Staged mock disaster at Neffsville carnival grounds
Description
Mock disaster staged by Lancaster County firefighters and fire police at Neffsville carnival grounds as part of the eighth annual Lancaster County Firemen's Training School. Dr. John J. Covolus and nurse Doris Klopp attend to a "patient".
Small brown leather album of cartes de visites, one tintype and a loose cabinet card. Inscription, written twice, on front pages: "Presented to Charles H. Bushong by his grandfather Henry Bushong". This album contains photographs of members of the family of Henry Bushong and his son, Gilbert Bushong, who were devout Quakers and Abolitionists who aided freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad at their farm in Bart Township, Lancaster County, during the Civil War.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania