Katie M. Falk Etter at convention of The Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf
Description
Katie M. Falk Etter, center, with two unidentified women. Written on back: "Phila. convention Sept. 2, 1940". Stamped on the back: "Sept 13 1940 Capson's Photo Service, Genuine Lustertone prints, Beaver Falls, Penna." Photograph most likely take during The Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf convention in Philadelphia, Both Katie M. Falk Etter and her husband, John Christian Etter, were deaf.
Provenance
This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
Carte de visite of unidentified African American man
Description
Carte de visite. Unidentified African American man in light suit with full beard, seated. Has dated tax stamp on reverse. Written on page: "Freed slave who maust have stayed on the farm of Henry Bushong Jr. father of Martin and Jesse or Henry Sr., great grandfather of Marvin, we don't know. Both aided the slaves to freedom. Photo taken in Oxford. No photographer in Q-ville."
Small brown leather album of cartes de visites, one tintype and a loose cabinet card. Inscription, written twice, on front pages: "Presented to Charles H. Bushong by his grandfather Henry Bushong". This album contains photographs of members of the family of Henry Bushong and his son, Gilbert Bushong, who were devout Quakers and Abolitionists who aided freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad at their farm in Bart Township, Lancaster County, during the Civil War.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Cabinet card of unidentified African American woman
Description
Cabinet card, loose in album. Unidentified young African American woman,seated, in light dress with beaded trim on her jacket. Written at bottom: "Martin + Jess Bushong's parents kept this escaped slave after the Civil War - in the West Grove area."
Small brown leather album of cartes de visites, one tintype and a loose cabinet card. Inscription, written twice, on front pages: "Presented to Charles H. Bushong by his grandfather Henry Bushong". This album contains photographs of members of the family of Henry Bushong and his son, Gilbert Bushong, who were devout Quakers and Abolitionists who aided freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad at their farm in Bart Township, Lancaster County, during the Civil War.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Sacred Heart School eighth grade class, June 1959, on the steps of the school.
First row, from left: Carole DeCarlo, Mary Lou Molz, Mary Lou Seber, Mary Henkel, Mary Trees, Barbara Leisey, Cecelia Myers, Ann Marie Myers, Sharon Weaver, Camilla Battista, Donna Bauer, Barbara Lipinsky.
Second row, from left: Margaret Splinter, Judith Painter, Dorothy Huegel, Amelia Nicholas, Christine Connor, Kathleen Martin, Susan Kirchner, Jean Morgan, Claire Ranck, Gloria Fritsch.
Third row, from left: Dennis Fisher, John Kurtz, Gloria Peckel, Evelyn Adams, Mary Bertz, Joan Fetterman, Carol Schaefer, Marianne Fisher.
Fourth row, from left: Joe Haertter, Steve Krizen, Philip Frantz, John Markert, Regis Kirchner, James Moyer, Ken Long, Edward Fulmer, Harry Glah.
Fifth row, from left: Thomas Braas, William Rengier, Robert Bertz, Richard Bricker, James Harmon, Charles Miller, Robert Kirchner, Thomas McGrann.
Sixth row, from left: Robert Wendel, Michael J. Batutis Jr., Richard Metz, John Derbo, Michael Riley, Thomas Albright, Michael Powl, Donald Schaller.
Seventh row, from left: Ted Obneski, Father Gralinsky, Father McDermott, Frederick Sullivan, Richard Zaepfel, Sister Judith Mary.
Photograph of Alois Lidauer at work at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Description
Sculptor Alois Lidauer carving a statue for the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Hempstead Road, Lancaster. The six ton piece of Indiana limestone was hauled into place by Richard Bertz Sr. and his team of riggers.
Photograph of Alois Lidauer at work at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Description
Sculptor Alois Lidauer carving a statue for the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Hempstead Road, Lancaster. The six ton piece of Indiana limestone was hauled into place by Richard Bertz Sr. and his team of riggers.
