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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
992-060
Date Range
before 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Lady Gay paddleboat at Witmer's Bridge on the Conestoga River
Date Range
before 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Lady Gay
Paddle boats
Paddle steamers
Witmer's Bridge
Conestoga River
Bridges
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
The American News Company, New York
Condition
Good
Object ID
992-060
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Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Object ID
A-34-01-04
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Description
The Conestoga River below Witmer's Bridge. Bridge and Lady Gay paddleboat are in background.
Year Range From
1898
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Boats
Bridges
Stone arch bridges
Witmer's Bridge
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 3 inches
Object ID
A-34-01-04
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Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Object ID
A-34-01-90
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Description
View of the Conestoga River with Witmer's Bridge and the Lady Gay paddleboat in the background.
Year Range From
1898
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Boats
Bridges
Stone arch bridges
Witmer's Bridge
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-34-01-90
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Title
Pequea looking southeast across the creek
Object ID
974-058
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Title
Pequea looking southeast across the creek
Description
Pretty Pequea - Looking southeast across the creek. Reverse is ad for Teachers' Vacation Fund Contest for the three most popular teachers, one vote with each pound of coffee from Mack the Coffee Man, contest starts December 1st, 1908, closes June 30 1909.
Year Range From
1908
Year Range To
1909
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subject
Postcards
Classification
974-058
Search Terms
Pequea, Martic Twp.
Conestoga River
Bridges
Houses
Contests
Advertising
Teachers' Vacation Fund Contest
Mack the Coffee Man
Place
Martic Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
Express Printing Co., Publishers
Object ID
974-058
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-39
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
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.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fondersmith, Ida Slaymaker
Fondersmith, Anna
McNeal, David
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Horses
Carriages
Conestoga River
Covered bridges
Bridges
Farms
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-39
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-13-07-59
Date Range
c. 1900
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Conestoga River near the water works.
Date Range
c. 1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Stone arch bridges
Railroads
Railroad bridges
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-13-07-59
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Title
Cows in creek
Object ID
909-018
Date Range
after 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Title
Cows in creek
Description
Rural scene, Lancaster County, Penna. Cows in a creek, people on wooden bridge in horse drawn carriage in background.
Date Range
after 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Postcards
Classification
909-018
Search Terms
Cows
Creeks
Bridges
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
The Von Nieda & Brun Studio, Ephrata
Condition
Good
Object ID
909-018
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-20
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 20: Mr. Phil Baker; Large group of children seated on steps, "Conestoga Park, May 8, 1902"; View of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Conestoga River, "Conestoga Park, May 8, 1902"; Miss Ella Musser, Miss Sondau, and Miss Buckius, Conestoga Park, May 8, 1902; Unidentified Mennonite woman; View of Conestoga River, "Off Witmer's Bridge, May 8, 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.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Phil
Musser, Ella
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Conestoga River
Bridges
Conestoga Park
Children
Women
Mennonites
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-20
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-16
Date Range
c. 1908
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Possibly Second Lock Covered Bridge over the Conestoga River
Provenance
Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
Date Range
c. 1908
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Covered bridges
Conestoga River
Place
Manor Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-16
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-12-01-22
Date Range
July 25, 1909
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Witmer's Bridge, built 1798.
Provenance
Found in Museum Storage.
Date Range
July 25, 1909
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Stone arch bridges
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-12-01-22
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