Lancaster County's Old Order Amish rely on the horse and buggy for their transportation needs. After a dy of shopping, father and son head home from Zimmerman's Hardware store in Intercourse, PA.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
A fine mare, with family buggy in tow, waits patiently outside a hardware store in Intercourse, PA. Lancaster County's Old Order Amish rely on the horse and buggy for their daily transportation needs.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
A row of buggies lining a farm lane in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on a Sunday morning indicates that an Old Order Amish worship service is probaby taking place iside the house. The Amish do not build churches; instead, their four hour services or "meetings" taek plac in the homes of members within each church district.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
A line of horseless buggies, the large, grey bench wagon and Amish fellows dressed in their finest. This means either a church service or a wedding is underway at an Amish farm in Lancaster County, PA.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
As part of an Autumn weekend in Lancaster County, PA, visit Zimmerman's Hardware Store in Intercourse. Members of the Amish community still buy their hardware here, which also served as a filming site for the 1985 film "Witness", starring Harrison Ford.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
A line of horseless buggies on an Old Order Amish farm means either a church service or a wedding is underway. Amish do not use a church building; rather, their religious services are held in their home.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Rows of buggies lining and Amish farm lane in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country. This scene on a Tuesday or Thursday morning in November or December would probably indicate that and Old Order wedding is about to begin. The Amish do not wed or worship in churches; instead their four hour services or "meetings" are held in the homes of members.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
An Amish horse and buggy clip-clop past the lush Lancaster County countryside in the "heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country". Approximately 12,000 Amish people residein Lancaster County.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.