It was an ordinary day. Was talking about a few stories I had posted over the past few years and was asked if I could post more photographs showing the city and it's surrounding area. Found a few Lancaster Facebook sites and searched for a few photographs to share with you. Naturally, almost all were in black and white. I have posted quite a few so you can see what one of the most historic towns, in what would become the United States of America, looked like in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Hope you can find a few that you find interesting. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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| 1766 Trinity Lutheran Church at 31 South Duke Street |
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| 1824 Swan Hotel on S. Queen Street. |
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| Abraham Lincoln made a visit to Lancaster in 1861. |
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| Fulton Opera House pre-1878. |
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| Lancaster Square in 1875. |
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| 1890 photograph. |
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Ice skaters stand on the Conestoga River at the Engleside Inn (now Dirty Ol’ Tavern) in 1892. |
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| Reservoir Park in 1892. |
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| 22 North Queen Street late 1800s. |
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| Steamboat Mary at Wrightsville on the Susquehanna River in 1896. |
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| Penn Square 1899 |
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| Rocky Springs Amusement Park ice cream stand, 1900. |
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| 1905 Pequea trolley which is hand tinted. |
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| Pequea Club in early 1900s |
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Lancaster City Hall at North Queen and West King, 1905.
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ReplyDeleteThe "neat old car" looks like it's maybe in Lancaster England??? In the United States, we drive on the "right" side of the road.
You are certainly correct. Perhaps when it was published, it was placed in the newspaper in reverse. I tried to enlarge it to view the signs thinking it might show a sign in reverse, but I can't read any of the signs. I just assumed it was in Lancaster, PA since it came from a Lancaster, PA newspaper. Thanks for pointing out what looks to be a mistake. Larry
ReplyDeleteThe photo is in Lancaster Pa, but was taken on N Queen St, looking south from Walnut St. The newspaper photo was accurate but the caption of West King St was wrong.
ReplyDeleteJust want to add one more "clue" to is it W. King or N. Queen.
ReplyDeleteEast and West King had trolley tracks their entire length as did South Queen St. On North Queen St there were no trolley tracks in the block between Walnut and Chestnut because of the Railroad station there. North bound trolleys would turn east at Chestnut to Duke to Walnut to Queen and turn north on Queen.
One viewer said the white building on the right side is the Imperial Bar at the S W corner of Chestnut and while another said the roof of the train station can be seen on the left side