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.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Photograph- Members of Ambulance Company 111 at Hoboken Pier upon their return from France during World War I.
Description
Group of seven soldiers on a wharf. Members of Ambulance Company 111 at Hoboken Pier upon their return from France during World War I. Identified clockwise from back left are: Ralph Ochs, Herman Molin, Paul X. Murphy, Roy C. Miesse, Harry Mandatta, George Metzger and Lawrence Parker. All were from Lancaster County except for Harry Mandatta. Customer: Ida Parker, Millersville, PA.
Photograph- Two American soldiers and five French soldiers.
Description
Two American soldiers and five French soldiers. One of the Americans may be Harold Longenecker, Pvt., Ambulance Company 111. Customer: H. B. Longenecker, 144 East Lemon Street.