Lancaster High School Aerial - 1983 - Lancaster SC Photos

What an amazing image!

Four schools can be seen in this 1983 aerial photograph. At bottom left is Rice School. At middle left above Rice is the vocational school. At center right is Lancaster High School and to the top right is North Elementary.

What else do you see in this image?

(Photo by Lavoy Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)

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Lancaster High School Football Field Construction - 1966 - Lancaster SC Photos

Lancaster High's football field can be seen under construction in this December 1966 photograph. At left is North Elementary, formerly, North Junior High. 

If you look closely, you can see there is no LHS baseball field, Arby's or Lancaster Square. 

At top right is the former Lancaster High School and track beside it. 

(Photo by Lavoy Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)

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Lancaster High School and Downtown - 1966 - Lancaster SC Photos

Lancaster High School, center, and downtown are seen in December of 1966. Also seen are Rice School (to the right of LHS) and The Lancaster Career Center (far right edge).

If you look closely towards downtown, you can see the former First Presbyterian Church and the water tower that sat beside the courthouse.

The track that is seen beside LHS is where the present-day high school is located.

This aerial photograph was made while flying fairly low over the current-day Chick-fil-A location.

Yes, we are in awe of this picture. One of the best aerials we've ever seen.

Lavoy Bauknight pulled off a lot of incredible aerials back in the day. He was a pilot and he could get the plane exactly where he wanted instead of trying to explain to a pilot where he needed to be.

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Lancaster High School - 1965 - Lancaster SC

The former Lancaster High School (center right) is seen in this Jan. 1965 aerial photograph facing north. Rice School can be seen below the high school to the left.

The present day vocational school (location to left of track) has not been built yet.

At bottom of image are houses along Normandy Dr.

The LHS baseball field and North Elementary have not been constructed yet, as seen in top of photo.

(Photo by Lee Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)

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Lancaster High School - 1965 - Lancaster SC

The former Lancaster High School (now the Wylie St. Pool) is seen at the intersection of Wylie and York streets in January of 1965.

By this time, the newer Lancaster High School, which was demolished in 1993, was being used as the high school.

Calvary Baptist Church can be seen at left while Meeting St. can be seen above the football field.


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Lancaster High School - 1960 - Lancaster SC

The former Lancaster High School is seen in May of 1960. The building was located near the intersection of French and Catawba streets. The groundbreaking took place in the summer of 1955. The school opened in the fall of 1956. It cost just $427,000.00 to build the 57,000-square-ft. school. The structure was torn down in 1993 to make way for today's Lancaster High School. (Photo by Lavoy Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)

LHS Majorettes - 1964 - Lancaster SC

The Lancaster High School Letter Girls and Majorettes pose as Director Susan Connelly looks on at the LHS football field in July 1964. The field was located across the street from Calvary Baptist Church on Wylie St. (Photo by Lee Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)

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Lancaster High School Homecoming - 1966 - Lancaster SC

October 1966-Lancaster High Homecoming at the LHS vs Sumter football game. Ben Watkins is seen at right. (Photo by Lee Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)

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Lancaster High School Aerial - 1973 - Lancaster SC

Woodland Dr.is under construction and there are no fast food restaurants on North Main St. in this March 1973 photograph of Lancaster High School, looking north. Look closely, and you'll see a road under construction that extended Stadium Dr. out to Woodland Dr.That extension is not there today. This is a great image to download and zoom in on. (Photo by Lavoy Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography) 

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LHS Footbal Stadium Construction - Lancaster SC - 1966

Construction of the new Lancaster High School football stadium is seen in Dec. of 1966. North Junior High School, now North Elementary is seen at left side of the image. (Photo by Lee Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography) 

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Lancaster High School Football Program - 1963

The game program for the Lancaster-Rock Hill game, played on Oct. 18, 1963 in Lancaster. The team was known as The Hurricanes instead of The Bruins at the time and coached by Wade Corn. (Image on File with Travis Bell Photography) 

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Lancaster High School Cheerleading Squad - 1954

The Lancaster High School cheerleading squad poses on Oct. 18, 1954. The popularity of cheerleading skyrocketed around the country in the 1950s, with squads wearing more matching outfits and placing letters on their sweaters. An older style field goal and farm building can be seen in the background. (Photo by Lavoy Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography) 

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Lancaster High School Majorettes - 1950s

The Lancaster High School Majorettes pose in the late 1950s at Roach Stewart Field behind the former Lancaster High Schoool. (Photo by Lavoy Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)


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Lancaster High School Band Room - Ben Watkins Office - Lancaster SC - 1970

A fisheye view of band director Ben Watkins' office seen during a tour of the new band room following a dedication of the building in August of 1970. Watkins oversaw the LHS band from 1948 to 1981. (Photo by Lee Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography) 

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Lancaster High School and Lancaster Square Aerial - Lancaster SC - 1965

An aerial view of the former Lancaster High School and current day Lancaster Square. The by-pass can be seen in this image at top under construction. 

The groundbreaking for the school was in the summer of 1955 with the opening in the fall of 1956. It cost just $427,000.00 to build the 57,000 sq. ft. building.

It was torn down in 1993 to make way for the new high school. (Photo by Lavoy Studio/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography) 

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