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Lancaster Airport, 50th Anniversary open house August 10-11, 1985

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9670
Date of Publication
1985.
Call Number
387.736 L245
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Responsibility
edited by George F. Haskins.
Place of Publication
[S. l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
32 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Principal article: The story of air transportation in Lancaster County by William E. Krantz.
Includes advertisements.
Subjects
Krantz, William E.
Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
387.736 L245
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6d806860-2c10-4dfe-8fdc-134113355047
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-09-01-10
Date Range
December 7, 1929
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Committee to choose a site for the new Municipal Airport included members of Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, American Business Club and Lancaster Aero Club. Pictured left to right are Jesse P. Jones, Sumner L. Brown, George P. Luckey, A.D. Howry, John H. Carter, Charles B. Weise, F.K. Brinkman, W.S. Raub, H.M. Hersh, William D. Grant, S.R. Slaymaker and G.W. Birrell. Photo take December 7, 1929. William Grant, Christiana businessman and president of Lancaster Airways, Inc. was killed in an auto accident three days later.
Provenance
Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
Date Range
December 7, 1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Jones, Jesse P.
Brown, Sumner L.
Luckey, George P.
Howry, A. D.
Carter, John H.
Weise, Charles B.
Brinkman, F. K.
Raub, W. S.
Hersh, H. M.
Grant, William D.
Slaymaker, S. R.
Birrell, G. W.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Airways, Inc.
Lancaster Airport
Airplanes
Lancaster Aero Club
American Business Club
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
10 x 8 inches
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-09-01-10
Negative Number
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5f7f8672-a471-4bd7-8652-367438248513
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-08-02-16
Date Range
c. 1948
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster Aero Club Meeting. Left to right: Mark Ryder, Walter Kaufman and Roy Geltz.
Date Range
c. 1948
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ryder, Mark
Kaufman, Walter
Geltz, Roy
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Trophies
Lancaster Aero Club
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-08-02-16
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/92b7b612-acfa-4733-8493-425398552850
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-09-01-30
Date Range
June 1930
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Banquet at the Brunswick Hotel where Lancaster Aero Club and the Chamber of Commerce entertained the pilots participating in the "first Pennsylvania Goodwill Tour" sponsored by the Aero Club of Pennsylvania.
Provenance
Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
Date Range
June 1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Brunswick Hotel
Lancaster Aero Club
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Aero Club
pilots
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
2-09-01-30
Negative Number
no
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A history of aeronautics in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo889
Author
Krantz, William E.
Date of Publication
1986
landed at the Philadelphia Air Service Corporation field near Hatboro. The Lancaster Aero Club was granted its charter by the Lancaster County Court on September 30, 1919, formed for "the promotion of a social organization or club, composed in whole or in part of persons owning aeronautic inventions for
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Responsibility
by William E. Krantz.
Author
Krantz, William E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986
Physical Description
118-189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 3
Summary
Contents: The John Wise era - 19th century, balloons; Aeroplanes visit Lancaster County beginning in 1911; Early commercial airfields; The Jones era (barnstormers); A municipally owned commercial airfield; War clouds (WWII); The Post War Years; The new enlarged Lancaster municipal airport. There is a bibliography
Subjects
Wise, John, - 1808-1879.
Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 3 (1986), p. 118-189Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90
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