Elizabeth Stauffer Swaine with a group of Indigenous peoples. Written on back: "More Indians! I persuaded a squaw and her papoose to pose for a nickle. The girl in white is not an Indian. Aug. 1930".
Two men in a violin maker's workshop. Written on the front of the photograph: "With best wishes t our good friend Louis Vyner, Wm. Moennig Sr., William H. Moennig Jr. Nov. 1st, 1939". William Moennig and Son is one of the oldest and most distinguished dealers and appraisers of rare violins, violas, cellos and their bows in the world. Founded in Philadelphia in 1909.
Provenance
Gift of the Penn Square Music Conservatory and the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra.
Photograph of Charles Fondersmith Stauffer, Sarah Ann Stauffer, Senator Joseph R. Grundy, Gertrude Frantz Stauffer and Emma Frantz on a ship's deck
Description
Standing in back are Charles Fondersmith Stauffer and his daughter, Sarah Ann Stauffer. Seated from left are Sen. Joseph R. Grundy, Gertrude Frantz Stauffer, and Emma Frantz, Gertrude's mother. On board a ship, possibly on their way to the Bahamas.
Provenance
Gift of Andrew D. Stauffer, nephew of Sarah Ann Stauffer, in memory of Charles and Dorothy Stauffer and Sarah Ann Stauffer.