Members of the Christian family pose outside of Kilvansky's Grocery, North and Christian Streets. They are, from left, first row, Charles D. and Evelyn M., middle row, Leonard E. and Ernest D., Jr.; rear, Uncle Charles Carter.
Page 51: Four African American women, "Duquesne help, September 1901"; Nellie Brown, August 1901, African American woman; Three photos of a naked baby playing on balcony; Two unidentified women.
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.
Page 48: African American woman; African American baby; African American woman with a dog.
Provenance
Second 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, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Black photo album. Inside the front cover is the notation: "S. C. Slaymaker, "White Chimneys". Gap, Lancaster County, Pa.
Page 16 has 3 pictures of the shore. 2 of them are just the beach, 1 has 2 little girls on the beach and 1 has 2 little girls sitting on the porch with a woman of color.
Black photo album. Inside the front cover is the notation: "S. C. Slaymaker, "White Chimneys". Gap, Lancaster County, Pa.
Page 38 has 6 photos, house, man in chair, 3 women on porch, man in chair with 3 women and 3 children standing by him, 2 women in chairs with another woman standing behind them, 1 African American woman sitting on the lawn, 4 children in yard
