Category Archives: York Safe & Lock

York Safe & Lock: If you have a locked safe, how do you get it open?

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Jim McClure

Auctioneer and appraiser answers two questions about York Safe & Lock safes: How do I open a locked safe and how do I find the combination to a safe.

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York Safe & Lock: How can I find information on my York-made safe?

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Jim McClure

York County auctioneer is expert on York Safe & Lock safes, locks and vaults.

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Part II: Linden Avenue interesting mix of residential, industrial

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Jim McClure

This aerial view shows the Casket Division of York-Hoover Corporation in the late 1950s. Three buildings from the complex at 700 Linden Ave., York, have been renamed Linden Lofts and repurposed to house dozens of apartment units. This complex is … Continue reading →

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Unusual artifacts in area museums, hog troughs and such: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, July 5, 2012

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Jim McClure

This Yorktownsquare.com post covers Laucks family/James Smith’s grave/Mermaids in Susquehanna, plus unsung museums around York County.

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Common question: How do I crack my York Safe & Lock safe?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Jim McClure

York, Pa.’s artisan Othmar Carli stands before one of his restoration projects – a 5,000-pound steel safe. The safe is one of many York Safe & Lock-made vaults dotting York County and the world. The old safes continue to attract … Continue reading →

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Old plow aids in planting of new Glen Rock museum: Linked in with neat history stuff, Feb. 1, 2012

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jim McClure

Here’s the history of the recently opened historical museum in southern York County’s Glen Rock, according to borough historian John Huffnagel: ‘During the Sesquicentennial, Harold Fritz brought a plow made in Glen Rock in the 1880s into Sesquicentennial Headquarters for … Continue reading →

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Part II: Rex/Laurel, one of four York, Pa., operating fire stations, built a dozen years after Civil War

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Jim McClure

Cracks above and surrounding the V-shaped frame above the door in the Rex part of the Rex/Laurel Fire Station in York concern city fire officials. The cracks are visible to the eye, although not in this photograph. That’s David Michaels, … Continue reading →

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York County farm/factory photos on federal website: ‘I was mesmerized by what the site contains’

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Jim McClure

This 1939 photograph shows a typical farm scene in York County in 1939. It comes from the camera of Marion Post Wolcott and can be found in the Library of Congress’ Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information collection along with … Continue reading →

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About Jacob Devers’ boyhood home in York: ‘It is a shame the home is almost as overlooked … as the general is in the history books’

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Jim McClure

York, Pa., native and four-star General Jacob L. Devers’ boyhood home is for rent. The home, highlighted by a historical marker, stands along Roosevelt Avenue. (See photos of that marker and another below.) Also of interest: Book gives positive view … Continue reading →

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Part II: Is York County’s Lauxmont pronounced Loucks-mont or Low-mont?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Jim McClure

This view of Lauxmont, originally developed as York County, Pa., industrialist S. Forry Laucks’ summer estate, came from the camera of Ted Taylor, as part of York County Camera Club competition in 2009. Also of interestmo: With hot controversy cooled, … Continue reading →

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