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“This won’t hurt a bit.” I’m sure those words of comfort were spoken as Nurse Landis, overseen by Dr. Stephen Lockey Jr., administered a polio vaccine shot to this youngster sometime around 1955. Dr. Lockey was a pioneer in the field of allergy and immunology who began his 51 year medical career as an intern […]
Read MoreWith the inauguration of 46th President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Wednesday, January 20, much attention has been turned to learning the history of previous American presidents. Former President James Buchanan is no exception. Much attention, specifically, has been turned to the fact that Biden joins Buchanan as the second president to have been born […]
Read MoreThis Program Brought To You By: Armstrong Cork Company & The Programs and Personalities of Classic Television Written by James McMahon, Ph.D. Posted by Emily Miller My name is James McMahon and for the past year I have been working as a project archivist for LancasterHistory. My responsibilities include cataloguing and digitizing a vast collection […]
Read MoreThis Program Brought To You By: Armstrong Cork Company & the Golden Age of Television Written by James McMahon, Ph.D. Posted by Emily Miller My name is James McMahon, and for the past several months I have been working as a project archivist for LancasterHistory. My responsibilities include cataloguing and digitizing a vast collection of […]
Read MoreThis Program Brought To You By: Armstrong Cork Company and the Golden Age of Radio Written by James McMahon, Ph.D. Posted by Emily Miller My name is James McMahon, and for the past several months I have been working as a project archivist for LancasterHistory. My responsibilities include cataloguing and digitizing a vast collection of […]
Read MoreArmstrong, Australia, and the US Navy Goodwill Tour of 1925 Written by James McMahon, Ph.D. Posted by Emily Miller My name is James McMahon and for the past few months I have been working as a project archivist for LancasterHistory. My responsibilities include cataloguing and digitizing a vast collection of archival materials that document the […]
Read MoreWritten by James McMahon, Ph.D. Posted by Emily Miller My name is James McMahon and for the past few months I have been working as a project archivist for LancasterHistory. My responsibilities include cataloging and digitizing a vast collection of archival materials that document the significant role of the cork industry in the local economy. […]
Read MoreFrom Portugal to Lancaster and Around the World with Dodge Cork Written by James McMahon, Ph.D. Posted by Emily Miller My name is James McMahon and for the past few months I have been working as a project archivist for LancasterHistory. My responsibilities include cataloging and digitizing a vast collection of archival materials that document […]
Read MoreHow Lancaster Dealt with the 1918 Pandemic There are striking similarities and dramatic differences in how the influenza epidemic was dealt with in 1918 and how we are doing it today. We learned from mistakes made 102 years ago, but many things have parallels to today. The following are a few examples found in Lancaster […]
Read MoreOh, the Stories of Objects Left Behind… and Lost in Time Upon entering President James Buchanan’s Wheatland, one experiences the mansion quite similarly to what Mr. Buchanan experienced. The mansion itself had very little interior structural changes over its life, save for changes such as the installation of a bathroom and a dumbwaiter system during […]
Read MoreEarl Rebman’s scrap drive accumulated 1,000 tons for the war effort on September 13, 1942.