Newspaper photograph of the Rheems underpass on the old Harrisburg Pike. In 1910, when this was taken, traffic of the main highway and the trolley shared the right of way. Frank W. Mumma was motorman and John Miller was conductor.
Class is in session today just as it has been for over 90 years at the Weavertown One Room School in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Life-size animated wax "scholars", surrounded by original blackboards and wooden desks, recreate a classroom atmosphere similar to that found in the one-room school system still used by the Old Order Amish.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.