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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-50
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 50: Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Baby in carriage in front of house, "Abram's baby"; Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Girl walking down stairs, "Coming from Glen Orchard, August 21, 1903"; "Glen Orchard Club, August 21, 1903"; "Jane Caanan, Pittsburg, Pa., November 1902", African-American woman.
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.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Caanan, Jane
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Wild Cat Falls, Hellam Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Glen Orchard, York County, Pennsylvania
Persons of color
Baby carriages
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-50
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia
Object ID
1-02-01-11
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia
Description
Cabinet card. Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia.
Year Range From
1888
Year Range To
1892
Creator
Taylor, William Curtis
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bosley, Hannah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African American women
African Americans
African Americans--History
Free Black people
Search Terms
African American Women
Cabinet cards
Free persons of color
Medicine
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Print Size
4.125 x 7.5 inches
Object ID
1-02-01-11
Negative Number
yes
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-12-01-08
Date Range
1886
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
African American family and cabin in the Welsh Mountains. Possibly Brushtown in Brecknock Twp. Digital image only.
Provenance
Original image owned by Noel Dorwart.
Date Range
1886
Creator
Dorwart, Harry M.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Brushtown, Brecknock Twp.
Cabins
Dwellings
Families
Girls
Persons of color
Welsh Mountains
Women
Place
Brecknock Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-12-01-08
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Conestoga Lodge Junior Herd 148 Drum and Bugle Corps
Object ID
A-08-02-16
Date Range
c. 1950
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Conestoga Lodge Junior Herd 148 Drum and Bugle Corps
Description
Conestoga Lodge Junior Herd 148 Drum and Bugle Corps - Elks Lodge, Lancaster, Pa.
Date Range
c. 1950
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Bands
Black men
Black women
Boys
Children
Conestoga Lodge of Elks, No. 140
Elks Club
Girls
Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World
Music
Persons of color
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-08-02-16
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
L-179
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Object ID
A-08-02-17
Date Range
c. 1940
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Description
Elk Conestoga Lodge #140 Marching Unit in parade uniform.
Date Range
c. 1940
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Conestoga Lodge of Elks, No. 140
Elks Club
Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World
Persons of color
Uniforms
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-08-02-17
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
L-180
Images
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Conestoga Elks Home
Object ID
A-10-02-12
Date Range
c. 1950
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Conestoga Elks Home
Description
Community members at the Conestoga Elks Home, South Duke and North Streets.
Date Range
c. 1950
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Black men
Boys
Children
Conestoga Lodge of Elks, No. 140
Elks Club
Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World
Persons of color
South Duke Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-10-02-12
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
PC-278
Images
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Young Conestoga Elks
Object ID
A-10-02-13
Date Range
c. 1948
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Young Conestoga Elks
Description
Young Conestoga Elks gather for the photographer.
Date Range
c. 1948
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Black men
Black women
Conestoga Lodge of Elks, No. 140
Elks Club
Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World
Persons of color
South Duke Street
Women
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-10-02-13
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
PC-479
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their f
Object ID
1-01-05-54
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their f
Description
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. "Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their final location was the Conestoga Indian Town which was along the road leading to Creswell. William Penn visited the Conestoga indians in 1701. The remnants of this tribe were massacred by the Paxton boys in December 1763."
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Conestoga Indian Town
Historical markers
Indigenous peoples
Native Americans
Plaques
Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-01-05-54
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Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Title
Land draft for Dr. William E. Hunsberger
Object ID
HK-07-08-06
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Title
Land draft for Dr. William E. Hunsberger
Description
Photograph of a draft of the property of Dr. William E. Hunsberger in Maidencreek Township, Berks County.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hunsberger, William E.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Land drafts
Maidencreek Twp., Berks County, Pennsylvania
Surveys
Place
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 8 inches
Object ID
HK-07-08-06
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Object ID
1-01-07-77
Date Range
1992
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Description
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse during Lancaster city's 250th Celebration.
Date Range
1992
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Celebrations
Costumes
Courthouses
Lancaster County Courthouse
Persons of color
Uniforms
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-01-07-77
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