Spring Grove School (also called Union Grove), class of 1901. The only child identified is Bertha Oberholser Weiler, b. 1892. She is in the second row, sixth from right.
Page 32: Anna Fondersmith and three women, "Corn Roast Drive, Thursday, August 7, 1902"; View of creek, "Near Rock Hill, August 7, 1902"; Group of people having a picnic in the woods, "Mr. John Martin's Picnic hamper, August 7, 1902"; "Getting ready for supper, August 7, 1902"; Rossmere Hotel, Friday, August 1, 1902; Spring Grove Park near Rossmere, August 1, 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.
Page 43: Grubb's Chapel, Mt. Hope; Group of people on dirt road, "Drive to Miss Grubb's Estate"; Miss Grubb's - Mt. Hope; Driveway to Mt. Hope; Mt. Hope Mansion; Boxwood grove, Mt. Hope.
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 44: Three photos of Strasburg, Lancaster, Pa., October 1902; Laying of cornerstone of new General Hospital, November 1902; Group of people "On Miss Grubb's estate".
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.
