Black Horse School, Paradise Twp., about 1881. B. Frank Book was the teacher. First pupil left, back row, was John K. Ranck, then 18 yrs. old. Girl in front of him was Emma Hostetter, then 18 yrs. old. Later these two married. Mr. Ranck was school director in Paradise for many years.
Photograph- James Damant's Ladies' Seminary, first girls' high school, c. 1886, and Union Bethel Church at the southeast corner of Prince and Orange Streets. Photograph of a sketch by David McNeely Stauffer.
Photograph- James Damant's Ladies' Seminary, first girls' high school, c. 1886, and Union Bethel Church at the southeast corner of Prince and Orange Streets. Photograph of a sketch by David McNeely Stauffer.
Description
James Damant's Ladies' Seminary, first girls' high school, c. 1886, and Union Bethel Church at the southeast corner of Prince and Orange Streets. Photograph of a sketch by David McNeely Stauffer.
Group of young men standing and sitting in front of a large stone building. Written on back: "Mr. Hurd's class". Written along the front left side: "June 1889". John Christian Etter may be the young man standing at right. This may be his class at the Mt. Airy School, now the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
Provenance
This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
Photograph- Cabinet card. John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'Glorious indeed is the world around us, but more glorious is the world of God within us.' Longfellow 6/20/89 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
Photograph- Cabinet card. John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'Glorious indeed is the world around us, but more glorious is the world of God within us.' Longfellow 6/20/89 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
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Cabinet card. John P. McCaskey. Written on back: " 'Glorious indeed is the world around us, but more glorious is the world of God within us.' Longfellow 6/20/89 Very truly yours, J. P. McCaskey".
Photograph- Teaching staff of the Lemon Street School, c. 1881-1882. Identified are: Elizabeth Carpenter, Matilda Zug, Clara Spindler (Mrs. Duttenhoffer), Clarence V. Lichty, Sue Holbrook, Kate Clifton (Mrs. Carl Thorbahn), Kate Shirk and Annie Etter.
Photograph- Teaching staff of the Lemon Street School, c. 1881-1882. Identified are: Elizabeth Carpenter, Matilda Zug, Clara Spindler (Mrs. Duttenhoffer), Clarence V. Lichty, Sue Holbrook, Kate Clifton (Mrs. Carl Thorbahn), Kate Shirk and Annie Etter.
Description
Teaching staff of the Lemon Street School, c. 1881-1882. Identified are: Elizabeth Carpenter, Matilda Zug, Clara Spindler (Mrs. Duttenhoffer), Clarence V. Lichty, Sue Holbrook, Kate Clifton (Mrs. Carl Thorbahn), Kate Shirk and Annie Etter.
Photograph- Professor Joseph Landis, superintendent of the Model School at Millersville Normal School and a group of 28 children. Nine are listed on back of the photo: Charles Reese, John Brenner, Anne Reese, Eddie Brooks, Lizzie Weeks, Thad Mellinger, Lizzie Shaub, Jacob Bowman, Nettie Kahler, and ? Baker
Photograph- Professor Joseph Landis, superintendent of the Model School at Millersville Normal School and a group of 28 children. Nine are listed on back of the photo: Charles Reese, John Brenner, Anne Reese, Eddie Brooks, Lizzie Weeks, Thad Mellinger, Lizzie Shaub, Jacob Bowman, Nettie Kahler, and ? Baker
Description
Professor Joseph Landis, superintendent of the Model School at Millersville Normal School and a group of 28 children. Nine are listed on back of the photo: Charles Reese, John Brenner, Anne Reese, Eddie Brooks, Lizzie Weeks, Thad Mellinger, Lizzie Shaub, Jacob Bowman, Nettie Kahler, and ? Baker
John Kevinski, teacher in Lancaster Public Schools about year 1889, with fishing rod and dog at the weighlock on the canal at York Furnace. George W. Gibbs, the confectioner, was born in this building in 1859. His father was the weighmaster at this lock during the Civil War.
Group of children and woman, possibly students and teacher, posed in front of a stone building.
Provenance
This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
Looking toward South Queen Street, a view of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on a cobblestone Penn Square. Note the New Era on left of photo and Intelligencer Journal on right. same as photo 2-05-11-14.
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
Penn Square, showing monument, The Lancaster Intelligencer, and Reed, McCann and Co., Bankers at corner of South Queen Street, and New Era Printing office on opposite corner; also shows building where clothing, wholesale notions and sewing machines, etc., are sold; on first floor next to Bitner, Hostetter and Long.
Eight Mueller children, names listed on the back of the photo are Minnie, Elizabeth, Helen, Esther, Ruth, Joseph, Henry and Paul. Children are not identified in the photo. Taken March 29, 1889 by Minnie. German writing also on back of photo signed G. P. M.
