Committee to choose a site for the new Municipal Airport included members of Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, American Business Club and Lancaster Aero Club. Pictured left to right are Jesse P. Jones, Sumner L. Brown, George P. Luckey, A.D. Howry, John H. Carter, Charles B. Weise, F.K. Brinkman, W.S. Raub, H.M. Hersh, William D. Grant, S.R. Slaymaker and G.W. Birrell. Photo take December 7, 1929. William Grant, Christiana businessman and president of Lancaster Airways, Inc. was killed in an auto accident three days later.
Pilot Jesse Jones at the controls of Ryan Brougham B-5 airplane owned by Howard M. Hersh at leased to Lancaster Airways, Inc. under an agreement dated November 8, 1929. This was the first enclosed cabin airplane available for passenger service at the Manheim Pike airport which had been established by Jones in 1927.
Blueprint for building alterations for Lancaster Chocolate Specialty Co.
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Lancaster Chocolate Specialty Co. Cor. N. Queen St., Lancaster, PA. Henry Y. Shaub. Registered Architect. 26 May 1924.
Alterations to Building. Scale Varies. Detail Thru Show Window, F.S. Detail of Pediment, Exterior Elevation Entrance Door, Interior Elevation Towards King St., Elevation on King St., Elevation on Prince St., Interior Elevation, F.S. Cornice Exterior, F.S. Pilaster Base. File No. 350. 26 June 1924.
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Cataloged by JP, Summer 2013. Add to database 14 October 2023.
