Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Gift of Beth Mitten. Photograph album that belonged to Elizabeth M. Ament, mother of Mildred Shopf Smiley. Black paper album, 11 x 7 x 1 in., c. 1920. Includes many photographs of people and places of the Manor Township area.
Album 1, page 3. "Bill - Bud, Accomac '27", couple on swing, possibly Harriet Miller and Bill Ensminger. "Dick - Marve - Bud - Pete, Long's Park '22", group of people at park including, Richard O'Brien, Marvella Goddard, Harriet Miller.
This collection of photographs pertains to the family of Fanny Grove (b. 1874, d. bet. 1930-1938), daughter of Amos Grove (b. 1837, d. 1893) and Sarah O'Brien (b. 1840, d. 1924) of Marietta and Fanny Grove's husband, Henry Spangler Rich (b. 1867, d. 1938). Henry S. Rich was a prominent businessman in Marietta - a banker with First National Bank of Marietta and as an insurance agent, among other businesses. The Rich family lived at Prospect Place, a home on Fairview Avenue in Marietta. Amos Grove, father of Fanny Grove Rich, owned the Accomac, a summer vacation spot on the York County side of the Susquehanna River. He also maintained the boarding and mess tents at the Landisville Campmeeting.
James Buchanan's 200th birthday celebration at Wheatland. Men in Civil War military uniforms and Paul Ripple dressed as James Buchanan on the front steps of Wheatland.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
