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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bcaa7b5f-c22b-4f97-a09a-995598282548

Collection: Diffenderfer Album 1

Object ID: A-36-01-09

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Diffenderfer Album 1

Description: Page 9: Railroad tracks and depot at Leaman Place, August 27, 1901; large house with columns, "Summer Knol, August 27, 1901"; Locomotive on railroad tracks, "P.R.R. Belmont station, August 27, 1901", two photos; Driveway lined with trees, "Summer Knol, August 27, 1901"; Wild Cat Glen, August 1901.

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 1900 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

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroads; Wild Cat Glen, Hellam Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Leaman Place, Paradise Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3 x 5 inches

Object ID: A-36-01-09

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/19d462dd-8891-426f-80ff-794432276200

Collection: John D. Denney, Jr. Photograph Collection

Object ID: JD-02-04-50

Date Range: c. 1910

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: John D. Denney, Jr. Photograph Collection

Description: Lancaster and Southern trolley car leaving Martic Forge for Rawlinsville.

Provenance: From folder labeled "Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway Photos"

Date Range: c. 1910

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroads; Trolleys; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Rawlinsville, Martic Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: JD-02-04-50

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/18bcb1b5-58f7-4bcd-86cb-409533483530

Collection: John D. Denney, Jr. Photograph Collection

Object ID: JD-02-04-51

Date Range: October 27, 1946

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: John D. Denney, Jr. Photograph Collection

Description: Conestoga Traction Company trolley No. 54, National Railroad Historical Society railfan trip. Photo taken at Ephrata junction, just south of Ephrata.

Provenance: From folder labeled "Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway Photos"

Date Range: October 27, 1946

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroads; Trolleys; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Rawlinsville, Martic Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: JD-02-04-51

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/285b99a5-4c7e-4a86-9e72-887781187680

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph of railroad tracks at Fites Eddy

Object ID: 2-30-07-01

Date Range: July 10, 1907

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph of railroad tracks at Fites Eddy

Description: Rock ready to be blasted at Fites Eddy with railroad tracks

Provenance: Found in Document Collection, Box 027 Folder 009

Date Range: July 10, 1907

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subject: Photographs

Classification: 2-30-07-01

Search Terms: Railroads; Fites Eddy, Drumore Twp.

Place: Drumore Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Original or Copy: Copy

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: 2-30-07-01

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7a6bea35-77c7-46c7-894d-331115490240

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph of explosion at Fites Eddy

Object ID: 2-30-07-02

Date Range: July 10, 1907

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph of explosion at Fites Eddy

Description: Big shot at Fites Eddy Point. Explosion during construcion of railroad.

Provenance: Found in Document Collection, Box 027 Folder 009

Date Range: July 10, 1907

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subject: Photographs

Classification: 2-30-07-02

Search Terms: Railroads; Fites Eddy, Drumore Twp.

Place: Drumore Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Original or Copy: Copy

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: 2-30-07-02

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2a02d76f-6c7b-4a29-98c1-165337826770

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-04-04-25

Date Range: March 8, 1904

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Flood of the Susquehana River at Safe Harbor

Date Range: March 8, 1904

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Floods; Ice jams; Railroads

Place: Conestoga Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 6.5 x 5.5 inches

Object ID: 2-04-04-25

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e6129788-e0b2-410f-beba-398082043352

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Title: Train wreck on Conestoga River Bridge

Object ID: A-09-02-52

Date Range: 1960/02/02

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Title: Train wreck on Conestoga River Bridge

Description: Pennsylvania freight train wreck on Conestoga River Bridge at Grofftown Road. Train was carrying United States Mail.

Date Range: 1960/02/02

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subject: Railroad accidents

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga River; Conestoga River Bridge; Grofftown Road; Mail; Manheim Twp.; Railroads; Train accidents; Trains

Place: Manheim Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-09-02-52

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-208

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3fafa208-5768-4d27-a3d6-508721353060

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-10-04-79

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Watchmen for the railroad bridge at Safe Harbor during World War I. Standing left to right are George W. Myers, Henry H. Aston, ?, ?, ?, Victor Myers, and ?. Seated men are unidentified.

Provenance: Original owned by the Myers family.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Myers, George W.; Aston, Henry H.; Myers, Victor

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: World War I; Railroads; Railroad bridges; Bridges; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.

Place: Conestoga Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: 1-10-04-79

Notes: Digital image only

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6a49857f-2263-45c7-86c9-331742507535

Collection: Evelyn Hershock Shaub Photograph Collection

Object ID: EHS-01-08-16

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Evelyn Hershock Shaub Photograph Collection

Description: Three men standing along the railroad tracks at Leaman Place. Man at center may be Earl W. Neff.

Provenance: Photographs from the estate of Evelyn Hershock Shaub of Washington Boro. Photographs of Hershock, Weitzel, Neff, Meck and other related families.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Neff, Earl W.

Search Terms: Leaman Place, Paradise Twp.; Railroads

Place: Paradise Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Object ID: EHS-01-08-16

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d4379cfa-c3e9-4f6d-ae01-514148993631

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph of civil engineers at Smithville

Object ID: 2-30-01-04

Date Range: 1905

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph of civil engineers at Smithville

Description: Group of men with surveying equipment standing near railroad tracks. Written on back: "Taken on Ryan & Kelley's con[?] of Smithville 1905" and "Civil Engr's Harry H[ummell], Thomas Watson, Geo. Patton, Claire Souder, [Ogle] Bennett, Charles [?], John Buffen[?], [James] Gilbert, John McC[?]". Left portion of backing board is torn and missing. Photograph is intact.

Provenance: Gift of Lawrence C. Witmer in memory of Ethel McClure Witmer.

Date Range: 1905

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Watson, Thomas; Patton, George; Souder, Claire

Subject: Photographs

Classification: 2-30-01-04

Search Terms: Railroads; Surveyors; Surveying; Civil engineers; Smithville, Providence Twp.

Place: Providence Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Original or Copy: Original

Print Size: 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Dimention Details: On backing board

Condition Date: Left side of backing board is torn and missing

Object ID: 2-30-01-04

Notes: See also MG0806 Witmer and McClure Family Papers or MG0789 Homsher Family Papers

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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