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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
982-010
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Gap Town Clock. Seth Thomas clock, purchased in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1872 and placed on top of Hall Building. Relocated on 65 ft. tower 1892. Interested Gap Citizens saved clock when state officials found clock standing on their right-of-way during construction of Route 41. Clock moved to present location September 10, 1953.
Provenance
from the Slaymaker Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Recipient
Mrs. Maurice Harsh, 2740 Lititz Pike, Neffsville, PA
Sender
Sarah
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Gap, Salisbury Twp.
Gap Town Clock
Place
Salisbury Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
982-010
Additional Notes
Dear Anna: Thurs.
Thanks for the pretty B. card you sent me. I got several cards + letters. Do not get much time to write letters. Ho have you both been? I am O.K. Alsies have to move. Do not know where they will go. Have not planted much garden as I do not get home very early in the eveings. Come down some Sunday. I hope I shall be home.
Love,
Sarah
Postmarked Gap, June 18, 1965
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