Group of young men standing and sitting in front of a large stone building. Written on back: "Mr. Hurd's class". Written along the front left side: "June 1889". John Christian Etter may be the young man standing at right. This may be his class at the Mt. Airy School, now the Pennsylvania School for the 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).
League of American Wheelmen tour from New York City to Staunton, Virginia with a stop in Lancaster. Seen here in front of the Stevens House Hotel. Digital image only.
Salem Church of God, 328 West Orange Street, Lancaster. Built in 1877, congregation dissolved in 1884. Property conveyed to Covenant United Brethren Church, 1884 to 1926. Became First Pentecostal Church, Assembly of God from 1927 to 1959. Theobald School of Ballet from 1959 to 1986. Now Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster.
Order of the Buffalo, group of 23 men at camp, identified by last name only: Gunnion, Wentzel, Duttenhofer, Flick, Morris, Ream, Wolf, Knight, Iske, Sweitzer, Brannarth, Bessinger, Rutter, Shroad, Warfel, Gentzenlieter, Faesig, Duttonhofer, Witmer
