Red Cross tent at Lancaster General Hospital during World War I.
Provenance
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Five women in uniforms with group of men in front of booth decorated with flags and bunting. Women may be from Red Cross or Salvation Army. Real photo postcard.
Page 31. Top left, Elmer Landis in World War I uniform, England. Top right, Helen Getz in Red Cross nurse uniform. Bottom left, Steve, Helen Getz, Jestina Dissinger, John "on the farm, Elizabethtown, Pa.", June 29, 1919. Bottom right, horse at Jacob G. Getz stables, Ephrata.
Provenance
Photograph album assembled by Helen Getz just before her marriage to William J. Buch. Helen Getz was born in Ephrata in 1893. Most photos date to the 1910s. Gift of her son, Stan Buch. See also MG 658 Stan Buch Collection in our archives.
Herman Wohlsen house, 430 West Orange Street, later Red Cross headquarters. Possibly designed by Urban.
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.
