Hong Neok Woo in religious clothing - 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 an dof 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.
Frank Pope, Franklin and Marshall College student, preparing to swallow a goldfish at Hildy's Tavern. Pope graduated in 1940. Hildy's was at the corner of West Lemon and Mary Streets at the time this photo was taken. It later became the Old Town Tavern and is now Brendee's.
Quarryville Lions Lionette Band. Front row, left to right: Director E. A. List; John Weicksel; George Shea; Jay Pownall; Preston Lefevre; Joseph Pownall; Grace Ann Newswanger; James Groff; Owen Waltman; Robert Adams; Wendell Singles; George Aument; Gracieyebelle Collins, Thelma Hess, Elizabeth Brinton, Paul Groff, Ruthanna Jackson, Ross Wiggins, Drum major. Second row, left to right: Vivian Lefever, Fannie Yuninger, Jean Pollock, Waltanna Scott, Helen Rineer, Harold Kinsey, Howard Chance, Richard Miller, William Singles, Harold Herr, Margaret Mossison, Barbara McClure, Elizabeth Scott, Hazel Jackson, Roy Bucher, David Boyd, Lorrence McClure, Marshall Steele, Harold Shaeffer. Third row, left to right: Robert Groff, Merton Steele, Loran Brinton, Arnold Singles, Robert Miller, Robert Hess, Richard C. Kirk, Jay Shirk, Reed Ferguson, Haines Brown, Gladys Pyle, Jean Roop, Charles Eshleman, Charles Miller, William Groff, Annabel Rineer, Alberta Waltman, Harold Wiggins. Fourth row, left to right: Lester Pownall, Edgar Findley, Galen Fritz, Charles Gochnauer, Merrill Hassel, Virginia ______, Roy E. Groff, Gordon Long___, Laverne Pownall, John ______, Charles Eberly, Jack Steele, ______Myers, Helen Aument, Helen W_____, Anna Findley, Dorothy Aument.
"The Great Match at Baltimore between 'Illinois Bantam' and the 'Old Cock' of the White House"
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James Buchanan political cartoon - "The Great Match at Baltimore between 'Illinois Bantam' and the 'Old Cock' of the White House". Two prints and one negative.
