Photograph- Andrews Bridge over the Octoraro Creek, take in July of 1924 before it was replaced with a concrete bridge. Stone arch bridge built c. 1814, 450 feet long.
Photograph- Andrews Bridge over the Octoraro Creek, take in July of 1924 before it was replaced with a concrete bridge. Stone arch bridge built c. 1814, 450 feet long.
Description
Andrews Bridge over the Octoraro Creek, take in July of 1924 before it was replaced with a concrete bridge. Stone arch bridge built c. 1814, 450 feet long.
Photograph- "Bridge in distance" - view of Susquehanna River near Safe Harbor
Description
"Bridge in distance" - view of Susquehanna River near Safe Harbor
Provenance
From glass plate negatives bought by Kevin Shue at Horst Auction. Photographer unknown, but most images are of the Warwick Township or Safe Harbor areas.
Page 39: Horse and carriage, "Wabank Road near New Danville"; Slackwater Road, Millersville, August 1902; Old tavern, Slackwater; Lancaster County farm scene near Millersville, Agust 1902; Electrick Light Station in the distance - Slackwater, August 1902"; Slackwater bridge.
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.