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Grand Excursion and Picnic Ticket, Penryn Park, July 25, 1900

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 04:18:04 +0000

In 1900, the Sunday schools of churches in Landisville and Salunga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, organized a trip to Penryn Park, a trolley park that was located about eighteen miles away near Cornwall in Lebanon County (YMCA Camp Shand, a children's summer camp, occupies the park site today).

Grand Excursion and Picnic

By Landisville and Salunga Sunday-schools, Wednesday, July 25, 1900, Penryn Park.

Adults' ticket, 45 cents.

Pluck Print.

Steamboat Ticket, Excursion to Fort Madison, Iowa, June 29, 1907

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 22:48:53 +0000

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"Excursion to Ft. Madison, given by Benevolent Union. Steamer W. W. Saturday, June 29, 1907. Adults, 50c."

Pennsylvania Railroad Centennial Excursion, Columbia to Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 14, 1876

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:10:52 +0000

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"Pennsylvania Railroad. Centennial Excursion. Under the auspices of Putnam Circle, No. 113, B.U. (H.F.) of Pa. Columbia to Philadelphia and return. On Saturday, October 14, 1876 . Tickets, $2.00. 1."

As Wikipedia explains, the Centennial Exposition "was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia." It was "the first official World's Fair in the United States."

The organization sponsoring the rail excursion--"Putnam Circle, No. 113, B.U. (H.F.) of Pa."--was a local chapter of the Brotherhood of the Union (Holy Flame) of the Continent of America. Founded in 1850 by author and labor organizer George Lippard, the Brotherhood was "a secret benevolent society aiming to eliminate poverty and crime by removing the social ills causing them."

Putnam Circle, No. 113, was organized in Columbia on February 10, 1875, and had sixty members by 1883, according to the History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans (Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1883), p. 581. Columbia is located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about ninety miles west of Philadelphia.

En Stockholmsutflykt

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:27:31 +0000

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Google translates "En Stockholmsutflykt" as "A Stockholm Excursion," and Strömparterren is a park in Stockholm, but I'm not sure why this postcard shows Mary Poppins' brother coming in for a landing.

Railroad Ticket for Excursion to Hershey Park, July 7, 1917

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 03:22:45 +0000

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"Richland and Newmanstown Joint Sunday Schools' excursion to Hershey Park, Saturday, July 7, 1917. Richland, Pa., adult's ticket, 65 cts. Special train leaves Sheridan at 8:00 a.m., Richland at 8:05. Returning, leave Hershey 8:15 p.m."