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They still dress like this in York County, Pa.: Linked in with neat history...
Yes, people still dress like this around York County, Pa. The Glen Rock Carolers have been singing on Christmas morn for some 150 years. This year, the annual rite of Christmas had an added attraction....
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Family member would like Boring Furniture Co. of North York, Pa., to be...
Employees and owners of the Boring Furniture Co., Laurel and Court streets, North York, pose for he photographer. The table-maker has long been out of business but a family member is hoping that its...
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Furniture making in York County fascinates folks: Linked in with neat history...
York, Pa., rallied with the rest of the world when World War I, the Great War, ended. This Ready for Peace Parade photograph is dated, Nov. 11, 1918 – Armistice Day. It shows Home Furniture Company...
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Rare York, Pa., map provides a snapshot of downtown life 80 years ago
This is an rare map of York, Pa.’s Continental Square in 1933, as drawn up by the engineering firm of C.S. Davidson. The firm operates today in York County. The map shows the many businesses operating...
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York City Hall touts Colonial history, but city is mainly Victorian: Linked...
This longtime York Federal/Waypoint/Sovereign Bank Building on York, Pa.’s, South George Street is being transformed into York’s City Hall. The city’s choice of this visible venue presents an...
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On the beach: Bike shows the reach of York-made products – Linked in with...
Good stuff, below: Haar’s drive-in/Blue Star museums/Continental Square This Harley-Davidson Softail motorcycle was made in York. It’s the famous one that has been in the news since it was washed away...
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When you had to pay a toll to cross the Susquehanna River
This dapper taker of tolls on the old Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge, aka Veterans Memorial Bridge has descendants who remember him well. Abraham Lincoln Clair was the receipient of visits from his...
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York’s Rescue Fire Company, Mack the Fire Horse’s former home, now a private...
Rescue Fire Company No. 4, on York’s South George Street, was founded in 1872. It was home to the famous fire horse, Mack, as Dianne Bowders points out in her submission to ydr.com’s digital photo...
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What was the name of the eatery in the alley behind York’s Central Market?
The old Ramona restaurant on North George Street came up in a recent email exchange over the identity of a downtown cafeteria. So this created an opportunity for sharing several photographs that...
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From petroglyphs to bald eagles, Dan Meckley covers ‘Incomparable York County’
York, Pa.’s, Daniel G. Meckley III has compiled several volumes of family histories combined with York County histories. Or vice versa. The 90-year-old former CEO has published another volume in that...
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Penn Park’s Penn-Coates Memorial better known as the York, Pa., park’s...
Penn Park landmarkThis blocky building in York, Pa.’s, Penn Park is weather beaten or, well, just beaten up. But when the Penn-Coates Memorial appeared on the cover of its dedication brochure on Sept....
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York City’s Fry-Brown house, worthy of a postcard, hidden in plain sight
This house on 601 E. Philadelphia Street became more noticeable with the demolition of neighboring houses. The York, Pa., dwelling stood out from its neighbors in its early days – 100 years ago – and...
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History mystery photo: Tea time in York County, Pa.
Neat stuff/linked in: Dispatch moves/YDR at Newseum ‘The second floor oriel sitting area of the (location at bottom) is set for tea,’ York countian Dianne Bowders wrote in a caption in Your Photos....
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York, Pa., landmark: ‘The house with a garden wall’
The former Gamble mansion on South Duke Street and East Cottage Place is often identified by its brick wall. It has long been a York, Pa.’s landmark. Also of interest: York City’s Fry-Brown house,...
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York County’s and U. of Maryland’s Florence Gipe: ‘You train dogs, you...
Florence Gipe was a York countian of accomplishment – professor and the first dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Her accomplishments were brought to light in a recent column by June...
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York building’s ornate entrance: ‘The marquee remains a topic of conversation’
Linked in/Neat stuff: Dangerous York County dams/’Star-Spangled Banner’ quiz In York, Pa.’s, South Queen Street neighborhood sits a building with a rather elaborate marquee. York Sunday News columnist...
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Century-old Jackson School, built on a rise, remains key part of York City...
Linked in/Neat stuff: Eye on Sputnik/Lee’s Headquarters in Gettysburg Brand new Jackson School, still being put to good use today in York, Pa., is seen in this photo from the “York Public School...
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What is a community connector? York, Pa., columnist Gordon Freireich defines...
York Sunday News columnist and community connector Gordon A. Freireich was honored at Martin Library last week. A fund has been set up in his name to purchase new books for Martin Library. Freireich,...
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York, Pa.’s ‘Welcome/Do Not Enter’ eastern gateway: ‘Talk about mixed messages’
Linked in/Neat stuff, below: Preserving old Annville’s moviehouse/Historic York’s new blog The question has come up before. How can a welcoming city tell westbound motorists on the old Lincoln Highway...
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Abe Lincoln was here: Really, he was – in Hanover Junction. This garden...
Linked in/Neat stuff: Where is George Washington Memorial Plaza?/Unsung York Town Craftsmen Guild profiled This garden, easy to overlook, is tucked near the road and the historic train station at...
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