R. L. Gerhart Company's Ryan monoplane advertised El Capitan Coffee. Pilot Jesse Jones stands at left. This is thought to be the first business aircraft purchased by a Lancaster County company. It was the sister ship of the Ryan "Spirit of St. Louis" flown by Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris in May 1927.
Photograph- Rough and Tumble Association meet - 1923 Peerless from the Geiser Manufacturing Co., Waynesburg, PA and a 1916 Case tractor from J. M. Stiffler, Altoona, PA.
Photograph- Rough and Tumble Association meet - 1923 Peerless from the Geiser Manufacturing Co., Waynesburg, PA and a 1916 Case tractor from J. M. Stiffler, Altoona, PA.
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Rough and Tumble Association meet - 1923 Peerless from the Geiser Manufacturing Co., Waynesburg, PA and a 1916 Case tractor from J. M. Stiffler, Altoona, PA.