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Recording, Audio

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1f29d9c3-811e-4121-88a8-918119594080
Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Object ID
OH0001
Date Range
2004/07/09
pilots. Bev: Maybe it was when they ran out of fuel! Max: See back in the States they could read the water tanks. They didn't have to communicate, so the first guy they patted on the back was the communications officer. Then I was their friend. Because the DF (direction finder) sets worked. Bev: I guess
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Description
Veteran's oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters.
Admin/Biographical History
Lt. Col. Peters served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 642 Bomb Sq., 409th Bomb Group (L) during World War II. He began his military career in 1939 as a communications and camouflage officer. He retired from the Air Force in 1965 as Lieutenant Colonel. Military service 08/03/1939 - 12/25/1965.
DOB 11/14/1920; DOD 04/24/2014. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128641364/emanuel-paul-peters
Date Range
2004/07/09
Creation Date
9 July 2004
Date of Interview
2004-07-09
Creator
Peters, Emanuel Paul, 1920-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Friedman, William Frederick
Peters, Emanuel "Max" Paul
Peters, Margaret Jane Groff
Interviewer
Newton, Beverly
Narrator
Peters, Emanuel (Max) Paul
Other Creators
Newton, Beverly, collector
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
United States. Air Force
United States. Army. Air Corps
Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
World War, 1939-1945
Search Terms
Oral histories
United States Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
Veterans
World War II
WWII
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:33:43
Language
English
Object ID
OH0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Mark Subject
22:16:00 Worked with William F. Friedman
22:34:00 Studied Enigma, and Purple Machine
23:00:00 Worked with integrating sigint and electronic warfare
24:39:00 Head of electronic warfare division
24:47:00 Wins Legion of Merit
25:20:00 Goes to California to work.
26:00:00 Engineers would go to Stanford to share information.
28:00:00 Returns with wife to Lancaster.
29:12:00 Didn't realize importance of new science.
31:41:00 Describes van belonging to local amateur club.
00:33:67 Ironville named after iron mines in area
00:55:20 built radios
01:05:43 Joined Boy Scouts
01:45:58 Listened to Berlin, Germany on his homemade radio
02:14:02 Used old parts to make his radios
02:31:57 Max put his radio on his bicycle
03:20:20 Joined military in 1939
04:43:40 Going through jungle in Panama
04:53:29 Recalls going down river in canoes with alligators close by
05:19:25 Went to OCS
05:34:96 Sent to Florida - Tampa International Airport
06:07:15 Radar Officer on SCR 270
06:32:21 Transferred to Oklahoma
07:20:68 Crosses ocean on ship named Martinia
08:14:00 Was part of convoy. Martinia leaves convoy.
09:36:90 In England. First mission can't find France (weather).
09:46:70 Returning aircraft low on fuel. "Mayday" heard often.
10:01:49 Pilots could see water towers in States. Can't do same in Europe.
10:48:80 Learned to trust equipment. Found France on 2nd mission.
11:12:00 Could tell weather by amount of signal received at base.
11:28:00 "Spoofing" stations on base.
12:10:00 D-Day.
12:20:00 Practiced deception often before D-Day.
12:50:00 Painted black and white stripes on aircraft.
13:13:00 General Patton was decoy for D-Day.
15:00:00 "G-equipment"
15:55:00 Used smoke to designate target
16:23:00 "No-ball" target
16:33:00 "no-ball" target signified German V-1 rocket plane
17:22:00 Wind shifted. Bombs dropped on friendly troops. Gen McNair victim.
17:38:00 Started infantry and aircorp exchanges.
17:44:00 River crossing
18:14:00 "Cat eyes".
19:36:00 Strafed by Me 109.
20:28:00 Returns to states. Goes to F & M.
21:59:00 Gets job at Arlington Hall, Virginia
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
OH0001
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/320e8826-27f0-43a5-b64a-872556658071
Collection
Cabbage Hill Album
Object ID
A-53-01-49
Date Range
2008
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Cabbage Hill Album
Description
Former site of German Beneficial Union (later Greater Beneficial Union) now the V. F. W. at Union and Dorwart Street.
Provenance
Photo album entitled "My Cabbage Hill" compiled by Francis X. Schaller, Jr., of photos of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster. Photographs were taken in 2008, but Mr. Schaller's memories of the neighborhood from 1935 to 1948, from the age of 5 to the age of 18, are included. Mr. Schaller is an Armstrong retiree and grew up in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood.
Date Range
2008
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Search Terms
Cabbage Hill
Union Street
German Beneficial Union
Greater Beneficial Union
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
A-53-01-49
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1c98d282-c7f7-47b9-8b28-984910239613
Collection
C. Emlen Urban Album
Object ID
A-70-01-50
Date Range
2002
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
C. Emlen Urban Album
Description
H. B. Musselman house, now V. F. W. hall, 149 South Charlotte Street, Manheim.
Provenance
Album of 35 mm slides of buildings in Lancaster County designed by architecht C. Emlen Urban. Slides taken by Carol Morgan for a lecture for the Torch Club in June 2002.
Date Range
2002
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Place
Manheim
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
A-70-01-50
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3129666f-6e5c-499e-becc-636944998012
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Object ID
JB-09-42-17
Date Range
c. 2001
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Description
Smokehouse at Wheatland
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Date Range
c. 2001
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Smokehouses
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
JB-09-42-17
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f49b8b42-ef70-4f8a-bd18-404619115956
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
Mural of James Buchanan
Object ID
JB-04-13-01
Date Range
January 2002
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Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
Mural of James Buchanan
Description
Mural of James Buchanan on wall of a building on Shankill Road, West Belfast, Ireland.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Date Range
January 2002
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Art
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Murals
Shankill Road
West Belfast, Ireland
Place
West Belfast, Ireland
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-04-13-01
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c0f02cef-42d2-40e1-a420-340101722068
Collection
C. Emlen Urban Album
Object ID
A-70-01-45
Date Range
2002
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
C. Emlen Urban Album
Description
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Farnum and South Queen Streets, built 1914.
Provenance
Album of 35 mm slides of buildings in Lancaster County designed by architecht C. Emlen Urban. Slides taken by Carol Morgan for a lecture for the Torch Club in June 2002.
Date Range
2002
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
South Queen Street
Farnum Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
A-70-01-45
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/69dd3d7e-acb0-4164-bda6-081074201560
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Detail of monument to Spanish-American War veterans in Buchanan Park. Shows part of the barrel of the cannon and the cross-shaped U.S.A.-Cuba marker on the base of the monument.
Object ID
1-06-01-01
Date Range
2005
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Object Name
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Detail of monument to Spanish-American War veterans in Buchanan Park. Shows part of the barrel of the cannon and the cross-shaped U.S.A.-Cuba marker on the base of the monument.
Description
Detail of monument to Spanish-American War veterans in Buchanan Park. Shows part of the barrel of the cannon and the cross-shaped U.S.A.-Cuba marker on the base of the monument.
Provenance
Donated by Jim McMullin
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Monuments
Spanish-American War, 1898
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-01
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/da476871-2bef-4f72-a34a-204065038970
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Plaque on monument to Spanish-American war in Buchanan Park. It reads "In Memoriam - U.S.S. Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15, 1898. This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine." On the shield are the words 'patriotism' and 'devotion'. On the back of the photo: "In fear that 'ours' had wound up in this California auction - I photographed 'ours' and it is intact!" - J. McMullin.
Object ID
1-06-01-02
Date Range
2005
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Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Plaque on monument to Spanish-American war in Buchanan Park. It reads "In Memoriam - U.S.S. Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15, 1898. This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine." On the shield are the words 'patriotism' and 'devotion'. On the back of the photo: "In fear that 'ours' had wound up in this California auction - I photographed 'ours' and it is intact!" - J. McMullin.
Description
Plaque on monument to Spanish-American war in Buchanan Park. It reads "In Memoriam - U.S.S. Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15, 1898. This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine." On the shield are the words 'patriotism' and 'devotion'. On the back of the photo: "In fear that 'ours' had wound up in this California auction - I photographed 'ours' and it is intact!" - J. McMullin.
Provenance
Donated by Jim McMullin
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Spanish-American War, 1898
Buchanan Park
Monuments
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-02
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/739c47ee-d32a-415e-8969-498233941990
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Detail of monument to Spanish-American War in Buchanan Park showing spot where stack of cannonballs had been anchored next to the cannon.
Object ID
1-06-01-03
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Detail of monument to Spanish-American War in Buchanan Park showing spot where stack of cannonballs had been anchored next to the cannon.
Description
Detail of monument to Spanish-American War in Buchanan Park showing spot where stack of cannonballs had been anchored next to the cannon.
Provenance
Donated by Jim McMullin
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Spanish-American War, 1898
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-03
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8b3b0e7f-af2c-48a2-b708-115245983635
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Plaque in Buchanan Park in memorial of Spanish-American War veterans. It reads: "1898-1902 Erected by General Wm. S. McCaskey Camp United Spanish War Veterans, the City and County of Lancaster, in memory of Volunteers from Lancaster County in the Spanish-American War. The Powder tank donated by the U.S. Navy Department was recovered from the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. The cannon and cannon balls were donated by the U.S. War Department under authority of a special act of Congress. Dedicated July 4, 1913. This Tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine."
Object ID
1-06-01-04
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Plaque in Buchanan Park in memorial of Spanish-American War veterans. It reads: "1898-1902 Erected by General Wm. S. McCaskey Camp United Spanish War Veterans, the City and County of Lancaster, in memory of Volunteers from Lancaster County in the Spanish-American War. The Powder tank donated by the U.S. Navy Department was recovered from the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. The cannon and cannon balls were donated by the U.S. War Department under authority of a special act of Congress. Dedicated July 4, 1913. This Tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine."
Description
Plaque in Buchanan Park in memorial of Spanish-American War veterans. It reads: "1898-1902 Erected by General Wm. S. McCaskey Camp United Spanish War Veterans, the City and County of Lancaster, in memory of Volunteers from Lancaster County in the Spanish-American War. The Powder tank donated by the U.S. Navy Department was recovered from the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. The cannon and cannon balls were donated by the U.S. War Department under authority of a special act of Congress. Dedicated July 4, 1913. This Tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine."
Provenance
Donated by Jim McMullin
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Spanish-American War, 1898
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-04
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8c833e12-3fd1-4911-975a-034892036079
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial to Leo E. Hauck (1888-1950) erected in Buchanan Park.
Object ID
1-06-01-05
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial to Leo E. Hauck (1888-1950) erected in Buchanan Park.
Description
Memorial to Leo E. Hauck (1888-1950) erected in Buchanan Park.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hauk, Leo E.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-05
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/16917162-dce7-4e9a-a46d-952340990780
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial to Leo E. Hauck (1888-1950) erected in Buchanan Park.
Object ID
1-06-01-06
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial to Leo E. Hauck (1888-1950) erected in Buchanan Park.
Description
Memorial to Leo E. Hauck (1888-1950) erected in Buchanan Park.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hauck, Leo E.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-06
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0280cf4b-d534-49da-aa37-321533629648
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Object ID
1-06-01-07
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Description
Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Spanish-American War, 1898
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-07
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9ab721e0-2cbd-404f-87c4-410116447750
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Object ID
1-06-01-08
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Description
Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Spanish-American War, 1898
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-08
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c493c8fe-8d11-4ba6-b5c5-164626289475
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Object ID
1-06-01-09
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Description
Monument for Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Spanish-American War, 1898
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-09
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7af2804b-dc0a-430f-be72-337349271814
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial tablet for Jim Sheckard, baseball player from Lancaster County, erected at Buchanan Park.
Object ID
1-06-01-10
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial tablet for Jim Sheckard, baseball player from Lancaster County, erected at Buchanan Park.
Description
Memorial tablet for Jim Sheckard, baseball player from Lancaster County, erected at Buchanan Park.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Sheckard, Jim
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Baseball
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-10
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/959909cd-24fd-43d0-ad49-069963531426
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial tablet for Jim Sheckard, baseball player from Lancaster County, erected at Buchanan Park.
Object ID
1-06-01-11
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Memorial tablet for Jim Sheckard, baseball player from Lancaster County, erected at Buchanan Park.
Description
Memorial tablet for Jim Sheckard, baseball player from Lancaster County, erected at Buchanan Park.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Sheckard, Jim
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Baseball
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-11
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fe18381d-3b61-42c1-b7ea-601545083671
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument to Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park showing both canons and statue of a soldier.
Object ID
1-06-01-12
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument to Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park showing both canons and statue of a soldier.
Description
Monument to Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park showing both canons and statue of a soldier.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Spanish-American War, 1898
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-12
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/72836c2d-fc47-4d19-93de-327995653901
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument to Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park showing both canons and statue of a soldier.
Object ID
1-06-01-13
Date Range
2005
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Monument to Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park showing both canons and statue of a soldier.
Description
Monument to Spanish-American War veterans erected in Buchanan Park showing both canons and statue of a soldier.
Date Range
2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Monuments
Buchanan Park
Spanish-American War, 1898
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-01-13
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dbc6f2da-a52d-4288-ab69-833751148490
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-19-05-13
Date Range
c. 2000
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Scale model of Lancaster's old courthouse built as a place to purchase war bonds during World War I, originally located at Penn Square but later moved to its current location, Buchanan Park. Used as a storage building.
Date Range
c. 2000
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Courthouses
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-19-05-13
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