Photograph- Cabinet card. John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The best of men that ever wore earth about his was a sufferer, a soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; the first true gentleman that ever breathed.' 6/28/94 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
Photograph- Cabinet card. John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The best of men that ever wore earth about his was a sufferer, a soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; the first true gentleman that ever breathed.' 6/28/94 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
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Cabinet card. John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The best of men that ever wore earth about his was a sufferer, a soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; the first true gentleman that ever breathed.' 6/28/94 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
Photograph- John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The human heart is like Heaven, the more angels the more room.' Lancaster, PA June 29, 1900 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
Photograph- John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The human heart is like Heaven, the more angels the more room.' Lancaster, PA June 29, 1900 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
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John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The human heart is like Heaven, the more angels the more room.' Lancaster, PA June 29, 1900 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
Photograph- John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The human heart is like Heaven, the more angels the more room.' 6,28,1901 Lancaster, PA Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey"
Photograph- John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The human heart is like Heaven, the more angels the more room.' 6,28,1901 Lancaster, PA Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey"
Description
John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'The human heart is like Heaven, the more angels the more room.' 6,28,1901 Lancaster, PA Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey"
Photograph- John P. McCaskey and his four grandchildren
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John P. McCaskey and his four grandchildren. Written on back: " 'The human heart is like Photograph- Heaven, the more angels the more room.' 6,28,1901 Lancaster, PA Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey"
New Street Public School, 1892, Bertha Cochran Landis, teacher. Written on back: "Paul's class at New Street. Bessie Hohein, H. Ruth, Rudy, Dietrich, Lutz, Aument, Allwein, Moyer, Overly, Leila Martin, Mary Debolt." Group of children posed on steps.
Lancaster High School, class of 1890-91. Identified are: David B. Bartholomew, Newton E. Bitzer, Jacob H. Byrne, Howard W. Diller, William M. Dorwart, James F. Erisman, John L. Frantz, John G. Fritchey, Hugh K. Fulton, Charles D. Hubert, J. R. Kinzer, B. F. Kready, Walter J. Leonard, Joseph R. Mercer, Benjamin A. McComsey, Harry W. McGinnis, Washington M. Nixdorf, Edward L. Page, Alden F. Pontz, Fred J. Rieker, John Sachs, Frank T. Thurlow, and William E. Underwood. Teacher seated at left is J. P. McCaskey.
Page 46: "Dr. and Mrs. Shenk's yard, New Year's Day, 1903, 233 North Duke Street"; Group of school students, "Miss Kready's room, December 19, 1902"; "Miss Stahr's School yard - teacher ball, December 19, 1902"; "Miss Stahr's Room, December 19, 1902".
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
