Penn Square stands in the heart of Lancaster, Pennsylvania as a monument to those who fought in the Civil War. It faces Watt and Shand Department Store.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Scene through Penn Square showing modern street lighting, circa 1940s. Note Chritmas decorations on the Watt and Shand building. Old City Hall is to the left.
Provenance
Gift of David Towle. See MG-747 Papers of Mayor Kendig Bare.
Santa Claus making his way up a fire truck's ladder to the fourth floor on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. A crowd gathered in Penn Square to watch.
Santa Claus making his way up a fire truck ladder to the fourth floor of Watt and Shand's store on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. A crowd gathered in Penn Square to watch.