Hope Lodge, near Philadelphia, was built in the first half of the 18th century. A bedroom fireplace is framed with tiles from Holland, as are several others. The use of two horizontal panels over the fireplace is a typical procedure of the period. Courtesy Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Christian Shenk boarding an airplane. Note on back of photo: "Christian H. Shenk, CTC, a Lancaster native. Chris as he is generally known, boards one of his more than thirty flights to Wolrd destinations as a delegate to the World Congress meetings of the American Society of Travel Agents and meetings of Certified Travel Counselors, of which he is a charter member. Chris Shenk is considered probably the longest active Airline Agent in the U. S. His first selling started with the Trans-Continental & Western Air, Inc. during the late 1920's, this being the forerunner of TWA.
A. S. T. A. photographs
Provenance
GIft of Tom Shenk, from the estate of Christian Shenk
Christian Shenk in Hawaiian shirt with man dressed as a pirate. Note on back of photograph: " Note - Chris has to surrender the boat 'to the pirate'. Aboard the 'Sea Cloud', Acapulco - 1961".
A. S. T. A. photographs
Provenance
GIft of Tom Shenk, from the estate of Christian Shenk
Chris Shenk, second from right. On back of photo: "In 1966, One of my biggest honors was to be seated at the Governor's Table in their capital at Lima, Peru. Note as president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of A. S. T. A., I presented a gift from Mayor of Philadelphia."
A. S. T. A. photographs
Provenance
GIft of Tom Shenk, from the estate of Christian Shenk
