Cabinet card. Group of young women. First row, second from left is Alfaretta Grove. Second row, left, is Fanny Grove Rich. Written on back: "July 24, 1894 Landisville Camp".
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.
Photograph possibly taken at the time of the wedding of Charles Wirth and Christina Herman, September 27, 1906.
Provenance
Photographs from a photo album purchased by Patricia Rock in Beaufort, South Carolina. The families were from the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of the city of Lancaster.
Unidentified boy, taken at his first communion at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Provenance
Photographs from a photo album purchased by Patricia Rock in Beaufort, South Carolina. The families were from the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of the city of Lancaster.
Rev. Johann Ludwig Grotemeyer. Born in 1840 in Westphalia, Germany. Died September 16, 1888 at St. Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia. Served St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Lancaster, from November 3, 1878 until his death.
Provenance
Photographs from a photo album purchased by Patricia Rock in Beaufort, South Carolina. The families were from the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of the city of Lancaster.
