Laurel Street Trolley at the intersection of South Dorwart and St. Joseph Streets. Return of trolleys to Laurel and Filbert lines by ODT order, 1943. Known in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood as the Toonerville Trolley.
Group of kids standing on sidewalk in front of porch. Rear: Tubby Erisman and Ed Krimmel. Front: Margaret O'Connor, John Butt and ? Butt.
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.
Five boys standing in front of an automobile parked on Dorwart Street near the American Store. Left to right: Francis X. Schaller, Jr., John Burger, Donald "Ducky" Welsh, John Welsh, and John Muchenthaler. The American Store in right background later became Acme Store.
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.
St. James Episcopal Church, organized 1744. Present structure begun 1820, enlarged in 1870s and 1880s. Photo used as frontispiece, Klein and Diller, History of St. James. Corner of East Orange and North Duke Streets.
Pfc. Clyde Dixon, a 19-year-old resident of 329 Locust Street, coaches the Rockland and Green Streets Playground softball team (the Rockets) during his 30 day furlough from World War II. Starting from the right of Mr. Dixon, are: Eugene Williams, Robert Stuart, Robert Dixon, Kenneth Gant, Henry Gant, Robert Anderson, Donald Cook, James Arnett, Paul Waters, Harry Stockbauer and Charles Stuart. This photograph appeared in the Lancaster New Era on August 4, 1945.
