This is a bright orange nineteenth-century business card for George Roch (1852-1913). A number of directories list him as a music teacher or musician, usually with an address in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, rather than Lebanon. John H. Long (1850-1925) was a carpenter and organ manufacturer in Lebanon.
Prof. Geo. Roch,
Music Teacher and Tuner of Organs and Pianos,
at J. H. Long's Organ Factory,
Lebanon, Pa.
174 Instruments tuned between February 1, 1885, and September 7, 1885.
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Caption: "White Eagle Banjo Band, Lebanon, Pa. Harpel."
This is a real photo postcard of the twelve-member White Eagle Banjo Band, along with their five banjos, two guitars, one mandolin, and one bass.
The photo postcard is unused, with no message or address on the other side. It has an Azo stamp box design (with squares in all four corners) that suggests a time frame that may range from 1924 to 1949.
The band began performing by the late 1930s. The Lebanon Daily News, June 16, 1939, p. 17, included an advertisement that referred to the White Eagle Banjo Band as "Something New and Different. A Group of 12."
The Harrisburg Telegraph newspaper also mentioned a local appearance by the "White Eagle Banjo Band, of Lebanon, with dancing girls and acrobats" in its August 17, 1939, issue, p. 9.
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Caption on this postcard: "Making largest chain in the World, 3 3/16 in. Lebanon Chain Works, Lebanon, Pa." Number at lower right: "401,811."
Printed on the verso: "Harpel, Publisher, Lebanon, Pa. Printed in Great Britain."
Addressed on the other side to Mr. Theodore Jones, 5143 Keyser St., Philadelphia, Pa., and postmarked in Lebanon, Pa., on February 17, 1909.
Handwritten message: "Dear Theo., Do hope you will have a jolly good time on your Birthday. Sister."
The American Marine Engineer, July 1906, p. 28, discussed the Lebanon Chain Works and Eli Attwood, its president and general manager:
"The company operates its own foundry in which chain studs are made for heavy ship cables as well as all descriptions of light and heavy castings. They have also added a forging department and machine shop. This chain works became prominent when they secured the contract for the ship cables for the steamships Minnesota and Dakota. These cables were manufactured at the Lebanon shops under the personal supervision of Mr. Attwood; they were made from 3 3-16 inch iron. When completed they measured 6000 feet in length; each link weighed 165 pounds; the completed cables weighing nearly half a million pounds. In testing these chains they withstood a strain of 549,500 pounds, without fracturing a link or starting a weld, but breaking the jaw and feed of the testing machine.… The Lebanon Chain Works have been awarded many contracts for ship cables by the government for our battleships and cruisers as well as contracts placed through the Department of Commerce and Labor for the Lighthouse Department."
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A Victorian-era advertising trade card with an illustration of a girl holding some of the bounties of fall, including a bunch of grapes and an oak tree branch with leaves and acorns. There's no printing on this side of the card, but on the other side is an advertisement for H. G. Louser, Manufacturer and Dealer in Bicycles, Lebanon, Pa., 1892.
"G. No. 303."
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Seventeen of the twenty men in this image from a real photo postcard are holding glasses of beer. The keg in the middle of the crowd bears the name "Lebanon," which refers to the city that's the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
A handwritten name and address—"Samuel D. Watson, Rexmont, Pa."—and a year—"1912"—appear on the other side of the photo card, but there's no stamp, postmark, or message. Rexmont is now part of Cornwall, which is also located in Lebanon County.
A drinking photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.
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