Unidentified girl with straight dark hair, light colored dress and lace at collar.
Provenance
Album thought to belong to the Willson family who were the last owners of Wheatland. Contains both cabinet cards and carte de visites, as well as a few tintypes. Cover is brown with black and gold trim. Very few of the photographs are identified.
Loose photo - Burch R. Reber and his sister, Beulah Reber, c. 1880.
Provenance
Large brown album of carte de visites and tintypes, thought to be a Kieffer family album. In fair condition. Has brass clasps and a few loose photos. Most photos are not indentified.
Carte de visite. Young boy sitting on a chair in a photographer's studio. Identified as John Alfred Hornberger, c. 1882. Written on back: "John Hornberger brother".
Meguigan - McGuigan family album. Joseph Paxson and wife Mary Ann Kling Paxson with their children Clayton Kling Paxson, David T. Paxson, Harry A. Paxson, and William Harsh Paxson.
Salem Church of God, 328 West Orange Street, Lancaster. Built in 1877, congregation dissolved in 1884. Property conveyed to Covenant United Brethren Church, 1884 to 1926. Became First Pentecostal Church, Assembly of God from 1927 to 1959. Theobald School of Ballet from 1959 to 1986. Now Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster.
Arthur Chambers and Joe Acton at Niagra Falls, c. 1888. Reprint, real photo postcard.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.