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.
Survivors of Company F, 122nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. Present at the 39th Anniversary Reunion, May 16, 1902: Lt. George E. Zellers; Thomas Bailey; Corp. James Buyers; John High; Amos Norton; Sergt. D. C. Haverstick; Martin Keener; Corp. John Barnes; Corp. Samuel C. Seaber; Darius J. Delbo; H. C. Cummings; H. G. Northamer; William L. O'Donnell; James Black; Mansel Reed.
Page 7: Soldiers at encampment at Mt. Gretna; Viewing soldiers with Gov. Pennypacker. Six photos.
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 8: Two photos of soldiers at encampment at Mt. Gretna; Group of people enjoying lunch; Older woman with two children; Group of people on steps of large home; Woman teach dog tricks.
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 41: Three views of interior of house; Soldiers on horseback near an automobile; Automobile in front of house; Small bridge over creek.
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.
