Page 50: Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Baby in carriage in front of house, "Abram's baby"; Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Girl walking down stairs, "Coming from Glen Orchard, August 21, 1903"; "Glen Orchard Club, August 21, 1903"; "Jane Caanan, Pittsburg, Pa., November 1902", African-American woman.
Provenance
First 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, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 12: Round Top, Accomac, August 14, 1903; From Round Top, August 14, 1903; Round Top House, August 14, 1903; From Chickies Rock looking toward Marietta, August 14, 1903; Baby in carriage, two older children and an African American woman; From near Chickies Rock looking toward Columbia, August 14, 1903.
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.
Page 6: Wild Cat Falls - "Glen", July 4, 1899; Accomac "Glen", June 1899; Accomac "Glen", June 1897; Chickies Rock, June 1897.
Provenance
Small album with black composition covers which are no longer attached. Album is in poor conditon. Contains 124 photographs of people, scenes and buildings - few are identified. All taken between 1897 and 1899. Possibly belonged to the family of Edward Reinhold of East Donegal Township. His son, Paul, is the only identified person in the album.
Page 62. Left: Three girls standing on a large tree stump in Palmyra, PA. Right: Unidentified woman at Campbelltown, PA.
Provenance
Photograph album assembled by Helen Getz just before her marriage to William J. Buch. Helen Getz was born in Ephrata in 1893. Most photos date to the 1910s. Gift of her son, Stan Buch. See also MG 658 Stan Buch Collection in our archives.
Page 74. Top: Woman and two children on flatbed wagon at Campbelltown. Bottom left: Unidentified people standing on sidewalk with fence and houses in background. Bottom right: Group of women at Mt. Gretna.
Provenance
Photograph album assembled by Helen Getz just before her marriage to William J. Buch. Helen Getz was born in Ephrata in 1893. Most photos date to the 1910s. Gift of her son, Stan Buch. See also MG 658 Stan Buch Collection in our archives.
Album 1, page 3. "Bill - Bud, Accomac '27", couple on swing, possibly Harriet Miller and Bill Ensminger. "Dick - Marve - Bud - Pete, Long's Park '22", group of people at park including, Richard O'Brien, Marvella Goddard, Harriet Miller.
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.
Page 25: "Wild Cat group, May 30, 1902"; Wild Cat Falls, May 30, 1902; Wild Cat Falls Hotel, May 30, 1902; Man and woman seated by the Susquehanna River, "Looking for Wild Cat", May 30, 1901; Paddleboat at dock, "Bound for home, May 30, 1902, Lady Gay"; Entrance to Wild Cat Glen, May 30, 1902.
Provenance
First 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, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 35: Possibly Leacock Presbyterian Church; Group of people standing on deck with Susquehanna River in background, "Wild Cat Falls Hotel, August 1902"; "Observation Pavilion, Wild Cat, August 1902"; Pieces of interior trim and pews in yard of Leacock Presbyterian Church; Interior of Leacock Presbyterian Church; Glen Orchard, near Wild Cat Falls, August 1902.
Provenance
First 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, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 8: Man and woman sitting on rocks; Woman sitting on lawn; Accomac - "Up the Glen", June 1897; Accomac "Glen", June 1897.
Provenance
Small album with black composition covers which are no longer attached. Album is in poor conditon. Contains 124 photographs of people, scenes and buildings - few are identified. All taken between 1897 and 1899. Possibly belonged to the family of Edward Reinhold of East Donegal Township. His son, Paul, is the only identified person in the album.
Page 12: Steamer - "Accomac" on the Susquehanna River; "On the Cuff" - Wild Cat, July 4, 1897; Woman with white dress and large leg-o-mutton sleeves; "Rafts" - Accomac, June 1897.
Provenance
Small album with black composition covers which are no longer attached. Album is in poor conditon. Contains 124 photographs of people, scenes and buildings - few are identified. All taken between 1897 and 1899. Possibly belonged to the family of Edward Reinhold of East Donegal Township. His son, Paul, is the only identified person in the album.
