Photograph- Henry Martin Brick Machine Company surviving building along Lancastser Avenue, used to store leaf tobacco. Shadow of utility pole marks area where railroad tracks crossed.
Photograph- Henry Martin Brick Machine Company surviving building along Lancastser Avenue, used to store leaf tobacco. Shadow of utility pole marks area where railroad tracks crossed.
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Henry Martin Brick Machine Company surviving building along Lancastser Avenue, used to store leaf tobacco. Shadow of utility pole marks area where railroad tracks crossed.
Dillman R. Bomberger (December 15, 1879 - 1944) was a schoolteacher and photographer who was born near Lexington, Elizabeth Township. He worked as a schoolteacher in Elizabeth Township and by 1910 was working as a bookkeeper for Bayonne Steel Casting Company in Reading, PA. He married Aimee Brubaker in 1910 and had two children: Verna and David.
The photographs in this collection are mostly of family or friends and locations in the Elizabeth Township, Warwick Township and Lititz area.
View of construction along Chestnut Street near Duke Street. Possibly for installation of gas lines or sewer pipes. Milton H. Ranck tobacco warehouse in background.
The Bowman Technical School was founded by watchmaker Ezra F. Bowman in 1887 to teach the trade of watchmaking and engraving. During World War I, the Bowman Technical School trained soldiers to repair delicate aviation and naval instruments.
View of construction along Chestnut Street near Duke Street. Possibly for installation of gas lines or sewer pipes. Storm and sanitary sewers right at sidewalk corner at Bowman building.
The Bowman Technical School was founded by watchmaker Ezra F. Bowman in 1887 to teach the trade of watchmaking and engraving. During World War I, the Bowman Technical School trained soldiers to repair delicate aviation and naval instruments.
