LancasterHistory Research Collections

Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-08-05-49
Date Range
1929
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
R. L. Gerhart Company's Ryan monoplane advertised El Capitan Coffee. Pilot Jesse Jones stands at left. This is thought to be the first business aircraft purchased by a Lancaster County company. It was the sister ship of the Ryan "Spirit of St. Louis" flown by Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris in May 1927.
Provenance
Original owned by Jesse Jones Eckhart
Date Range
1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Airplanes
Pilots
Advertising
Spirit of St. Louis
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-08-05-49
Negative Number
yes
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Stevens Trade School exhibit
Object ID
2-09-01-18
Date Range
1929
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Stevens Trade School exhibit
Description
Lancaster's "First Aviation Show" held in the Keystone Furniture Company Building, 2-4 West King Street, Lancaster, January 14-19, 1929. Stevens Trade School exhibit.
Provenance
Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
Date Range
1929
Creator
Burd, Charles Leon
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Keystone Furniture Company
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Aviation
Lancaster Airways, Inc.
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
2-09-01-18
Negative Number
no
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Pennsylvania Railroad exhibi
Object ID
2-09-01-19
Date Range
1929
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Pennsylvania Railroad exhibi
Description
Lancaster's "First Aviation Show" held in the Keystone Furniture Company Building, 2-4 West King Street, Lancaster, January 14-19, 1929. Pennsylvania Railroad exhibit featuring fast coast to coast travel.
Provenance
Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
Date Range
1929
Creator
Burd, Charles Leon
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Keystone Furniture Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Aviation Show
Lancaster Airways, Inc.
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
2-09-01-19
Negative Number
no
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-09-02-04
Date Range
c. 1927
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Aerial view of Ephrata, intersection of State and Main Streets in upper center of photograph.
Provenance
Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
Date Range
c. 1927
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Aerial Photographs
State Street
Main Street
Place
Ephrata
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
2-09-02-04
Negative Number
no
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-05-37
Date Range
May 31, 1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Last Memorial Day encampment of Stevens Post No. 517, Grand Army of the Republic, at Lititz Springs Park, May 31, 1920.
Provenance
Original image owned by Ron Reedy
Date Range
May 31, 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day
Parks
Lititz Springs Park
Place
Lititz
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1-10-05-37
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
4-01-04-03
Date Range
June 6, 1929
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Panoramic photograph. Group of men and women at Soldiers Monument, Gettysburg, the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Date Range
June 6, 1929
Creator
Williams, Lesher M.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Monuments
Place
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 26 inches
Object ID
4-01-04-03
Negative Number
yes
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Offices of the Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Object ID
1-06-04-24
Date Range
July 28, 1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Offices of the Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Description
Offices of the Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Date Range
July 28, 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Offices
Bearings Company of America
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-04-24
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Object ID
1-06-04-25
Date Range
1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Description
Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Date Range
1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bearings Company of America
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-04-25
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Man in colonial costume at the Pageant of Gratitude in 1929.
Object ID
1-06-04-36
Date Range
1929
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Man in colonial costume at the Pageant of Gratitude in 1929.
Description
Man in colonial costume at the Pageant of Gratitude in 1929.
Date Range
1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Pageants
Pageant of Gratitude
Costumes
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-04-36
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Procession of people in costume at the Pageant of Gratitude in 1929.
Object ID
1-06-04-37
Date Range
1929
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Procession of people in costume at the Pageant of Gratitude in 1929.
Description
Procession of people in costume at the Pageant of Gratitude in 1929.
Date Range
1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Pageants
Pageant of Gratitude
Costumes
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-04-37
Images
Less detail