Page 9. Top left, two women on horseback, with two women standing by the horse, Osborn, Missouri, 1913. Top center, man in striped shirt and little girl by picket fence. Top right, Pearl Getz in a tree. Bottom left, Helen Getz standing on a stone arch bridge, possibly Witmer's Bridge. Bottom right, two men in athletic wear on front steps of house.
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.
Postcard showing Witmer's Bridge over the Conestoga River east of Lancaster, built 1798. Written on back: "Torn down winter of 1932-1933 and rebuilt by state."
Page 17: Witmer's Bridge on the Conestoga River; Paddleboat on the Conestoga River; Dam and falls on the Conestoga River; view of the Conestoga River.
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.
Photograph- Paddleboat Evelyn B. docked at the pier by Witmer's Bridge. This boat ran to Rocky Springs and People's Bathing Resort on the Conestoga River.
Photograph- Paddleboat Evelyn B. docked at the pier by Witmer's Bridge. This boat ran to Rocky Springs and People's Bathing Resort on the Conestoga River.
Description
Paddleboat Evelyn B. docked at the pier by Witmer's Bridge. This boat ran to Rocky Springs and People's Bathing Resort on the Conestoga River.
