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1964 Aerial Photo with Yellow View Point and Field of View Lines corresponding with Jim McClure posted circa 1948 Longstown Aerial Photo<\/strong> (5\/30\/1964 Aerial Photo from York County Archives; Annotations in Colors by S. H. Smith, 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Old aerial photos are great, especially when a personal association exists.\u00a0 The circa 1948 aerial photo at the end of Jim McClure\u2019s post on Wednesday<\/a> has such a connection with me.<\/p>\n

My first reaction when I saw the circa 1948 Longstown Aerial Photo was \u201cis our farm within view in the upper left corner?\u201d\u00a0 My Dad, Harold L. Smith, owned a 27.5-Acre farm along Old Dutch Lane from 1961 to 1966.\u00a0 Our family spent four summers living on that farm; when I was between 13 and 16 years old.\u00a0 I remember many a bicycle ride on the interconnecting, mainly dirt, roads between the various farms and orchards in the field of view of the McClure posted aerial photo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We would also regularly ride our bicycles along the roads to the neighborhood Seitz\u2019s Grocery Store, which sat on the southeast corner of the intersection.\u00a0 Back in the early 1960s, traffic was very light on these roads and at that intersection.<\/strong>\u00a0 Now days, I avoid driving through that intersection because of the congestion; and I would never attempt to ride a bicycle along the roads leading to that intersection today.<\/p>\n

The York County Archives has Aerial Photos for several time periods other than those available on the Penn Pilot web site.\u00a0 I utilized the Archives\u2019 1964 Aerial Photo, since that fell within the time period when we lived on the farm.\u00a0 Comparing landmarks between circa 1948 McClure posted aerial photo and Archives\u2019 1964 aerial photo, I placed the yellow field of view lines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My question about the farm was answered: our farm is not within view in circa 1948 McClure posted aerial photo.\u00a0 Continue reading for a list of questions that grew out of this exercise and see what the field of view looks like today.<\/p>\n

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This is what the field of view from circa 1948 McClure posted aerial photo looks like today.\u00a0 This 2013 aerial photo shows the same image area as the Archives\u2019 1964 aerial photo, at the beginning of this post.<\/p>\n

\"2013<\/a>
2013 Aerial Photo with Yellow View Point and Field of View Lines corresponding with Jim McClure\u2019s posted circa 1948 Longstown Aerial Photo<\/strong> (2013 Bing.com Aerial Photo; Annotations in Colors by S. H. Smith, 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When we lived on the farm, I recall that the road at the Longstown intersection was Windsor Road and that Cape Horn Road branched off of this road further south at the right hand curve.\u00a0 Does anyone else remember this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking at maps on the Internet, I found at least one that still shows Windsor Road at the Longstown intersection; although majority indicate Cape Horn Road.\u00a0 ADC Map Books show Windsor Road at the Longstown intersection.\u00a0 This section of road is a common boundary between York Township and Windsor Township; could it be that each township names their half of the road differently?<\/p>\n

As a side observation to the Windsor Road search, I noticed Tilden more often on current maps, as opposed to Longstown.\u00a0 Note that the 2013 Bing.com map even uses Tilden.\u00a0 Tilden was the name of a post office at this intersection for a short time over 100 years ago (1891 to 1903).\u00a0 When we lived in the area in the 1960s and frequented the neighborhood Seitz\u2019s Grocery Store, I don\u2019t ever recall the mention of Tilden; it was always Longstown.<\/p>\n

Here is another street name query that I want to throw out for reader reaction.\u00a0 Dad purchased our farm along Old Dutch Lane from Wilmer Leicht.\u00a0 I understand the Leicht family, at one time, owned other farms in the general area.\u00a0 The Leicht pronunciation sounds like Light.\u00a0 I give these facts because I\u2019ve heard on several occasions, the surname Leicht is the reason all the streets in the development to the north of the farm end in \u201clight.\u201d\u00a0 Have any of my readers heard this, or any other explanations?<\/p>\n

Related posts include:<\/p>\n

Windsor Township Barn was a store for Country Folks<\/a><\/p>\nReading the Headlines: A Quick Index to All YorksPast Posts<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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