Brown earthenware lustre wastebowl with flared opening, and applied sprig molded relief design of white thistles, shamrocks and roses. Copper lustre bands at top and base.
Copper lustre rectangular footprint molded earthenware teapot with lid. Applied c-scroll handle and spout. Turned vertical fluting on sides and lid. Lid terminates in pineapple finial. Over lustre finish is handpainted floral border at shoulders of teapot in pastel enamels: yellow, green, pink.
Copper lustre earthenware round-bottomed pitcher. Applied straight-backed handle with c-shaped upper terminal and pulled spout. Interior is finished in white glaze.
Page 1: Five photographs of Anna Fondersmith, daughter of Frank and Ida Fondersmith, taken at Otto E. Weber's studio, February 19, 1901; group of people on rocks by the Susquehanna River; Anna Fondersmith with group of adults, possibly parents and grandparents; Anna Fondersmith holding a doll; small circular photo of a child, possibly Anna Fondersmith.
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 5: "Charles & Annie's farm - Marietta Pike, April 18, 1901" - picture of brick farmhouse and Anna Fondersmith on a swing being pushed by her father, Frank; Group of children at play with two teachers - "Kindergarten - June 13, 1901"; Anna Fondersmith and her father, Frank Fondersmith, July 1901; Large house with columns, "Millbank", October 15, 1901; "Ready for church, August 1901" - Anna Fondersmith and her father, Frank.
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 6: Three women and Anna Fondersmith standing in the yard at 546 North Duke Street, Lancaster, May 23, 1901; Anna Fondersmith and a woman who may be her mother, Ida, in the backyard at 546 North Duke Street, May 23, 1901; "Three old maids" - Ida Fondersmith, left, and two other women; three photographs of Miss Lillie Musselman's Kindergarten School, Y. W. C. A. yard, June 13, 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 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 7: "Wednesday June 19, 1901, Lititz and Manheim, Tally Ho Drive"; group of people standing at the springs at Lititz Springs Park, "After a drink"; view of creek at Lititz Springs Park; Group sitting on bridge over creek in Lititz Springs Park; Anna Fondersmith and a boy named Frederick; "After Supper", group of people on a porch; Two men at a bench, "Charles S. and Luther F."
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 13: "Colonial", September 1901; "Atlantic City Bank", September 1901; "Duquesne", September, 1901; View of beach and pier, "From Boardwalk", August 7, 1901; "Two of a kind", Anna Fondersmith and Frank Fondersmith, August 10, 1901; "Having our picture took", Anna Fondersmith and woman who may be her mother, Ida, August 10, 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 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 14: Anna Fondersmith on the beach with a parasol, "Goo Goo Eyes", September 1901; Anna and Frank Fondersmith, "On the Boardwalk", August 7, 1901; Anna and Frank Fondersmith digging in the sand, "Having a good time", August 10, 1901; "Piggy Back", August 10, 1901; "Better than automobile", August 10, 1901; Anna and Frank Fondersmith playing in the sand, "Entertaining each other", August 10, 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 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
