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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
920-057
Date Range
c. 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Trolley terminus of the Conestoga Traction Company, North Broad Street.
Date Range
c. 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Trolleys
North Broad Street
Conestoga Traction Company
Place
Lititz
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Printer
Express Printing Company
Object ID
920-057
Images
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-08
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 8: Horse and wagon with a group of people, "Direct for Manheim"; Railroad bridge over the Conestoga Creek, June 1901; House in Manheim; Group of women playing bridge, "Bridge, Long porch, August 5, 1901"; Ann C. Witmer home, December 1900; Man driving a horse and wagon for Champion Blower and Forge, possibly on North Duke Street, Lancaster.
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.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Witmer, Ann C.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Champion Blower and Forge Company
Conestoga River
Bridges
Wagons
Horses
Recreation
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-08
Images
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-20
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 20: Mr. Phil Baker; Large group of children seated on steps, "Conestoga Park, May 8, 1902"; View of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Conestoga River, "Conestoga Park, May 8, 1902"; Miss Ella Musser, Miss Sondau, and Miss Buckius, Conestoga Park, May 8, 1902; Unidentified Mennonite woman; View of Conestoga River, "Off Witmer's Bridge, 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.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Phil
Musser, Ella
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Conestoga River
Bridges
Conestoga Park
Children
Women
Mennonites
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-20
Images
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-39
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 39: Horse and carriage, "Wabank Road near New Danville"; Slackwater Road, Millersville, August 1902; Old tavern, Slackwater; Lancaster County farm scene near Millersville, Agust 1902; Electrick Light Station in the distance - Slackwater, August 1902"; Slackwater bridge.
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.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fondersmith, Ida Slaymaker
Fondersmith, Anna
McNeal, David
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Horses
Carriages
Conestoga River
Covered bridges
Bridges
Farms
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-39
Images
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Collection
Blanche Hartman Album
Object ID
A-47-01-82
Date Range
July 10, 1902
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Blanche Hartman Album
Description
"The Bathing Resort"
Provenance
Small black album of photographys and cyanotypes of people and scenes around Lancaster County taken between 1900 and 1906. Many of the places are identifiable, but names of people not always included. Several pages at the front of the album are loose. Album belonged to Blanche Hartman.
Date Range
July 10, 1902
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Conestoga River
Swimming
Peoples Bathing Resort
Rocky Springs
Recreation
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Fair
Condition Notes
2009-06-13
Object ID
A-47-01-82
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-13-07-59
Date Range
c. 1900
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Conestoga River near the water works.
Date Range
c. 1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Stone arch bridges
Railroads
Railroad bridges
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-13-07-59
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-12-02-12
Date Range
1909
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Turnpike bridge over the Little Conestoga Creek at Rohrerstown.
Date Range
1909
Creator
Landis, David Bachman
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Stone arch bridges
Little Conestoga Creek
Marietta Pike
Place
East Hempfield Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-12-02-12
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-12-02-19
Date Range
1909
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Mill along the Conestoga River at Eden.
Date Range
1909
Creator
Landis, David Bachman
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Mills
Conestoga River
Eden, Manheim Twp.
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-12-02-19
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- "East from Shenk's Ferry"
Object ID
1-06-02-56
Date Range
April 18, 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- "East from Shenk's Ferry"
Description
"East from Shenk's Ferry"
Provenance
From glass plate negatives bought by Kevin Shue at Horst Auction. Photographer unknown, but most images are of the Warwick Township or Safe Harbor areas.
Date Range
April 18, 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Shenk's Ferry, Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Film Size
4 x 5 inches
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-02-56
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- "Safe Harbor in distance" - view of Susquehanna River
Object ID
1-06-02-58
Date Range
April 18, 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- "Safe Harbor in distance" - view of Susquehanna River
Description
"Safe Harbor in distance" - view of Susquehanna River
Provenance
From glass plate negatives bought by Kevin Shue at Horst Auction. Photographer unknown, but most images are of the Warwick Township or Safe Harbor areas.
Date Range
April 18, 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
Susquehanna River
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Film Size
4 x 5 inches
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-02-58
Images
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