Left to right: Gen. Daniel B. Strickler, Mrs. Bernie D. Johnson, Mayor Thomas J. Monaghan of Lancaster, and Col. Bernie D. Johnson at a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of President James Buchanan at Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster.
Provenance
From MG-29 The General Daniel B. Strickler Collection
Plaque to commemorate James Buchanan's Presidency of the United States, as well as the Chairs he held while serving as a Free Mason in Lodge Number 43, Lancaster, PA.
Thaddeus Stevens' tomb, Shreiner's Cemetery. Stevens epitaph: I repose in this quiet and secluded spot, not from any natural preference for solitude, but finding other cemteries limited as to race, I have chosen this as my last resting place, that I might illustrate in my death the pricnicples I advocated through a long life, "The equality of man before his Creator."
"Loyalty Day" Draft Protest at Newspaper Office, 8 West King. Appears to be a sit-in on the sidewalk. Marched from Buchanan Park to Draft Board Office on South Duke Street.
"Loyalty Day" Draft Protest at The Draft Board. Large group of Protestors with a sign "Billionaires Profit Off GI Blood." Marched from Buchanan Park to Draft Board Office on South Duke Street.
Penn Square, September 19, 1901, the day of President McKinley's funeral. It was a holiday in Lancaster, and the city's bands rendered funeral dirges during the time of the funeral.
Penn Square, September 19, 1901, the day of President McKinley's funeral. It was a holiday in Lancaster, and the city's bands rendered funeral dirges during the time of the funeral. Note the band in the circle in the foreground.
Newspaper photo and article about the campaign banner of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid over North Queen Street during their bid for presidential and vice-presidential re-election in 1892.
New Street Public School, 1892, Bertha Cochran Landis, teacher. Written on back: "Paul's class at New Street. Bessie Hohein, H. Ruth, Rudy, Dietrich, Lutz, Aument, Allwein, Moyer, Overly, Leila Martin, Mary Debolt." Group of children posed on steps.
1963 Spelling Bee winner Stewart Straw of Clearfield, Pa. with another contestant. Contestants came from senior centers in 11 Pennsylvania communities. The Spelling Bee was sponsored by the Happy Hours Club of the Lancaster Recreation Commission.
Lancaster's southeast quadrant, the seventh ward, shown with members of Lancaster City Council and Redevelopment Authority tour the area to be cleared in the 1960s. Mayor George Coe, with paper in paper in pocket, leads the group. W. Hensel Brown, Jr. is on the sidewalk at left.
