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Big barns in Library of Congress photograph identified as Avalongs in...
These barn photos are part of a recent picture release from Yale University of Library of Congress photos from the 1930s and 1940s. They were commissioned by the Farm Security Administration-Office of...
View ArticleDigging York County’s Camp Security: Spanish silver coin dated 1780
Linked in/Neat stuff: Pronouncing ‘Utz’ in Ireland/Venerable Precision Components A Spanish silver coin found last week during the Camp Security archaeological dig is marked with the date of 1780...
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Who originated the annual New York Wire Factory Whistle concert?
More neat stuff below: War Mothers marker/WWII at Dachau/Best of blogs With the news that the New York Wire Factory Whistle Concert is moving to Metso, one might wonder how the annual Christmas Eve...
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A tow plow? One can only hope it never comes your way: Linked in to York...
Avalong’s weathervane/BMY/Martin-Parry It’s called a tow plow, and it plows two lanes of highway in one trip. And one can only hope that it doesn’t break lose and come your way. It was at work during...
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Doomed Avalong barn indicative of York County’s eroding sense of place. The...
Readers in great numbers are lamenting the planned loss of the old Meadowbrook barn, also known as the Avalong farm barn, at Whiteford and Mount Zion roads. The barn is best known as the site of the...
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New York Wire factory whistle commentary delivered to readers via Google+
New York Wire is reportedly closing, and it’s too early to tell about the fate of its old factory whistle, instrument used for the annual Christmas concert. But if the concert is no more, will you...
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When frogs and birds invaded a York history exhibit: Linked in with neat York...
Posted below: Detter’s Mill/Bill Simpson’s legacy/Camp Security The ‘Fanciful World of Adam Pfaltzgraff.’ Indeed. Where else but York County, Pa., would a menagerie of backyard animal sculptures with...
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Anyone remember the swimming pool owned by Glady of Stewartstown? Linked in...
For years, the openings and closing of community pools have attracted interest. York’s Farquhar Park pool, long replaced by the Y’s Graham Aquatic Center, is one. Relatives of the owner of Glady’s...
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Pfaltzgraff afficionados grab up legacy pottery pieces, fund archives
Thousands of Pfaltzgraff pieces went on sale Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Agricultural & Industrial Museum in York. Droves of shoppers sorted through 13,000 pieces of various Pfaltzgraff...
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