Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Boys' High School. Shreiner's Cemetery is just behind the school. Also shows St. John's Reformed Church. All are on West Orange Street.
Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Boys' High School. Shreiner's Cemetery is just behind the school. Also shows St. John's Reformed Church. All are on West Orange Street.
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Aerial view of Lancaster Boys' High School. Shreiner's Cemetery is just behind the school. Also shows St. John's Reformed Church. All are on West Orange Street.
Provenance
Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart, daughter of pilot Jesse Jones of Lancaster.
Panoramic photograph. Lancaster Newsie Cadets marching band on the lawn at the rear of the White House with President Herbert C. Hoover. The Cadets were in Washington, DC for the dedication of the James Buchanan Memorial.
Penn Square stands in the heart of Lancaster as a monument to those who fought in the Civil War. It faces Watt and Shand Department Store, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1978.
Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents' Association - Session of 1935. Front row, from left: Kermit McFarland, Pittsburgh Press; L. U. Leslie, Associated Press; Charles G. Miller, Harrisburg Evening News; Arthur F. Grant, Associated Press; George I. Fisher, United Press; Walter D. Roos, Philadelphia Inquirer & Bulletin, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph; Robert Gorman, International News Service. Second row, from left: Morey J. Potter, United Press; William Brown, News Room Supervisor; Richard A. Snyder, Associated Press; Jesse Laventhol, Philadelphia Record; Thomaps P. O'Neil, Philadelphia Record; Sidney H. Eiges, International News Service; Robert Taylor, The Pittsburgh Press; E. W. Prendergast, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Third row, from left: E. J. Hart, Scranton Times; Ross Downing, United Press; George Doying, International News Service; Robert W. Comber, Philadelphia Bulletin; Morris E. Swarts, Jr., Harrisburg Telegraph, J. Huston McCollough, Philadelphia Evening Ledger; John M. Cummings, Philadelphia Inquirer; E. M. Shoffstall, Reading Times; Joseph H. Miller, Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tintype of Henry Wentz in cardstock frame from the Nation's Capital, Washington, DC. Written on back: "I found this picture and I hope it brings back memories of our class trip to D. C. as it did me. 'Enjoy your retirement' Henry Wentz, 1937, Upper Leacock High School Wash. D. C. trip".
Eight year old James Douglas McCaskey, great-grandson of J. P. McCaskey, and Walter Bogardus McCaskey, son of J. P. McCaskey, at unveiling of portrait of J. P. McCaskey at dedication of the new J. P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster.
Provenance
Digital image only. Gift of Margaret McCaskey, via Dolores Parsil. Original image owned by Margaret McCaskey.
Group of people posed on steps of Wheatland. Identified are: Mrs. Tanger; I. C. Arnold; Mrs. I. C. Arnold; Erisman Heisey; June Heisey; C. H. Martin; G. Foster; Rev. Reichart; Amos Seachrist; Gertrude Haldy; James Pyle; M. K. Heisey; Mrs. Heisey, David Bachman Landis, Bertha Cochran Landis, Stella Oster
