Moser brothers had ice delivery here. 615 Fremont Street, parked truck in rear, purchased ice from Peoples' Consumer or Herr's. Site was a former tavern owned by George Moser.
Provenance
Photo album entitled "My Cabbage Hill" compiled by Francis X. Schaller, Jr., of photos of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster. Photographs were taken in 2008, but Mr. Schaller's memories of the neighborhood from 1935 to 1948, from the age of 5 to the age of 18, are included. Mr. Schaller is an Armstrong retiree and grew up in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood.
"At '19 Mile Stone' on York Road built in 1810 by Capt. Joshua Gorsuch, a shipbuilder. The tavern was the meeting place of the Baltimore Countians who went to Pennsylvania to reclaim their slaves. Thus bringing on the Christiana Riot of 1851."
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
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Christiana, PA 17509
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The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.
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Lancaster, PA 17603
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Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 14, Moores Memorial Library
Photograph- Stone home near Paradise where Mrs. Edward Y. Buchanan first played Stephen Foster's "Old Kentucky Home" on the melodion. Foster was Mrs. Buchanan's brother. House was once the Spread Eagle Tavern and later parsonage of All Saints Episcopal Church. Edward Y. Buchanan, brother of James Buchanan was pastor of this church.
Photograph- Stone home near Paradise where Mrs. Edward Y. Buchanan first played Stephen Foster's "Old Kentucky Home" on the melodion. Foster was Mrs. Buchanan's brother. House was once the Spread Eagle Tavern and later parsonage of All Saints Episcopal Church. Edward Y. Buchanan, brother of James Buchanan was pastor of this church.
Description
Stone home near Paradise where Mrs. Edward Y. Buchanan first played Stephen Foster's "Old Kentucky Home" on the melodion. Foster was Mrs. Buchanan's brother. House was once the Spread Eagle Tavern and later parsonage of All Saints Episcopal Church. Edward Y. Buchanan, brother of James Buchanan was pastor of this church.
Photograph- David Witmer's store. Also the Sign of the Stage Inn, c. 1795, and later Eden Hall Seminary, c. 1855, and Soldiers Orphans School, c. 1868.
Photograph- David Witmer's store. Also the Sign of the Stage Inn, c. 1795, and later Eden Hall Seminary, c. 1855, and Soldiers Orphans School, c. 1868.
Description
David Witmer's store. Also the Sign of the Stage Inn, c. 1795, and later Eden Hall Seminary, c. 1855, and Soldiers Orphans School, c. 1868.
