Photograph- Jessie Jones, right, holding a goose, pilot and teacher at the old Lancaster airport on the Manheim Pike, with, left, Dick Knight, parachute test jumper.
Photograph- Jessie Jones, right, holding a goose, pilot and teacher at the old Lancaster airport on the Manheim Pike, with, left, Dick Knight, parachute test jumper.
Description
Jessie Jones, right, holding a goose, pilot and teacher at the old Lancaster airport on the Manheim Pike, with, left, Dick Knight, parachute test jumper.
Discovered at a local "Flea Market," was this signed photo by Robert Dudley Moore, a commercial railroad photographer. It shows P. R. R., K-5, No. 5698 heading an eastbound passenger train on the four track main line thru Gap before the era of electrification. The historical Gap clock tower is on the upper right. Photo, Robert Dudley Moore, Philadelphia.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
The Pennsylvania's four tracked main line was platformed on both sides in this early view card showing the way station at Kinzer decked out in the usual striped awnings for the summer season. the Kinzer hotel with its columned portico welcomed traveling salsemen. A nearby livery stable a kind of "Hertz" of its day offered horse and carriages for salesmen to call on their country prospects.
The author's father, the late Dr. Denney, took this view of Dillerville tower about 1915 with his folding Kodak from the rear platform of an eastbound passenger train as it swung off the Columbia branch and headed for the old downtown North Queen Street station in Lancaster
This rare view ofrom a glass plate negative dating back to the turn of the century or better shows the Victorian era tower and the rail complex at Dillerville. The view is looking north showing the Reading's single track Lancaster branch. A west bound train smokes things up as it swings off the Pennsy "Cut Off," and hits the cross over bound for teh Columbia branch. Photo, James A. Tshudy, Ephrata, Pa.
