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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-05-47
Date Range
c. 1945
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Mennonites from Lancaster County at work at Civilian Public Service camp no. 45 near Luray, Virginia, during World War II.
Provenance
Digital image only.
Date Range
c. 1945
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
World War II
Mennonites
Civilian Public Service
Place
Luray, Virginia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-10-05-47
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-05-48
Date Range
c. 1945
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Raymond W. High, Abram D. Landis, Merle Kolb and Elmer Zimmerman are near and in the truck that carried supplies to their work sites in the Shenandoah National Park. High and Landis were Mennonites from Lancaster County.
Provenance
Digital image only.
Date Range
c. 1945
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
High, Raymond W.
Landis, Abram D.
Kolb, Merle
Zimmerman, Elmer
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
World War II
Mennonites
Civilian Public Service
Place
Luray, Virginia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-10-05-48
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-05-49
Date Range
c. 1945
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Men in Civilian Public Service camp no. 45 near Luray, Virginia, operating from 1942 to 1946, worked in the Shenandoah National Park on a variety of projects including: wildlife surveys, blister rust control, construction of lookout towers, maintenance of National Park Headquarters, emergency farm work, clearing highways of snow, and firefighting. Ernest Ropp, Titus L. Sensenig and Clarence A. Hurst are pictured working next to the road. Sensenig and Hurst were Mennonites from Lancaster County.
Provenance
Digital image only.
Date Range
c. 1945
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ropp, Ernest
Sensenig, Titus L.
Hurst, Clarence A.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
World War II
Mennonites
Civilian Public Service
Place
Luray, Virginia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-10-05-49
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-05-52
Date Range
c. 1945
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
A crew of three men from Civilian Public Service camp no. 45 near Luray, Virginia - Titus H. Horning, Sanford Headings, and Max Strickler - prepare for their assignment to survey for plant diseases such as bluster rust. Horning was from Lancaster County.
Provenance
Digital image only.
Date Range
c. 1945
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Horning, Titus H.
Headings, Sanford
Strickler, Max
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
World War II
Mennonites
Civilian Public Service
Place
Luray, Virginia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-10-05-52
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-05-53
Date Range
c. 1945
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
The Hogback Mountain fire lookout tower was used by Civilian Public Service men in camp no. 45 in the Shenandoah National Park.
Provenance
Digital image only.
Date Range
c. 1945
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
World War II
Mennonites
Civilian Public Service
Place
Luray, Virginia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-10-05-53
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Object ID
A-09-02-27
Date Range
c. 1941
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Description
Andy Bergman and his daughter, Cassie, sit in front of a barn on a farm across from the Stockyards.
Date Range
c. 1941
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bergman, Andy
Bergman, Cassie
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Stockyards
Wheelbarrows
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-09-02-27
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
PC-171
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Object ID
A-10-01-36
Date Range
1947
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Lancaster Airport before runways were paved.
Date Range
1947
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Airports
Lancaster Airport
Aerial photographs
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-10-01-36
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
PC-349
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Lancaster Municipal Airport
Object ID
1-09-02-23
Date Range
c. 1940
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Lancaster Municipal Airport
Description
Lancaster Municipal Airport
Provenance
Donated by Jean Good
Date Range
c. 1940
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Hangars
Lancaster Municipal Airport
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
2.75 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
1-09-02-23
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Object ID
A-10-02-34
Date Range
1941
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Description
Stockyard baseball team at the old Stumpf Field. Dick Grabill, second row, second from right. Others on the team included Jim Geist, the Caldwell brothers, Norm Hoffman, Nelson Gibble, Bill Cushman, and Dick Bernhardt. Coach was Dick Seitz.
Date Range
1941
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Grabill, Dick
Geist, Jim
Hoffman, Norm
Gibble, Nelson
Cushman, Bill
Bernhardt, Dick
Seitz, Dick
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Stockyards
Sports
Baseball
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-10-02-34
Negative Number
yes
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-26-03-09
Date Range
1941
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Robert "Peanut" Myers, bottom row, left, with the 1941 Lancaster Red Roses baseball team. Ed Stumpf is standing at left in the third row. Photo taken at Stumpf Field.
Date Range
1941
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Myers, Robert
Stumpf, Ed
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Baseball
Lancaster Red Roses
Stumpf Field
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-26-03-09
Images
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