Norris D. Alexander's Water Wagons with driver and horses on West James Street with Theological Seminary in rear. Mr. Alexander had a city contract for sprinkling dusty streets.
East King Street looking east to Duke Street. Signs for Burks, Rhodes Reed Jeweler, George W. Brown's Furniture Warerooms and also shows horse and wagon
Henry Goos Bread and Fancy Cake Bakery wagon. Bakery was at 615 N. Shippen Street, Lancaster. Wagon driver was Aaron R. Martin (b. 9/29/1883 - d. 6/11/1949). Martin was also founder of Martin's Sanitary Dairy, Mount Joy, PA (1918-1927) and an ordained minister in the Church of God. Ordained in 1928, he served the Church of God in Ephrata for ten years.
Henry Goos Bread and Fancy Cake Bakery wagon. Bakery was at 615 N. Shippen Street, Lancaster. Wagon driver was Aaron R. Martin (b. 9/29/1883 - d. 6/11/1949). Martin was also founder of Martin's Sanitary Dairy, Mount Joy, PA (1918-1927) and an ordained minister in the Church of God. Ordained in 1928, he served the Church of God in Ephrata for ten years.
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.
Page 23: Churchtown Hotel, Wednesday, May 21, 1902; Coming into Church town, May 21, 1902; "The crowd" on the porch of the hotel, May 21, 1902; Convoy of horse and buggies, "Between Churchtown and Terre Hill, Wednesday, May 21, 1902"; "First Toll Gate, Philadelphia Pike, May 8, 1902"; Group of children and teachers, "Miss Stahr's School, Upland Lawn, Friday, May 23, 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.
Dillman R. Bomberger (December 15, 1879 - 1944) was a schoolteacher and photographer who was born near Lexington, Elizabeth Township. He worked as a schoolteacher in Elizabeth Township and by 1910 was working as a bookkeeper for Bayonne Steel Casting Company in Reading, PA. He married Aimee Brubaker in 1910 and had two children: Verna and David.
The photographs in this collection are mostly of family or friends and locations in the Elizabeth Township, Warwick Township and Lititz area.
