John Herr's Mill. In bygone days this scene was very common as farmers brought grain to the John Herr Mill in wagons pulled by horses. The grain wa shoisted to the upper floor by rope and pulley.
"Old Conestoga Wagon, en route to Philadlphia Sesqui-centennial leaving Lancaster Oct. 19, arriving Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1926"
Message on back: "This old Conestoga Wagon, now the property of Amos S. Gingrich, Lancaster, Pa., is at least one hundred and thirty nine years old, and is one of the thousands which were the principal means of heavy transportation between Lancaster, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, up to the advent of the railroad.
