Photograph album #2. Page from photograph album. Five men in World War I military uniforms.
Provenance
This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
Naval recruits on the steps of Hartman Hall, Franklin and Marshall College. Sign above entrance reads U. S. Naval Training Unit Headquarters. V-12, Co. F.
Naval recruits on the bleachers at Williamson Field, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, during World War II. Names written on back of photograph: Parker Fernald, Lancaster, Pa.; Richard Lang, Queens, New York; Thomas Fitzgerald, Bronx, New York; Andrew A. Scanlon, Plainfield, N.J.; Jack Albert, Lebanon, Pa.; Frank Kazmer, Scranton, Pa.; Jack Hunter, Hackensack, N. J.; Robert J. Fraebel, Newark, N. J.; Big Bill Ilvente, Staten Island, New York; Paul Garrett, White Plains, N. Y.; [David] Beyler, Upper Darby, Penna.; George [Raver], York, Pa.; Frank Albert Anderson, Ashland, Neb.; Herbert S. Koehler Jr., Pitts., Pa.; Eugene F. Kernan, Chicago, Ill.; Paul D. guignet, Allentown, Penna.; Andy Hilgartner, Baltimore, Md.; Harry Delaney, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Bill Heinaman, Lancaster, Pa.; Frank james, West Grove, Pa.; James Kennedy, Lancaster, Penna.; Sol Karmel, Linden, N. J.; Bowie Kuhn, Washington, D. C.; M. J. Zellner, Pine Bush, N. Y.; Bob Turgeon, Floral Park, N. Y.; Morris B. Nix, Waterford, Va.; Robert J. Ordway, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Glenn E. Irvine, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Tom F. Marshall, Tulsa, Okla.; Jimmy Young, West Monterey, Pa.; Eddie "Charlie" Goebeler, Tuckahoe, N. Y.; Arthurh "Pete" Roalman, Pgh., Pa.; Jackson Mowel Jr., Wilmington, Del.
Group of men who were delegates to Washington, D.C., from the New York Shipbuilding company. Martin Horting, marked in the back row with an x, was from Lancaster. He worked as a blacksmith for the company during World War I and helped to build the U. S. S. Idaho, then the Navy's largest battleship. Photo was taken on the White House lawn and shows Horting with other delegates and government officials. A newspaper article about Horting and the event is taped to the back of the photograph.
