Photograph- Martin Horting seated with his cat on his lap outside his tarpaper shack. On the shack is a sign that says "God Bless My Home".
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Martin Horting seated with his cat on his lap outside his tarpaper shack. On the shack is a sign that says "God Bless My Home". Real photo postcard. Horting was a blind man who sold almanacs, pencils, and flags in Penn Square. He lived behind the Lancaster County Almshouse. He was born November 5, 1874 and died on December 15, 1941 when he was hit by a car as he was crossing the Lincoln Highway near City Mill Road. He is buried at Voganville Union Cemetery in Earl Township.
Don Crownover, advisor to the Junior Historians, and group of eight unidentified students placing time capsule in front of Lancaster County Historical Society, c. 1980.
Group of students planting a tree at Lancaster County Historical Society, Nov. 27, 1965. Identified are: Carolyn Hoober, Louis Hassoldt, William Hassoldt, Alice Zimmerman and Philip Hammond.