The Aviation in Lancaster County Collection contains items related to aeronautics. The collection currently consists of two tickets for an air meet at Lancaster Airport in July 1928.
John Wise and the History of Ballooning Collection (MG0019)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Aviation in Lancaster County Collection (MG0892), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This collection contains a report of opposition to the Northeast Air Base proposed to be constructed in East Donegal and West Donegal Townships, 1951.
Admin/Biographical History
The Farm and Home Committee was a group of more than 600 representatives of the farming community affected by the proposal to build the Northeast Air Base. The nucleus of the committee was formed as a result of a town meeting held in Lititz in September, 1951.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), The Farm and Home Committee Collection, 1951 (MG0904), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2001.MG0904
Other Numbers
MG-904
Other Number
MG-904
Classification
MG0904
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection Box 31, Folder 1, Item 1, 18 March 2022
This collection contains a flight instruction book and notes and pilot log books of Paul L. Schlotzhauer (1903-1992), as well as information and ephemera about the Hotel Pennsylvania on North Queen Street in Lancaster, the Sclotzhauer Bakery and the Schlotzhauer family.
Admin/Biographical History
Paul L. Schlotzhauer was born in Lancaster in 1903, son of Harry Schlotzhauer and Katharine Vollmer Schlotzhauer. He became proprietor of the Hotel Pennsylvania on North Queen Street, Lancaster, in 1921, and in 1929 moved to New York City where he took flying lessons from the Curtiss Wright Corporation. He returned to Lancaster and flew air mail between Lancaster, Reading, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the 1930s and 1940s. He later moved to Florida where he died in 1992.
Paul Schlotzhauer with his mother and brother at Lancaster Airport
Description
Paul L. Schlotzhauer, left, with his mother, Katharine Vollmer Schlotzhauer, and his brother, Robert Schlotzhauer at Lancaster Airport. Written on back: "April 1st. 1930, Arrival in Lancaster, Pa. from Valley Stream, L. I. 1st cross country trip solo. Mother & brother".
Paul Schlotzhauer with his mother at Lancaster Airport
Description
Paul L. Schlotzhauer, left, with his mother, Katharine Vollmer Schlotzhauer, at Lancaster Airport. Written on back: "Arrival by plane from Valley Stream, N. Y. on first solo trip to creditor's meeting for bankruptcy of Schlotzhauer Baking Co., Lancaster, Pa. Paul Schlotzhauer, pilot, Lic. No. 12548. Mother - Lancaster Airport. 1930"
Paul Schlotzhauer with three men at an airport at Harrisburg
Description
Four men standing in front of a small plane with a larger plane to the left. Various children and men in foreground and background. Written on back: "Paul Schlotzhauer inspection triip C.A.A. investigation for defense, Hpg., Pa. 1939". Arrow points to Paul Schlotzhauer.
Paul Schlotzhauer with three men in front of an airplane
Description
Paul Schlotzhauer, right, with two men and an airmail bag in front of an airplane. Written on back: "Firs bag air mail from Lancaster, Pa. Postmaster Howell, Paul Schlotzhauer - sponsor, Pilot - Dupont Co. A. A."
