Page 10: Marietta steamer, Wild Cat, August 8, 1901; Wild Cat Hotel, August 8, 1901; View of a road, "From Mountain House", August 1901; Cocalico Hotel, August, 1901, Ephrata; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel, August 1901; Cocalico Hotel, August, 1901.
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 1900 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 11: Accomac Glen, August 14, 1903; Accomac Hotel, Friday, August 24, 1903; "Enjoying a pretty spot, August 14, 1903"; Ida, Anna and Frank Fondersmith, "the family in the glen"; "Rustic spot, Accomac, August 14, 1903"; Group of people in the glen, "The Party, Accomac, August 14, 1903".
Provenance
Second 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, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 41: Wernersville Hotel, September 7, 1902; Group of people, "After dinner, September 7, 1902"; Grand View Hotel and Cottage, Wernersville, September 7, 1902; From entrance to Grand View, Wernersville, September 7, 1902; Chapel from Hotel porch, Wernersville, September 7, 1901; View of chapel.
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 62. Left: Three girls standing on a large tree stump in Palmyra, PA. Right: Unidentified woman at Campbelltown, PA.
Provenance
Photograph album assembled by Helen Getz just before her marriage to William J. Buch. Helen Getz was born in Ephrata in 1893. Most photos date to the 1910s. Gift of her son, Stan Buch. See also MG 658 Stan Buch Collection in our archives.