Page 30: Gen. Morgan's Home, near Morgantown, June 28, 1902; "Windsor Forge tentant house, built 1735, June 29, 1902, only one left in rows, where Robert Coleman's parents started"; Gen. Morgan Farm near Morgantown, June 28, 1902; Mrs. King, age 88, near Morgantown; Blanche Nevin playing guitar on a boat, "Taken on Honululu Boat - Miss Blanche Nevin"; "Mrs. King, daughter, and Blanche Nevin, King home, June 29, 1902, near Morgantown."
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.
Page 25: "Wild Cat group, May 30, 1902"; Wild Cat Falls, May 30, 1902; Wild Cat Falls Hotel, May 30, 1902; Man and woman seated by the Susquehanna River, "Looking for Wild Cat", May 30, 1901; Paddleboat at dock, "Bound for home, May 30, 1902, Lady Gay"; Entrance to Wild Cat Glen, May 30, 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.
Page 10: Marietta steamer, Wild Cat, August 8, 1901; Wild Cat Hotel, August 8, 1901; View of a road, "From Mountain House", August 1901; Cocalico Hotel, August, 1901, Ephrata; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel, August 1901; Cocalico Hotel, August, 1901.
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 1900 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 17: Man with snow shovel standing on sidewalk, "Just finished pavement"; First General Hospital on North Queen Street; Second General Hospital on North Lime Street; Rocky Springs "Emma Belle", dashed to pieces at foot of Old Poor house Bridge, wind and rainstorm, Sunday August 10, 1902; Anna Fondersmith at Upland Lawn; Trolley car, "next stop Conestoga Park", May 8, 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.
Page 18: Group of people in the woods; Ferncliff Club House; Couple by a creek; Group of people on a boat; Anna Fondersmith at Benton Hollow; Group of people at Ferncliff Club House.
Provenance
Second 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, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 29: Railroad tracks and Ferncliff Club House in background; Stone arch bridge over Benton Hollow Creek; Peach Bottom Ferry; Group of people in front of Ferncliff Club House; Three people on bridge, one girl on log in front fo bridge and a dog near the creek at Benton Hollow; Peach Bottom Ferry.
Provenance
Second 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, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 47: Interior of room showing fireplace and tall case clock; People getting off a small ferry boat; Rocky Springs.
Provenance
Second 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, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Dillman R. Bomberger (December 15, 1879 - 1944) was a schoolteacher and photographer who was born near Lexington, Elizabeth Township. He worked as a schoolteacher in Elizabeth Township and by 1910 was working as a bookkeeper for Bayonne Steel Casting Company in Reading, PA. He married Aimee Brubaker in 1910 and had two children: Verna and David.
The photographs in this collection are mostly of family or friends and locations in the Elizabeth Township, Warwick Township and Lititz area.
