Album 1, page 3. "Bill - Bud, Accomac '27", couple on swing, possibly Harriet Miller and Bill Ensminger. "Dick - Marve - Bud - Pete, Long's Park '22", group of people at park including, Richard O'Brien, Marvella Goddard, Harriet Miller.
This collection of photographs pertains to the family of Fanny Grove (b. 1874, d. bet. 1930-1938), daughter of Amos Grove (b. 1837, d. 1893) and Sarah O'Brien (b. 1840, d. 1924) of Marietta and Fanny Grove's husband, Henry Spangler Rich (b. 1867, d. 1938). Henry S. Rich was a prominent businessman in Marietta - a banker with First National Bank of Marietta and as an insurance agent, among other businesses. The Rich family lived at Prospect Place, a home on Fairview Avenue in Marietta. Amos Grove, father of Fanny Grove Rich, owned the Accomac, a summer vacation spot on the York County side of the Susquehanna River. He also maintained the boarding and mess tents at the Landisville Campmeeting.
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
Additional Notes
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-45
Classification
MG0045
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Upholstered wingback commode chair has four turned Sheraton legs. Has replacement of original soiled handsewn homespun linen (remnants in this file), now an orange fabric with potted and vining flower design. Solid pinewood seat under cushion has center hole with fitted removable wooden disc.
This chair was from the Pownall home at Gap, where it was used by Dickinson Gorsuch, Maryland slaveholder, during his recovery from wounds sustained during the Christiana Riot of Sept. 11, 1851. His father and two others were killed during the skirmish at the home of freedman William Parker, and Dickinson was transported to the Pownall home for recovery. William Parker later published his story in the "Atlantic Monthly" in 1866, making it highly publicized.
This incident "is an important example of the struggle over the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and the escalating tension between the North and the South. This act gave slave owners broad powers to recapture runaway slaves". (ExplorePAhistory.com)
Polaroid photos of chair before re-upholstery, in file.
Likely Lancaster or Chester Co.
Provenance
Provenance: Chair owned by the Pownall family & given in 1973 to the Lancaster County Historical Society by Mrs. Levi Pownall of Lancashire Hall (569-7279).
It was initially loaned to the Heritage Center (# L.77.9 and # 161.64.80) but soon donated to HCLC. Board minutes of Dec. 8, 1975 include Richard F. Smith's Museum Committee report noting a donation of a "Sheraton armed wing chair commode, used by the Pownall home in nursing Dickinson Gorsuch following Christiana Riot in 1851." Later unsigned note (Bruce Shoemaker?) states John Aungst of LCHS was consulted & chair was removed 11/9/84 from list on LCHS loan form, settling an apparent question of ownership.
"The Fifth Annual Picnic of the M.T. Garvin & Co at Hersheypark, July 2nd 1920" with women in white garments and several men in suit coats and ties. There are probably over 100 people in the picture with none of them identified.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Three pictures on page one: (1) Summer 1921 Mt. Gretna - Elizabeth Peale Ryder with Frances Coventry and Cecelia Goodall riding in canoe (2) Summer 1921 Mt. Gretna - Mildred Pfautz, Ruth Bretzer , Frances?, and Elizabeth Peale Ryder riding in canoe (3) Summer 1921 Mt. Gretna - Friends standing with canoe paddles
