Amusements In Lancaster 1750-1940 By FELIX REICHMANN When I first discussed the topic of my paper with Dr. Herbert H. Beck I had in mind a very broad view of the intellectual pastime in Lancaster. But soon I realized that it was impossible to approach this problem without detailed preliminary

Apothecaries 0/ Lancaster County 1760 to 1900 By GEORGE L. HEIGES The business of mixing and preparing substances for purposes of medi- cation, which we are pleased to call the art of the apothecary, has a definite history of more than four thousand years. However, the art of the apothe- cary has

The Army Heart A War Incident tin Lancaster County By H. M. J. KLEIN I HAVE lying on the desk before me all available documents relating to a very interesting and important series of events which occurred in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shortly after the United States entered the Second World

The Art o/ Photography in Lancaster By M. LATHER HEISEY W HEN Robert Burns said: "0 wod some Pow'r the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us !" he did not realize that one answer to his observation would be given to the world by the invention of photography. Until that time men saw their

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

Erie/ Postal Lancaster County By M. LUTHER HEISEY The antiquity of the need of communication is contemporary with the age of the human race. When first the need was felt for an oral or written communication with another human being, there began the germ of modern postal business — a business

Buchanan's Campaign In Lancaster County By GERARD BRADY INTRODUCTION The year 1856 — a year of turmoil in the United States. The question of whether slavery was to be extended into the western territories of the United States was reaching its boiling point. In Kansas a fierce battle was raging over

Cannon Hill and the Hessian Ditch With Personal Reminiscences of the Furnace Hills By HERBERT H. BECK Cannon Hill, in northern Elizabeth Township, 1 is one of the hills in the red sandstone range which extends along the border line between Lancaster and Lebanon counties. All of this country

, Louisa, is a bouquet of flowers in water-color. Christopher Demuth, born in 1738, son of Gottlieb, emigrated to Lancaster, where he married Elizabeth Hartaffel, and settled in the house at 116 East King Street, which was probably bought from his father-in-law. In this house they conducted a tobacco �shop

• �Cotnpreh en sive Municip a l Plan CITY OF LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA Prepared by MICHAEL BAKER, JR. THE BAKER ENGINEERS Consulting Engineers, Planners, and Surveyors ROCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA 1 9 4 5 �D. E. M.D., Mayor J. R. Seitz Secretary H. J. TAYLOR, CITY OF LANCASTER, PA. A cting City Clerk