Actors in costume for the Pageant of Gratitude at Williamson Field at Franklin and Marshall College. The three men in the photograph at right are identified as George W. Hensel Jr., Joe Breneman and Abe Fritz.
Provenance
From MG-14, the Pageant Collection. Photograph album donated to Lancaster County Historical Society by Mr. Edward Bender of photographs taken during the Pageant of Gratitude in Lancaster. Also includes several cartoons.
Directors of the Quarryville National Bank. Back row, left to right: L. R. Ambler, C. L. Ambler, A. S. Harkness, George W. Hensel, Jr., Dr. C. E. Helm. Front row, left to right: H. C. Bair, M. D. Montgomery, T. R. Ankrim, F. M. Greenleaf, Neal Hambleton.
Photograph- "Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
Photograph- "Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
Description
"Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
Probably dedication of Atglen & Susquehanna Low Grade Railroad, July 27, 1906, near Quarryville. John W. Hensel, Jr., is driving in last spike, with crowd of workers, also one woman and several boys, observing. John Hendrie was master of ceremony. Identofied are (first row, left to right ): John Strimmel, Anna Atcheson, John Hendrie, Owen Bremmer (blacksmith who made the hammer and spike ), George W. Hensel, Jr. (driving the spike ), Alex Hendrie, Leander T. Hensel, Samuel Bair, Ezra B. J. R. L. Atcheson, Richard Rohrer, Jerry Regan, John Cassidy, Dean Oatman, A. S. Harkness, (second row ) BenjaminCochran, Barney Myres, Charlie Timanus, Vernon Harkness. Remainder of the group, laborers. ( 2 identical photographs )
Slumbering Order of Groundhogs. Members identified: Harvey J. Lefever; Sam "Squire" Collins; Harry Bair; Joseph Hooker Wimer; William Uhler Hensel II; Daniel Hess Eckman; Benjamin D. Cochran; Clifton Singles; Simon W. Groff; Lester Herr; Robert Spencer McClure; Carl Reynolds; George W. Hensel, Jr.; George W. Hassler; Albert Hess Fritz. Customer: Harry Hensel, Quarryville.
Driving the last spike on the low grade freight line, possibly the Susquehanna and Atglen. First row left to right: John Strimmel, Anna Atcheson, John Hendrie, Owen Bremmer - blacksmith who made the hammer and spike, George W. Hensel Jr. - hammering last spike, Alex Hendrie, Leander T. Hensel, Samuel Bair, Ezra B. Fritz, J. R. L. Atcheson, Richard Rohrer, Jerry Regan, John Cassidy, Dean Oatman, A. S. Harkness. Second row: Benjamin Cocharan, Barney Myers, Charlie Timanus, Vernon Harkness. Remainder of the group is Italian or African American railroad laborers.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
