Active Camping Club, Point Lookout, July 8th, 1907. Group of 24 men posed in wooded area, a building and tents are in the background. John Otto, father of Agnes Reitzel is in middle of group with suspenders and straw hat. Note two groundhogs at feet of front row.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Page 15: Boyd farm, "A familiar scene, 1823 - 1903"; "Mitchell Rock", Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad; "Mr. Augustus Rhoads and the cow, October 15, 1903"; Two mule team and load of corn on wagon at Boyd farm, October 15, 1903; Glen Benton; Group of people seated on logs in the woods, "Along Glen Benton, October 15, 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 16: "Looking south from Benton Station, Monday October 26, 1903"; "Road to Kato's house (colored musician)"; "Along Glen Benton, October 16, 1903, Mr. Jones, Harrisburg (to right), one of club members"; "Caesar's Glen, October 16, 1903"; "A man wanted this rock for his tombstone, October 16, 1903"; "Mouth of Glen Benton, October 16, 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.
Possibly road construction of what's now Route 222 - Robert Fulton Highway. "Kirk's Lane South". Kirk's Lane may refer to Black Barren Road which leads east to Kirk's Mills.
Provenance
Photographs taken by Lancaster County during bridge repair work. Gift of Gordon Reed.
