Page 21: "Ye Village Inn, Ephrata, May 1, 1902"; "D. A. R. (small party) Ephrata Monument unveiling, May 1, 1902" - Anna Fondersmith is the small girl at front; "A group of Cloister houses, May 1, 1902"; "Ephrata Monument unveiled, Zion Cemetery, May 1, 1902" - tombstones of Henry and Catharine Miller in foreground.
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.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
