articles in local newspapers from 1924 to 1977 that tell the history of Darmstaetter's photo- graphic successes. They point to the long association of Darmstaetter's with Eastman Kodak Company, which began when there were only nine other Kodak dealerships in the United States (New Era, 27 March 1977

94/3, 1992 77 Appendix SELECT AND COMMON COUNCILS OF LANCASTER (Presidents are denoted by capital letters) Compiled by John W. W. Loose April 1891 - April 1892 Select Council 1st Ward: 2nd Ward: 3rd Ward: 4th Ward: 5th Ward: 6th Ward: 7th Ward: 8th Ward: 9th Ward: William McComsey Adam J. Auxer

King William's War, Jacques Letort was compelled to return to England in order to settle some business affairs.' During his absence, his wife Anne carried on the Indian fur trade with the assistance of her children and servants. 10 At about the same period, Jacques Letort's eldest son, James, was bound

PRR's Chief Engineer, William H. Brown. Born in southern Lancaster County, Brown got his start by running trial surveys on the narrow gauge Lancaster, Oxford and Southern near his home.' After working on the U.S. military railroads at the start of the Civil War, he moved on to the PRR staying there 44

-manufacturing and war-provisioning activities should have been a target of the invaders, but the British made no move towards Lancaster. The state government felt safe in Lancaster and remained there throughout the British occupation of Philadelphia. (From 1799 to 1812 the state government made Lancaster its

and safe deposit boxes as well." Shortly thereafter, the 1932 depression set in. Blue Ball National Bank was one of the few financial institutions in the area to survive this traumatic �86 JOURNAL The Blue National Bank building, April 1907. period in our nation's history. They successfully reopened

Clio's Century: A History of Lancaster's Cliosophic Society John Ward Willson Loose Few communities in the nation can boast an anomaly quite like the Cliosophic Society. The arts of conversation and genteel discussion, alas, no longer seem to be part of our national culture. Literary societies have

. Pennsylvania Politics, 1746-1770: The Movement for Royal Government and Its Consequences. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1972. Kelley, Joseph K. Pennsylvania: The Colonial Years. Garden City., NJ: Doubleday, 1982. Levy, Sheldon. "A 150-Year Study of Political Violence in the United States," in

. The grand opening of the Colonial Theatre at North Queen and Chestnut Streets took place on January 29, 1912. The Daily New Era of January 26, 1912 reports the interior features in great detail (all following descriptions of the decor are from this article): The main entrance to The Colonial will be

and businesses, 75 percent. Pennsylvania has 2.3 percent of the woodland in the United States. Pennsylvania was not a "natural" region, but rather a rectangular area created by royal charter in 1681. Its boundaries were to be determined; and the only natural boundaries are the Delaware River in the