Photograph- Reitzel's Theater. Attached to Shober's Hotel on West Orange Street, later the site of the YMCA. Early theatrical performances were held on the second floor.
Photograph- Reitzel's Theater. Attached to Shober's Hotel on West Orange Street, later the site of the YMCA. Early theatrical performances were held on the second floor.
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Reitzel's Theater. Attached to Shober's Hotel on West Orange Street, later the site of the YMCA. Early theatrical performances were held on the second floor.
This is the southeast corner of North Prince and James Streets, showing corner grocery store owned by family pictured in front. Bob Epler, who submitted this picture, lived in house on right with striped awning.
Penn Square, showing monument, The Lancaster Intelligencer, and Reed, McCann and Co., Bankers at corner of South Queen Street, and New Era Printing office on opposite corner; also shows building where clothing, wholesale notions and sewing machines, etc., are sold; on first floor next to Bitner, Hostetter and Long.
Looking toward South Queen Street, a view of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on a cobblestone Penn Square. Note the New Era on left of photo and Intelligencer Journal on right. same as photo 2-05-11-14.
Harnish & Co. Dry Goods and tailor shop, 46 West. King Street, showing seven men and three women. Joseph C. Rooney has tape line around his neck. The property was owned by Mrs. Priscilla Rooney.
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."
