Here is more on the one room schoolhouses that provided the education for country children up until the middle of the last century. If you didn’t attend one, ask your parents or grandparents or older friends. You will probably find someone to regale you with tales of walking to school
I came across a weekly report card at York County Heritage Trust for Catharine Barnitz, a student at York Academy. It was dated February 5, 1813. Catharine was punctual, as her “Time of coming” each morning was nine, and time of coming each afternoon was one. There are blanks for
In my York Sunday News column few months ago I wrote about the wealth of local history you can find in City Directory Collection at York County Heritage Trust. The advertisements alone paint a picture of how our families lived and how they spent their hard-earned wages. The directory references
As I indicated in my recent post on Lewis Miller’s drawing of the Seifert family, there is more going on here than just the very early depiction of an American Christmas tree. That post addressed why a blue dyer was an important 18th and early 19th century occupation. Friend Jo
Tom Thumb ad illustration makes him look really small. I recently noted that people in York County have always seemed to turn out in droves for whatever entertainment came to town. In May 1849 the biggest little sensation to hit the circuit appeared at the York County courthouse. He was
Small Field, the athletic field for York High, was the subject of a recent post. I checked further into the files at York County Heritage Trust and found that the gift was a real surprise to the York City school board. Click here to see the previous post and the
January 1916 drawing of Small Field by T. Tyrrell Heiges, Engr. A recent letter to the Editor in the York Daily Record mentioned Small Athletic Field, which is owned by the York City School District and site of York High sports contests. An undated clipping from the York Daily announces
Smart marketing isn’t a recent innovation. Merchants were just as eager to get the customer’s attention 160 years ago as today. The top news story of that day was the Mexican War (1846-1848). Local African American businessman William Goodridge used the interest in the war as the “hook” in the
One hundred years ago stylish shoes were just as important as they are today. A large illustrated ad for the B.A. Shorb Shoe Co., 24 West Market Street, appeared in the York Gazette in the fall of 1907. Good leather shoes were a substantial investment. No cheap plastic–oops, “man-made material”
50 years ago, you could buy a three, five, seven, or nine-piece chrome or wrought-iron dinette set at York Supply Company, 43-45 West Market Street, starting at $39 to $50 for the set. While you were there, you might as well equip your laundry with a Speed Queen wringer washer.