Page 24: Lancaster County Prison, "Only castle in town, May 17, 1902"; Lancaster Cemetery Entrance, May 17, 1902; Advent Lutheran Church, May 17, 1902; Anna Fondersmith with doll in a little stroller, "County Prison Park, May 17, 1902"; Ann Palmer, Mrs. Leon Dodge's niece, May 19, 1902; Anna Fondersmith with unidentified Mennonite 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.
View of Lancaster taken from Zion Lutheran Church steeple, by moonlight. Shows Trinity Lutheran Church, the county courthouse and St. James Episcopal Church.
Photograph- Reprint of a damaged photograph of a group of men taken at 449 Freiberg Street, now Pershing Avenue, before 1905. Man framed in doorway under awning is Martin Blankenmeyer. Martin lived at 449 Freiberg St. Man standing third from left is Henry A. Blankenmeyer, son of Martin Blankenmeyer. Martin Anthony Blankenmeyer b. November 20, 1828, d. April 18, 1907, Civil War veteran who served with Company F, 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Henry Anthony Blankenmyer, b. ?, 1886 d. October 1905.
Photograph- Reprint of a damaged photograph of a group of men taken at 449 Freiberg Street, now Pershing Avenue, before 1905. Man framed in doorway under awning is Martin Blankenmeyer. Martin lived at 449 Freiberg St. Man standing third from left is Henry A. Blankenmeyer, son of Martin Blankenmeyer. Martin Anthony Blankenmeyer b. November 20, 1828, d. April 18, 1907, Civil War veteran who served with Company F, 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Henry Anthony Blankenmyer, b. ?, 1886 d. October 1905.
Description
Reprint of a damaged photograph of a group of men taken at 449 Freiberg Street, now Pershing Avenue, before 1905. Man framed in doorway under awning is Martin Blankenmeyer. Martin lived at 449 Freiberg St. Man standing third from left is Henry A. Blankenmeyer, son of Martin Blankenmeyer. Martin Anthony Blankenmeyer b. November 20, 1828, d. April 18, 1907, Civil War veteran who served with Company F, 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Henry Anthony Blankenmyer, b. ?, 1886 d. October 1905.
Norman Adam, second from left, Jake Humphreville, third from left, and Isaac Trimble, far right, employees of the Lancaster Gas Co., assemble on Grant Street.
John H. Pfenniger, a Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company lineman, climbs a utility pole to check electrical service for the city of Lancaster.