Historic Pennsylvania: Ephrata Cloister, Founded in 1732 by Conrad Beissel and a group of German Pietists, who established a Protestant monastery known as the German Seventh Day Baptist. Veiw shows interior of the Saal (Church). The chamfered pilasters are two stories high. The table is pegged pine plank, 16.5" x 21". On the wall, an original Fraktur-Shriften (Biblical sayings and poem) in the early writign school. Restoration by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Ephrata Academy - Built in 1837 by the Religious Society of Seventh Day (German) Baptists. At one time it was a fashionable boarding school. It served to carry on the fine education tradtion of the 18th century Ephrata Religious Community. It was later used by the township school system as late as 1926.
Ephrata Cloister - Founded in 1732 by Conrad Beissel and a group of German Pietists, who established a Protestant Monestary known as the German Seventh Day Baptist. Buildings shown are the Saron (Sisters' House) and the Saal (Place of Worship). Restoration by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comm.
Historical Mountain Springs Hotel, Ephrata. One of the main stops for the Pony Express and stage coach between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The ground floor was built in 1753, and the last major construction was completed in 1849.
Two rows of students, the back row are coachs. There are trophys lined up in front of the front row. Fifteen boys, four girls, and five men.
Newspaper clipping on back: "The above picture shows the Ephrata High School Track Team and the array of cups they have won. Among these cups are the Apple cup, center left, and the Shand cup, right center. The Apple cup was won at the Millersville track meet where they scored 21 points this year. The points they scored were: Oratory 2nd, 3 points; shot put 2nd, 3 points; pole vault 2nd, 3 points; 220 yard dash 1st and 2nd place, 8 points; 100 yard dash 2nd, 3 points; broad jump 3rd, 1 point.
The team is composed of the following: Back row, left to right, Harry Mull, Manager; Arthur Herr, Asistant Coach; Professor B.F. Windleblech, Principal; H. Clark, Track Coach, William Rolland, Head Coach.
Middle row, left to right: Leroy Getz, Oratory; Lloyd Gerhart, Levi Snader, Leroy Fetter, Harry Brunner, Captain, Charles Zinn, Charles Schlatt, Randolf Kleinfelter, Lester Wenger, Alt. Oratory.
Front row: Earl Enug, Gilbert Frey, Kenneth Eshelman, Helen Martin, Elocution; Lillian Grazer, Alt. Elocution; Caroline Ulrich, Spelling; Ruth Lewis, Alt. Spelling; Richard Risser, Charles Shiffer and Leroy Kurtz.
