Insert 1 Peter Woods and family, survivor of the Christiana Riot and Treason Trial defendant. 9 September 1911. Front Row, left to right: Mrs. Peter Woods, Peter Woods, Aunt Mary
Back Row, left to right: Howard Woods, Susan Woods, James Woods, Annie Woods, Percy Woods, Harry Woods, Leora Woods, Eugene Woods.
Note: Other children of Peter Woods not shown are: Jacob, Sumner, Ida, Tillie and Peter Woods Jr. (Information by Mrs. Lillian Speed of Parkesburg, Pa.)
Insert 2 Centennial Commemoration Ceremony, 9 September 1951.
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Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 12, Moores Memorial Library
Marker for former site of Rossmere, home of George Ross.
Provenance
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Samuel G. Roth and friends in his Rambler parade float in front of his National Automobile Company, at South Duke Street and East Vine Street, Lancaster. The float was made for a Mummers' Parade, c. 1910.
Samuel G. Roth's National Automobile Company at South Duke Street and East Vine Street, Lancaster. The float was made for a Mummers' Parade, c. 1910. Written on back: "Samuel Roth, 317 Lancaster Ave". Note the dog sitting in the middle of the intersection.
Carte de visite of Admiral William Reynolds, U. S. Navy, affixed to backing board with text labels "an illustrious brother" and "Admiral William Reynolds U. S. Navy". William Reynolds was a brother of General John Fulton Reynolds.
Ellen Robinson Gutfleisch in her nursing school cape and holding a bouquet of daisies. She was a graduate of the Lancaster General Hospital Training School in 1916.
Provenance
Transfer from Schuylkill County Historical Society
Unidentified young boy and girl holding rosary beads and a prayer book standing next to a small table with a cross shaped glass candle stick, possibly for his first communion. Written on back: "Kids of Frank Wolf? Grace and Charles?"
Photographs of residents of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster, c. 1895 to 1920, collected by Charles Wolf, son of Carl Wolf. Most are of Wolf, Hecker, and allied families.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Photographs of residents of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster, c. 1895 to 1920, collected by Charles Wolf, son of Carl Wolf. Most are of Wolf, Hecker, and allied families.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Photographs of residents of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster, c. 1895 to 1920, collected by Charles Wolf, son of Carl Wolf. Most are of Wolf, Hecker, and allied families.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania