The Ghost of Christmas Present magically transports Scrooge so he can observe the holiday preparation about him - which will eventually lead to Ebenezer's reformation. Part of the Victorian Christmas Celebration at Mount Hope Estate and Winery.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Dispel the Scrooge from this Christmas season as the Ghost of Christmas Present did for Ebenezer. Actors portraying the immortal Dickens characters entertain guests to the Victorian Christmas Celebration at Moutn Hope Estate and Winery.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
The newest of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's wineries is the Mount Hope Estate and Winery. At Mt. Hope, visitors complete the tour of this formal Victorian mansion with an elegant touch: the tasting of wines, served in the billiard room, surrounded by stained glass windows and an 18 foot ceiling.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
This page is labeled "Mt. Gretna 1912." Elizabeth Peale's photo album before her marriage to Paul Ryder. Photo Album #3, page 8, four pictures of varying sizes, (1) Five people with the label, "March Twins, Ted, Jessie and Don." (2) "The Lake" picture of the lake with two people in it (3) "Rifle Range" Two young men and a woman sitting on the porch of supposedly the Rifle Range and (4) "A Morning Walk" "?Find Ted" and Oh! Chaperone John.
In addition to these pictures there are two little engraved piece of papers (perhaps from envelopes) one the crest from Hotel Astor, New York and one in Blue and Gold from Penn State.
Loose picture from Bruce Ryder Photo Album Collection. People sitting on the porch of a house at Mt. Gretna. House has a sign "Waldheim" above entrance to porch.
Three pictures on page one: (1) Summer 1921 Mt. Gretna - Elizabeth Peale Ryder with Frances Coventry and Cecelia Goodall riding in canoe (2) Summer 1921 Mt. Gretna - Mildred Pfautz, Ruth Bretzer , Frances?, and Elizabeth Peale Ryder riding in canoe (3) Summer 1921 Mt. Gretna - Friends standing with canoe paddles
Page Two has two pictures: (1) House Party 1921 Mt. Gretna - Al, Margaret, Anne McCartney and R. Hollinger; (2) House Party 1921 Mt. Gretna - group photo on porch
