Gentieu caption: "Factory where wood kegs are made. Man in center (Gailey Mathewson) has worked here for 50 years and is 77 years old and has only one lung, but seems good for many years yet." The following provided by F.L. Mathewson, grandson of Gilbert Mathewson, in 1966: Main Cooper Shop is building at far right, soaking pits were to right, off picture. Had slate roof and slate shingle siding. Pancake Run is in foreground, flowing under bridge to left. Left to right: Harry Carter (?);...
Show moreGentieu caption: "Factory where wood kegs are made. Man in center (Gailey Mathewson) has worked here for 50 years and is 77 years old and has only one lung, but seems good for many years yet." The following provided by F.L. Mathewson, grandson of Gilbert Mathewson, in 1966: Main Cooper Shop is building at far right, soaking pits were to right, off picture. Had slate roof and slate shingle siding. Pancake Run is in foreground, flowing under bridge to left. Left to right: Harry Carter (?); Gilbert Mathewson, boss of cooper shop; Frank Applegate; William Roe [Rowe?].
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Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_C036_004_X
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Fred Evans near former cannon house in front of Christ Church
Date(s): 1900?, 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Old cannon house in front of Christ Church, where powder was tested.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_C004_5_002
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Alfred, Leslie, and Bert (Gilbert) Mathewson with their dog, Joe Dewey, at Rockford Tower during construction
Date(s): 1899/1901, 1899, 1901
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_P030_016
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

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