Category Archives: celebrations

Happy New Year with More Century-old Postcards

Posted on December 19, 2011 by june lloyd

I hope you all have the best New Year ever. Here a few more of the popular New Year’s postcards from the beginning of the last century. They are from the Library/Archives collections at York County Heritage Trust. Assistant Librarian … Continue reading →

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Old New Year’s Postcards from York County Heritage Trust

Posted on December 15, 2011 by june lloyd

Over the years folks have donated thousands of postcards to the York County Heritage Trust Library. Many are the scenic type, depicting local towns or specific buildings. The collection also has a large number of the holiday type, sent like … Continue reading →

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A Mid-Twentieth Century York Wedding

Posted on January 27, 2011 by june lloyd

Weddings can be big and elaborate or small and intimate. They can be in a church, a home or outdoors. At one time couples would often be married privately in the church parsonage, with only the pastor’s wife as a … Continue reading →

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York, England Visitors Spent “Happiest 10 Days of Our Lives” in York, Pennsylvania

Posted on January 17, 2011 by june lloyd

A previous post included my York Sunday News column on the “royal” reception given to Alderman Henry Rhodes Brown and his wife, Clara, during the 150th Anniversary celebration of Congress meeting here in York. Brown, a former Lord Mayor of … Continue reading →

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York Opens Arms to British Guests in 1927

Posted on December 1, 2010 by june lloyd

Browns of York, England welcomed to Pennsylvania You just never know when new information comes to light. Just recently the York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives was contacted by a descendant Henry Rhodes Brown, twice Lord Mayor of York, England. The … Continue reading →

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