Brown leather album in very poor condition. Gift of Susan Carver Buchanan. Album is that of Ellwood Townsend and his wife, Ida Diller, who were from Smyrna, Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County. Album contains both cabinet cards and carte de visites.
Infant in a white gown, possibly for christening. Written on back: "1897?" "Alb. b. 1896" and "1894 - Henry?". Could possibly be Albert Hecker, born 1896 or his brother Henry Hecker, born in 1894, sons of Frank Xavier Hecker and Anna Holzbauer.
Photographs of residents of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster, c. 1895 to 1920, collected by Charles Wolf, son of Carl Wolf. Most are of Wolf, Hecker, and allied families.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Girl in white gown with veil holding rosary beads and a prayer book in one hand, with her other hand on a glass cross shaped candlestick on a small table. Possibly for her first communion.
Photographs of residents of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster, c. 1895 to 1920, collected by Charles Wolf, son of Carl Wolf. Most are of Wolf, Hecker, and allied families.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
