Christiana High School, class of 1954. Mr. Rintz, teacher. Students, back row: Gil Evanson, William Hanna, Ann Hartman Gregg, Shirley Frackman, Tom Wolfe, Tom Skiles. Front row: Mary Lou Kenworthy, Louise Shivery Stauffer, Raymond Mills, Jean Pinkerton Leaman, John James Hawk, Laverne Engle, Gary Kendig.
Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of the riot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as the "Christiana Resistance" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Graduating class of Christiana High School. Reading from left to right : Lower row : Alice E. Brown, Hazel Mendenhall, William McFarland, Herbert Zook, Grace Pinkerton. Second Row : Alta Eckert , Josephine Walker, Robert Smallwood, Elizabeth Stokes, Elsie Ray. Back : Miss Margaret F. Brown, Assistant Principal, and Mr. John G. Davidson, Principal
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Christiana, PA 17509
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Lancaster, PA 17603
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Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 1, Moores Memorial Library
2. Christiana Riot Monument, "Wm. L. Jackson with some boys who were playing nearby." (William L. Jackson is the grandfather of G. Walter Jackson and sister of Mary Louise J. Maule.) (These two photographs were donated by Mary Louise J. Maule)
Insert 2
Postcard. "New Subway and Riot Monument." Printed by Andrews, Christiana, Pa. (Donated by Mrs. Barnard (Jean) Pownall)
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.
LancasterHistory
230 N. President Ave
Lancaster, PA 17603
archives@lancasterhistory.org
(717) 392-4633
Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 2, Moores Memorial Library
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.
LancasterHistory
230 N. President Ave
Lancaster, PA 17603
archives@lancasterhistory.org
(717) 392-4633
Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 3, Moores Memorial Library
