Pickens Homestead, at time of photograph about 150 years old. Located near Cocalico P. O., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Owner at time of photograph was Christian Wiest, seen in foreground of picture at right, who operated a saw mill near the home.
Page 13: Wild Cat in the distance, 1897; Three story brick house with porch; Man in white suit leaning on a rock; Susquehanna River.
Provenance
Small album with black composition covers which are no longer attached. Album is in poor conditon. Contains 124 photographs of people, scenes and buildings - few are identified. All taken between 1897 and 1899. Possibly belonged to the family of Edward Reinhold of East Donegal Township. His son, Paul, is the only identified person in the album.
Two story building with picket fence and two men standing and one man sitting on the front porch. Sign on the porch roof reads: "A. Rogers & Son, Dealers in Stoves, Heaters & Ranges, Tin Roofing, Spouting, Force Pumps, Iron Pipe and Fitting"
Large home with two men standing on the porch on the bottom floor, and two women and a child standing on the porch above them. There is either a sheet or quilt on clothesline. and a picket fence in front of the house. Note on back of photo: House in Manor Twp. near Stehman's Church, of John Stehman, Great Grandfather of Isaiah Stehman.
Photograph- Two lane covered bridge at Engleside, also called Graeff's Landing. Bridge built in 1824, demolished in 1961. 317 feet long. Two and a half story stone house at the Conestoga River. Group of people possibly waiting at the dock for the Lady Gay or Evelyn B. paddleboats.
Photograph- Two lane covered bridge at Engleside, also called Graeff's Landing. Bridge built in 1824, demolished in 1961. 317 feet long. Two and a half story stone house at the Conestoga River. Group of people possibly waiting at the dock for the Lady Gay or Evelyn B. paddleboats.
Description
Two lane covered bridge at Engleside, also called Graeff's Landing. Bridge built in 1824, demolished in 1961. 317 feet long. Two and a half story stone house at the Conestoga River. Group of people possibly waiting at the dock for the Lady Gay or Evelyn B. paddleboats.
