Framed flag of John Wise used on Balloon flights. 13 stars, 7 red stripes, 6 white stripes. Attached note reads, "This flag has accompanied 239 aerial voyages - has travelled in the air over 11,000 miles - has been constantly the harbinger of good fortune and no serious accident ever occurred while it was present. It is a talisman of good luck. It is over 34 years old and was made in 1834." Bdly faded.
Photograph of a framed, hand tinted collage of photographs of people and scenes around Lancaster County including James Buchanan, Wheatland, curbside market at East King Street, Donegal Presbyterian Church, Witmer's Bridge, a covered bridge, Conestoga Wagon, John Wise's balloon ascension from Penn Square and old City Hall.
Bronze tablet on a pillar next to the Grubb Mansion on North Lime Street, near the home of John Wise. He was a celebrated balloonist of the Civil War period, who in the course of a notable career, made 462 ascensions.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
