Front page of the Living Section of LNP |
Front page of the September 9, 1944 evening newspaper. |
There was my birth announcement under WOODS. My mother and father are both deceased as is St Joseph's Hospital |
My birth announcement was also in the morning Intelligencer Journal. |
Every day saw stories of those serving in the armed forces of our country. Click on any image to enlarge it. You may be able to read it. |
Story about the recent epidemic of polio. |
How local schools decided to handle the proble. |
Tobacco was a big crop for Lancaster County farmers. |
Advertisements geared toward the war effort. |
Another ad for the war effort. |
An advertisement for Armstrong Cork Company which was founded in Lancaster, PA |
An editorial cartoon. |
Another war cartoon. |
Yes, Blondie was around in 1944. |
This is the daily schedule for WGAL Radio station. Televisions were still too costly for most homes to have one. |
This is an advertisement for Rudy Vallee on WGAL radio. |
Movie advertisement from 1944. |
This is an advertisement for the York County Fair. This year's York County Fair just ended this past week. That's 75 years later than this advertisement. |
I can remember seeing highlighted cards for different baseball players many years later. |
Drawing of Ed McKeever who had just been named coach at Notre Dame College. |
If you're a baseball fan, these are the teams that existed in 1944. |
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