James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
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Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 048
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Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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 35: Possibly Leacock Presbyterian Church; Group of people standing on deck with Susquehanna River in background, "Wild Cat Falls Hotel, August 1902"; "Observation Pavilion, Wild Cat, August 1902"; Pieces of interior trim and pews in yard of Leacock Presbyterian Church; Interior of Leacock Presbyterian Church; Glen Orchard, near Wild Cat Falls, August 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 50: Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Baby in carriage in front of house, "Abram's baby"; Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Girl walking down stairs, "Coming from Glen Orchard, August 21, 1903"; "Glen Orchard Club, August 21, 1903"; "Jane Caanan, Pittsburg, Pa., November 1902", African-American woman.
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 12: Round Top, Accomac, August 14, 1903; From Round Top, August 14, 1903; Round Top House, August 14, 1903; From Chickies Rock looking toward Marietta, August 14, 1903; Baby in carriage, two older children and an African American woman; From near Chickies Rock looking toward Columbia, August 14, 1903.
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.
