These are pictures and some photographs used in Riddle's published book of the same title.
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Illistrations, v2; -- Harry Stiff -- Grubey Sam -- Johnny Elliott -- Blind Johnny -- Hans Herr House -- Old Buildings in Lancaster City -- Old Waterworks, built 1836 -- CityHall, as appeared in 1835 -- Frank R. Diffenderffer -- West King Street about 1850 -- Water committee personnel, 1888 -- Centre Square -- James Hamilton -- General LaFayette -- Franklin College -- Franklin and Marshall College, 1854 -- Postlethwaite's Tavern -- W. U. Hensel --
Contents
Illistrations, v1; -- Three Clergy -- William Riddle, at age 17 -- William Riddle -- Adam Reigart -- William Penn -- John F. Steinman -- Samuel Bowman -- Benjamin Franklin -- Franklin College -- Dr. John L. Atlee -- Dr. Samuel Humes -- Christopher Hager --Old Lancaster School at Prince and Chestnut -- General LaFayette -- John Baer -- Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg -- Dr. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg -- Amos Slaymaker -- James Buchanan -- Thaddeus Stevens -- George Wolf -- Samuel F. Dale -- Joseph Ritner -- John King Findlay -- Old Lancaster Courthouse, 1787-1853 -- George Musser -- Lewis C. Jungerich -- Robert Moderwell -- John W. Forney -- Old School Buildings, South Duke Street -- John Mathiot -- John Zimmerman -- Peter McConomy -- George M. Steinman -- Rev. John S. Crumbaugh -- Lancaster School Diploma -- John Piersol McCaskey -- Common School Celebration, 1854 -- John C. Baker -- Samuel O. Nourse -- Thomas H. Burrowes -- Rev. Bernhard Keenan -- William B. Wiley -- Newton Lightner -- Alexander L. Hayes -- H.S. Gara -- J. B. Livingston -- William P. Brition -- Frederick F. Pyfer -- Christie Musser -- The Children's Home -- William A. Morton -- John W. Jackson -- Charles F. Eberman -- John I. Hartman -- George W. Zecher -- J. M. Johnston -- John Warfel -- William O. Marshall -- East Lemon Street School, 1881-- Lancaster City School Superintendent, R.K. Buehrle -- Daniel G. Baker -- Dr. John Levergood -- Thomas F. McElligott -- Marie E. Gill -- James P. Wickersham -- Dr. D. R. McCormick -- Dr. E. E. Higbee -- South Duke Street School Building, 1892 -- South Mulberry Street School, 1892 -- David McMullen -- George Forrest -- Interior Strawberry Street School -- H.A. Schroyer -- Matilda Zug -- Stevens Highschool -- Nathan C. Schaeffer -- Thaddeus Stevens -- Lancaster Highschool Orchestra -- North Queen Street in the 1840s -- Postlethwaite, First Court held 1730 -- Program for President Taylor's Reception, 1849 -- Penn Square -- The Pequea Creek -- The Conestoga and Bathing Resorts -- Robert Fulton -- Mennonite Brick Meetinghouse -- Birthplace of Robert Fulton -- Oak Hill -- Wright's home at Columbia -- Bleak House -- W. U. Hensel's Birthplace, Quarryville, PA -- Strasburg School -- Lutheren Church, Manheim, PA -- House at Fairview -- The Catharine Long Home -- Linden Hall Seminary, Lititz, PA
Contained In
Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer printing house, 1910. Cherished memories of old Lancaster--town and shireLancaster History Library - Book974.815 LACI R543 Pic.
Peace to the brave (Poem) - Give us a place to play (Poem) - I've gotta go to school (Poem) - Be a good boy; Good-bye (Poem)
Summary
The book , written in 1913 , was intended by the author to show school students that there was good litterature being written in their time in their state. Writings by the following authors are included: Bayard Taylor -- Thomas Buchanan Read -- Charles Godfrey Leland -- Stephen Collins Foster -- Frank R. Stockton -- S. Wier Mitchell -- Lloyd Mifflin -- Elizabeth Lloyd -- Thomas Allibone Janvier -- Henry van Dyke-- Owen Wister -- John L. Shroy -- Richard Harding Davis -- Elsie Singmaster
CONTENTS: A NEW ENGLAND RECTORY A WESTERN COLLEGE BEXLEY HALL ANDOVER AND LAWRENCE BEGINNINGS OF THE CAMBRIDOR THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL THE UNKNOWN TEACHER BECOMING KNOWN RECOGNITION. FAME A THEOLOGICAL PORTRAIT. THE APPROACH OF A GREAT SORROW TRIALS AND VICTORIES CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS THE LIFE OF PHILLIPS BROOKs ROME WARNINGS CHICAGO THE APPEAL FOR HELP FREEDOM IN THE CHURCH HAPPINESS AND PEACE
Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why, in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in Colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : history of the Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families
History of the Seventeenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, or One hundred and sixty-second in the line of Pennsylvania volunteer regiments, war to suppress the rebellion, 1861-1865
compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters ; with an appendix by H. P. Moyer.
Compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters, with an appendix, by H. P. Moyer.
The folklore of the Pennsylvania Germans; a paper read before the Pennsylvania-German society at the annual meeting, York, Pennsylvania, October 14th, 1910
"Reprinted from part II, volume XXIII of the Proceedings of the Pennsylvania-German society."
Contents
Contents: Prayers -- Lullabies -- ABC -- In Grandpa's Lapp -- Honsel von Bach -- Counting-out Rhymes -- Powwowing and Charms -- Riddles and Catches -- Short Ballads -- Local and Personal Rhymes -- New Year Wishing -- Cumulative Ballads -- Popular Ballads --
