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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-12
Date Range
c. 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Remains of "Poor House Bridge" on Conestoga River near the County Home.
Provenance
Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
Date Range
c. 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Ruins
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-12
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-16
Date Range
c. 1908
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Possibly Second Lock Covered Bridge over the Conestoga River
Provenance
Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
Date Range
c. 1908
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Covered bridges
Conestoga River
Place
Manor Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-16
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-22
Date Range
c. 1908
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Conestoga River - the bend at the base of Williamson Park near Rockford.
Provenance
Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
Date Range
c. 1908
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Williamson Park
Conestoga River
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-22
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Collection
Dillman Bomberger Collection
Object ID
DB-01-05-38
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
Dillman Bomberger Collection
Description
The Emma Belle paddleboat on the Conestoga River
Provenance
Gift of Jim Tshudy. Bought at auction from Bomberger family in Lititz.
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1915
Creator
Bomberger, Dillman Randolph
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Boats
Paddle boats
Conestoga River
Paddle steamers
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Film Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
DB-01-05-38
Notes
Dillman R. Bomberger (December 15, 1879 - 1944) was a schoolteacher and photographer who was born near Lexington, Elizabeth Township. He worked as a schoolteacher in Elizabeth Township and by 1910 was working as a bookkeeper for Bayonne Steel Casting Company in Reading, PA. He married Aimee Brubaker in 1910 and had two children: Verna and David.
The photographs in this collection are mostly of family or friends and locations in the Elizabeth Township, Warwick Township and Lititz area.
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-12-01-22
Date Range
July 25, 1909
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Witmer's Bridge, built 1798.
Provenance
Found in Museum Storage.
Date Range
July 25, 1909
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Stone arch bridges
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-12-01-22
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
990-035
Date Range
after 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Lancaster Pa. Conestoga Creek, Rocky Springs. Two copies.
Provenance
Second copy is from Slaymaker Collection
Date Range
after 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Recipient
Miss Helen Wood, Peters Creek, Lancaster Co. R. F. D. Pa.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Postcards
Classification
990-035
Search Terms
Conestoga River
Rocky Springs
Swimming
Place
West Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Printer
The Hugh Leighton Co. Manufacturers, Portland, ME
Condition
Good
Object ID
990-035
Additional Notes
"Dear Helen,
A day and a half have passed by and I believe I am going to like it real well but will be glad when the 18th comes. Don't let them put the dance off. Mary per Cissy"
Postmarked April 8, 1918, Millersville
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Title
Pequea looking southeast across the creek
Object ID
974-058
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Title
Pequea looking southeast across the creek
Description
Pretty Pequea - Looking southeast across the creek. Reverse is ad for Teachers' Vacation Fund Contest for the three most popular teachers, one vote with each pound of coffee from Mack the Coffee Man, contest starts December 1st, 1908, closes June 30 1909.
Year Range From
1908
Year Range To
1909
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subject
Postcards
Classification
974-058
Search Terms
Pequea, Martic Twp.
Conestoga River
Bridges
Houses
Contests
Advertising
Teachers' Vacation Fund Contest
Mack the Coffee Man
Place
Martic Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
Express Printing Co., Publishers
Object ID
974-058
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-05-07
Date Range
August 17, 1902
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Covered bridge near Eden. Replaced by concrete bridge c. 1962.
Date Range
August 17, 1902
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Eden, Manheim Twp.
Conestoga River
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 3.625 inches
Object ID
2-07-05-07
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-05-23
Date Range
August 17, 1902
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Scene along Conestoga River near Eden
Date Range
August 17, 1902
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Eden, Manheim Twp.
Conestoga River
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 3.75 inches
Object ID
2-07-05-23
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-05-24
Date Range
May 28, 1902
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Scene along Conestoga River above Eden, May 28, 1902
Date Range
May 28, 1902
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Eden, Manheim Twp.
Conestoga River
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 3.75 inches
Object ID
2-07-05-24
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