Five unidentified men and one unidentified woman, possibly members of the Neuhauser family. Six 5 x 7 inch photographic prints mounted on cardstock. This item came from the Old Village Store in Bird-In-Hand, PA.
Group of men with surveying equipment standing near railroad tracks. Written on back: "Taken on Ryan & Kelley's con[?] of Smithville 1905" and "Civil Engr's Harry H[ummell], Thomas Watson, Geo. Patton, Claire Souder, [Ogle] Bennett, Charles [?], John Buffen[?], [James] Gilbert, John McC[?]". Left portion of backing board is torn and missing. Photograph is intact.
Provenance
Gift of Lawrence C. Witmer in memory of Ethel McClure Witmer.
Simcock family picnic at Pequea in 1909. Left to right: Mary Simcock, Thomas Simcock, Sarah Simcock, Millie Simcock Turner, Charles F. Simcock, Grace Simcock.
Group of men from the Fin and Feather Club gathered with the porch of a farmhouse. Outing at L. Wiedler's farm near Oregon, Manheim Township. L. Wiedler may be Louis Wiedler.
Spring Grove School (also called Union Grove), class of 1901. The only child identified is Bertha Oberholser Weiler, b. 1892. She is in the second row, sixth from right.
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.
Page 9: Railroad tracks and depot at Leaman Place, August 27, 1901; large house with columns, "Summer Knol, August 27, 1901"; Locomotive on railroad tracks, "P.R.R. Belmont station, August 27, 1901", two photos; Driveway lined with trees, "Summer Knol, August 27, 1901"; Wild Cat Glen, 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.
