Stock certificate granting one share of stock in the Peach Bottom Railway Company to George Harlan. Dated August 1, 1873.
Provenance
This album is a compilation of research done by Thomas T. Taber of Muncy, PA, in 2006. It includes information about Strasburg; the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern; Peach Bottom; and mining railroads near Marticville.
From glass plate negatives bought by Kevin Shue at Horst Auction. Photographer unknown, but most images are of the Warwick Township or Safe Harbor areas.
Photograph- "North toward Shenk's" - view of Susquehanna River and railroad
Description
"North toward Shenk's" - view of Susquehanna River and railroad
Provenance
From glass plate negatives bought by Kevin Shue at Horst Auction. Photographer unknown, but most images are of the Warwick Township or Safe Harbor areas.
From glass plate negatives bought by Kevin Shue at Horst Auction. Photographer unknown, but most images are of the Warwick Township or Safe Harbor areas.
Identified left to right: Robert H. Jones, Dorothy Jones, Mrs. Trimble, Herbert Kauffman, Thelma Netscher, Nat Netscher, Myron William Jones and Marie Jones. Taken at the Lancaster Train Station the day Robert H. Jones left for the service during World War II.
Watchmen for the railroad bridge at Safe Harbor during World War I. Standing left to right are George W. Myers, Henry H. Aston, ?, ?, ?, Victor Myers, and ?. Seated men are unidentified.
Driving the last spike on the low grade freight line, possibly the Susquehanna and Atglen. First row left to right: John Strimmel, Anna Atcheson, John Hendrie, Owen Bremmer - blacksmith who made the hammer and spike, George W. Hensel Jr. - hammering last spike, Alex Hendrie, Leander T. Hensel, Samuel Bair, Ezra B. Fritz, J. R. L. Atcheson, Richard Rohrer, Jerry Regan, John Cassidy, Dean Oatman, A. S. Harkness. Second row: Benjamin Cocharan, Barney Myers, Charlie Timanus, Vernon Harkness. Remainder of the group is Italian or African American railroad laborers.