Purchasing a colored phone back then was a big deal and so was getting a second phone for the kitchen (See the marketing poster at bottom left).
The Home Show was an opportunity for locals to view the latest products from businesses like Friedman's Jewelers, BC Moore, and Belk.
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Boy Scouts pose for a picture while cleaning up Buckelew Park in June of 1955. See anyone you know?
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Can you find the high-dive board?
Thousands of amazing leaps, flips and cannonballs were made off this board.
Here, city workers prepare the Market St. pool for opening in May of 1961. Many Lancaster children got their swimming lessons at this pool, which opened in 1953 at the intersection of Market St. and Chesterfield Ave.
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Who could go for a brown derby from the Dairy Mart right now?
Here's one being made in 1994 at the popular walk-up ice cream shop, which was located near 200 N. Main St., where the former Rite-Aid building stands, current day.
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The image is part of the Wall of Fame, which celebrates some of Lancaster's famous natives. Duke walked on the moon in April of 1972.
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Workers surround the Apollo 16 lunar capsule (also known as "Casper") while cleaning out its case at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.
Following a break in routine maintenance because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum is sprucing up the antique spaceship before events marking the 50th anniversary of its flight to the moon in 1972. (Image provided by NASA)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Apollo 16 capsule is dusty all these decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon. Cobwebs cling to the spacecraft. Business cards, a pencil, money, a spoon and even a tube of lip balm litter the floor of the giant case that protects the space antique in a museum.
The COVID-19 pandemic meant a break in the normal routine of cleaning the ship's display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, located near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. But workers are sprucing up the spacecraft for the 50th anniversary of its April 1972 flight.
Workers begin repair on the awning at J.C. Harris Furniture Co. on the 100 block of S. Main St. on July 20, 1953.
At left is J.C. Edwards Groceries, Hardware and Coal. Heading down Main, looking south is Goodyear Tire, Robinson Cloud, Moore's, Parr Theater and more.
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The economic boom of the 1950s following WW2 was some of the largest growth the world had ever seen. Towns all across the country were expanding roads, building schools and creating new neighborhoods in a response to the new economy.
This classic photograph was created near the intersection of Meeting and French streets.
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Wow! Things sure do look different today on North Main St. compared to this 1955 photograph.
Here, a man looks over the city's road widening project as cars head south on Main. As a reference, today's First Presbyterian Church is located near the tall tower on the hill seen to the right of the white house.
The area of large trees seen down the hill at right is the property where today's First A.R.P. Church is located. In 1955, roads were being widened all over the country in response to the economic boom following WW2.
(Photo by Lee Studio/The Lancaster Archive/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)
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Workers tear down a wall in preparation for the construction of JCPenney as the Williams Drug building is seen above on July 15, 1954.
At top left is the former U.S. Post office on Main St.
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A lineman installs bulbs into the new, Main St. lights on Sept. 10, 1954 on The Springs Block near Macks Five and Dime store. The modern lights replaced the older bare bulb lights.
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This building on Catawba St. is now home of the Lancaster County School District.
Back in 1959, it was Winn Dixie.
Here, employees pose for a group portrait for a promotional photograph on April 24th of that year.
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We can't imagine how many cakes, cookies and pastries were made in this oven over the years. It almost looks big enough to put a kitchen in.
Here, Buck Hinson poses in the back area of The Lancaster Bakery on July 6, 1955. The business was popular any day it was open and also became a Saturday tradition for Lancaster residents.
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Lancaster Bakery owner D.B. Courtney hands a bag of desserts to a customer on July 6, 1955.
Courtney's shop was so popular, it became a Saturday tradition for thousands of residents. Courtney and his staff also made amazing cakes for social events and parties. What was your favorite dessert from the bakery?
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Parr Theater employees pose for a promotional photograph inside the lobby on Sept. 12, 1952.
The theater, owned by George Parr, entertained children and adults for years with news clips, full-feature movies and serials.
At right is Danny Helms. He started popping corn at Parr when he was 13 years old.
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