Laurel Street Trolley at the intersection of South Dorwart and St. Joseph Streets. Return of trolleys to Laurel and Filbert lines by ODT order, 1943. Known in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood as the Toonerville Trolley.
Group of kids standing on sidewalk in front of porch. Rear: Tubby Erisman and Ed Krimmel. Front: Margaret O'Connor, John Butt and ? Butt.
Provenance
Photo album entitled "My Cabbage Hill" compiled by Francis X. Schaller, Jr., of photos of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster. Photographs were taken in 2008, but Mr. Schaller's memories of the neighborhood from 1935 to 1948, from the age of 5 to the age of 18, are included. Mr. Schaller is an Armstrong retiree and grew up in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood.
Five boys standing in front of an automobile parked on Dorwart Street near the American Store. Left to right: Francis X. Schaller, Jr., John Burger, Donald "Ducky" Welsh, John Welsh, and John Muchenthaler. The American Store in right background later became Acme Store.
Provenance
Photo album entitled "My Cabbage Hill" compiled by Francis X. Schaller, Jr., of photos of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster. Photographs were taken in 2008, but Mr. Schaller's memories of the neighborhood from 1935 to 1948, from the age of 5 to the age of 18, are included. Mr. Schaller is an Armstrong retiree and grew up in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood.
St. James Episcopal Church, organized 1744. Present structure begun 1820, enlarged in 1870s and 1880s. Photo used as frontispiece, Klein and Diller, History of St. James. Corner of East Orange and North Duke Streets.
Photograph- Maple Grove Ballroom, c. 1942 or 1943. Band leader, Howdy Blankman. Vocalist, Joanna Bigler Lowry. Drummer, Dr. Donald Good. Other band members include: Fred Suydam, Bob Hershey, Charles Herr, Walt Murray, Harold Peters, Harry King, Louis Doerr, Doug Brenneman, John Cannon. Digital image only.
Photograph- Maple Grove Ballroom, c. 1942 or 1943. Band leader, Howdy Blankman. Vocalist, Joanna Bigler Lowry. Drummer, Dr. Donald Good. Other band members include: Fred Suydam, Bob Hershey, Charles Herr, Walt Murray, Harold Peters, Harry King, Louis Doerr, Doug Brenneman, John Cannon. Digital image only.
Description
Maple Grove Ballroom, c. 1942 or 1943. Band leader, Howdy Blankman. Vocalist, Joanna Bigler Lowry. Drummer, Dr. Donald Good. Other band members include: Fred Suydam, Bob Hershey, Charles Herr, Walt Murray, Harold Peters, Harry King, Louis Doerr, Doug Brenneman, John Cannon. Digital image only.