Annual Memorial Day services at Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Penn Square. Gerald Sullenberger, Robert Patterson, Thomas McFadden and Jerry Byers place wreaths at the base of the monument. Last time of placing werats at the statue. Decided hereafter to place one wreat at the base of the monument facing North Queen Street.
Lancaster Jaycees picnic for guests of Lancaster County Home and Hospital. Bob Lynch, standing and John Davidson, seated at right, committee chairmen. Two elderly men being served cake by a young woman.
Former mayor Cary shakes hands with newly-elected mayor Kendig Bare. Bare was the youngest man to be elected Lancaster city's mayor. He was 36 at the time.
Provenance
Gift of David Towle. See MG-747 Papers of Mayor Kendig Bare.
View of Council Chamber in the Municipal Building as Mayor Cary was making his farewell address. Old and new commissioners are seated in foreground. Left to right are commissioners Rineer, Schnitzer, Bowman, Kreisle, Spidle and Shirk.
Provenance
Gift of David Towle. See MG-747 Papers of Mayor Kendig Bare.
Photograph- Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer, librarian of Lancaster County Historical Society. Taken in old building at 307 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, on moving day, October 20, 1956, 7:30 am waiting for trucks to come.
Photograph- Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer, librarian of Lancaster County Historical Society. Taken in old building at 307 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, on moving day, October 20, 1956, 7:30 am waiting for trucks to come.
Description
Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer, librarian of Lancaster County Historical Society. Taken in old building at 307 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, on moving day, October 20, 1956, 7:30 am waiting for trucks to come.
