- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Committee to choose a site for the new Municipal Airport included members of Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, American Business Club and Lancaster Aero Club. Pictured left to right are Jesse P. Jones, Sumner L. Brown, George P. Luckey, A.D. Howry, John H. Carter, Charles B. Weise, F.K. Brinkman, W.S. Raub, H.M. Hersh, William D. Grant, S.R. Slaymaker and G.W. Birrell. Photo take December 7, 1929. William Grant, Christiana businessman and president of Lancaster Airways, Inc. was killed in an auto accident three days later.
- Provenance
- Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
- Date Range
- December 7, 1929
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Jones, Jesse P.
- Brown, Sumner L.
- Luckey, George P.
- Howry, A. D.
- Carter, John H.
- Weise, Charles B.
- Brinkman, F. K.
- Raub, W. S.
- Hersh, H. M.
- Grant, William D.
- Slaymaker, S. R.
- Birrell, G. W.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster Airways, Inc.
- Lancaster Airport
- Airplanes
- Lancaster Aero Club
- American Business Club
- Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
- Place
- Manheim Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Film Size
- 10 x 8 inches
- Print Size
- 10 x 8 inches
- Object ID
- 2-09-01-10
- Negative Number
- no
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Municipal Building from Landis Balcony at time of Bell Telephone Building construction. North Duke Street, Lancaster.
- Object ID
- 1-07-02-12
- Date Range
- 1929
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Municipal Building from Landis Balcony at time of Bell Telephone Building construction. North Duke Street, Lancaster.
- Description
- Municipal Building from Landis Balcony at time of Bell Telephone Building construction. North Duke Street, Lancaster.
- Date Range
- 1929
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 2.75 x 4.5 inches
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 1-07-02-12
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Boys High School, West Orange Street, Lancaster.
- Object ID
- 1-05-06-58
- Date Range
- c. 1928 -1929
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Boys High School, West Orange Street, Lancaster.
- Description
- Aerial view of Lancaster Boys High School, West Orange Street, Lancaster.
- Provenance
- Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart, daughter of pilot Jesse Jones of Lancaster.
- Date Range
- c. 1928 -1929
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster Boys' High School
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 1-05-06-58
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Cemetery and Lancaster General Hospital.
- Object ID
- 1-05-06-64
- Date Range
- c. 1929
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Cemetery and Lancaster General Hospital.
- Description
- Aerial view of Lancaster Cemetery and Lancaster General Hospital.
- Provenance
- Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart, daughter of pilot Jesse Jones of Lancaster.
- Date Range
- c. 1929
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster Cemetery
- Lancaster
- Hospitals
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 1-05-06-64
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Pilot Jesse Jones at the controls of Ryan Brougham B-5 airplane owned by Howard M. Hersh at leased to Lancaster Airways, Inc. under an agreement dated November 8, 1929. This was the first enclosed cabin airplane available for passenger service at the Manheim Pike airport which had been established by Jones in 1927.
- Provenance
- Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
- Date Range
- 1929
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Jones, Jesse
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Airports
- Pilots
- Lancaster Airport
- Lancaster Airways, Inc.
- Place
- Manheim Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Film Size
- 10 x 8 inches
- Print Size
- 10 x 8 inches
- Object ID
- 2-09-01-11
- Negative Number
- no
Images
- Object Name
- Negative, Glass Plate
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- New railroad station at McGovern Avenue, before it was in use, streetcar tracks being laid.
- Provenance
- Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
- Date Range
- March 1929
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Railroads
- Railroad stations
- McGovern Avenue, Lancaster
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Negative, Glass Plate
- Print Size
- 5 x 7 inches
- Object ID
- 1-15-01-04
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Shoppers picking out spring flowers on the steps of the Lancaster County Courthouse at a curbside market on East King Street.
- Date Range
- c. 1925
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 4.5 x 6.75 inches
- Object ID
- 1-19-01-31
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Group of men seated in Old Recorder's Office, second floor of the Courthouse. Identified left to right: Wm. Egerty Esq., Paul Mohler, Isaac Bechtel, Jay Caskey, W. Fryberger, Ann E. Davis Esq., Jacob Byrne, Esq., Ezra Brenner, O.P. Bricker, Esq., H. Nissley, Recorder, Geo. Keith, Dep.
- The following note is also enclosed with the photo: "D. S. - The "Court House Isalnd patent" is for Bush Island in Manor Twp. The island location, as described in 1811, is: 150 perches from Lancaster shore, opposite the land of Isaac Kaufman and 3 perches below Archibald Hudder's Island. R. G."
- Date Range
- c. 1927
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Egerty, William
- Mohler, Paul
- Bechtel, Isaac
- Caskey, Jay
- Fryberger, W.
- Byrne, Jacob
- Brenner, Ezra
- Bricker, O. P.
- Nissley, H.
- Keith, George
- Davis, Ann E.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster County Courthouse
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 14 x 11 inches
- Object ID
- 3-02-01-08
- Notes
- Has three negatives
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Lancaster Storage Company, 342 North Queen Street. First closed body moving van.
- Date Range
- c. 1922
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster Storage Company
- Trucks
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 10 x 8 inches
- Object ID
- 2-03-08-11
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Tide Water Oil Company exhibit
- Object ID
- 2-09-01-16
- Date Range
- 1929
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Tide Water Oil Company exhibit
- Description
- Lancaster's "First Aviation Show" held in the Keystone Furniture Company Building, 2-4 West King Street, Lancaster, January 14-19, 1929. Tide Water Oil Company exhibit.
- Provenance
- Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
- Date Range
- 1929
- Creator
- Burd, Charles Leon
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID
- 2-09-01-16
- Negative Number
- no
Images
