Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Covered bridge on the Little Chiques Creek at The Springs, south of Mount Joy. Carried away by flood and replaced by a steel bridge. Located on Longenecker Road, Mount Joy Borough
Provenance
Lancaster County covered bridge photos taken by M. E. Schroll and Kathryn L. Sauder taken between 1956 and 1958.
This collection of photographs pertains to the family of Fanny Grove (b. 1874, d. bet. 1930-1938), daughter of Amos Grove (b. 1837, d. 1893) and Sarah O'Brien (b. 1840, d. 1924) of Marietta and Fanny Grove's husband, Henry Spangler Rich (b. 1867, d. 1938). Henry S. Rich was a prominent businessman in Marietta - a banker with First National Bank of Marietta and as an insurance agent, among other businesses. The Rich family lived at Prospect Place, a home on Fairview Avenue in Marietta. Amos Grove, father of Fanny Grove Rich, owned the Accomac, a summer vacation spot on the York County side of the Susquehanna River. He also maintained the boarding and mess tents at the Landisville Campmeeting.
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
