Lancaster County Commissioners - S. Miller Herr, L. R. Reist and Silas K. Bard. Written on back: "Presented to Linn Landis Reist by Mrs. Lemon Shirk, June 1937."
View of Council Chamber in the Municipal Building as Mayor Cary was making his farewell address. Old and new commissioners are seated in foreground. Left to right are commissioners Rineer, Schnitzer, Bowman, Kreisle, Spidle and Shirk.
Provenance
Gift of David Towle. See MG-747 Papers of Mayor Kendig Bare.
Newly appointed Commissioner of Police Fred G. McCartney shakes hands with new mayor Kendig C. Bare at the impressive ceremonies at the municipal building.
Provenance
Gift of David Towle. See MG-747 Papers of Mayor Kendig Bare.
Local Chapter of NAACP protest in front of Hager's Department store. Marchers cover entire block carrying signs. Signs include "Segregated Jobs" and "If We Buy Why Not Sell?" Three lanes of traffic with cars such as Corvairs, '60 Chevy Convertible, Ford Station Wagon, '56 Chevy, Nash Rambler and Ford Falcon.
Page 17: Group of women in front of brick building; Trolley; Home for Friendless Children on Ann Street, Lancaster; Group of women in front of brick building. One is holding a camera; Caleb Cope house, Lime and Grant Streets, Lancaster; Couple seated in backyard.
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.
Various County officials lined up to shake hands with a man and woman. Ben Weaver, Commissioner, Brenda Swingler, Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Paul Paes, Register of Wills are the only identifiable officials.
