Category Archives: hotels

York’s downtown hotels

Posted on October 18, 2011 by june lloyd

I came across a brochure and York City street map put out by the York Chamber of Commerce featuring photos and information on the city’s four leading hotels. The map is dated 1945, but judging by some of the cars, … 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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York Progressive Dinner Progressed Along Tracks

Posted on January 14, 2009 by june lloyd

The March 18, 1908 York Gazette shows that Yorkers could eat with the best of them, traveling from one menu to another by trolley. Progressive dinners were evidently in vogue at that time. The article relates that 12 couples thought … Continue reading →

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Wrong Bullets in Gun Saves Yorkers

Posted on January 27, 2008 by june lloyd

An Earlier View of Market and Beaver Streets by William Wagner with National House on Left. I recently wrote about a rowdy York citizen swinging a Civil War cavalry sword around a local cigar store in 1877. Click here to … Continue reading →

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