King Street, looking west from Penn Square, showing News Depot and building on northeast corner containing James Buchanan's law offices on second floor, c. 1866.
One oversized styrofoam mount, two smaller prints, one negative. Also, framed picture that used to hang over the bar of the Toby Tavern at the Stevens House Hotel.
Photograph- Group of young men on ship Monitor during the Civil War. John Durst of Lancaster was on the Monitor, but he is not identified on the photo. Photo labeled "Monitor boys, March 1862".
Photograph- Group of young men on ship Monitor during the Civil War. John Durst of Lancaster was on the Monitor, but he is not identified on the photo. Photo labeled "Monitor boys, March 1862".
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Group of young men on ship Monitor during the Civil War. John Durst of Lancaster was on the Monitor, but he is not identified on the photo. Photo labeled "Monitor boys, March 1862".
Photograph of cased image of man in Civil War military uniform. Slip of paper with image stated "taken before I left for Washington ? June 6, 1861". Possibly a member of the Kendig family.
Photograph- Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
Photograph- Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
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Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
Hong Neok Woo, a young Chinese immigrant who lived in Lancaster from 1855 to 1864. He was brought here by Dr. John S. Messersmith, naval surgeon on the frigate Susquehanna, flagship of the squadron which had opened the ports of Japan to the world's commerce. Commodore Peary's vessels had stopped at Shanghai during their voyage. Woo lived for a time with Dr. Messersmith at his home, 40 North Lime Street. He learned the printing trade at the Lancaster Examiner and Herald office. There he met Walter Kieffer, a reporter on the paper (and later City Editor), and became a friend of him and of the Kieffer family. On Sept. 22, 1860, Woo became an American citizen, the first Asian to be naturalized in Lancaster. He served briefly as a member of Comapny I, 50th Regiment, PA Volunteers. In 1864, Mr. Woo returned to China and was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in China. While in Lancaster he had been a faithful attendant at the sevices of St. James Episcopal Church. He died on August 18, 1919, and was buried in Westgate Cemetery, the oldest Christian burial ground in Shanghai.
