Iron andirons with a cube and flame finial. Relatively rare. Information on the back of the photograph: "Fireplace - 2nd floor front, c. 1715, Letitia Street House. This is the only original mantel remaining in this house." Courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Do not reproduce without written permission. The following words must accompany any reproduction of this photograph. "PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART."
Page 22: "Wednesday, May 21, 1902 - Dining Party" - Windsor Forge, home of Miss Blanche Nevin; Crowd on lawn at Windsor Forge; Windsor Forge built 1735; Windsor forge dining room; Little Conestoga Creek near Windsor Forge; Dining room fireplace at Windsor Forge.
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.
