Grandfathers' Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County * By D. F. MAGEE, ESQ. Whilst Lancaster County is not the first or only home of the so-called "Grandfathers' Clock," yet the extent and the excellence of the clock industry in this type of clocks entitle our county to claim

weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

are interested in the patriotic and educational work being done by the Lancaster County Histori- cal Society, and who have in their pos- session articles that they can con- tribute, illustrative of the agriculture, the manufactures, the literature and the history of Lancaster county. In fact, anything

recognized to some extent her geniuses in arts and manu- factures. The skill of her craftsmen and the quality of their work have been fully recognized throughout the country in two particular lines of industrial endeavor. I refer to the makers of the famous Lancaster County rifles and the grandfather clocks

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Landis, David Bachman, 1862- Title: Mineral deposits and works of the Hempfields / by D. B. Landis. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Mines and mineral resources--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Industries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County