Picturesque miniature village depicts American history
Laurence Gieringer built Roadside America, a vast hand crafted miniature village near Hamburg, Pennsylvania, detailing early settler life, turn of the century PA, and modern scenes. The project began after a mountaintop dream, uses thousands of feet of lumber and thousands of small figures, and draws millions of visitors yearly.
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America
Sleepy Hollow
West
Shrine Church
Alps
Laurence Gieringer
Fairfield
Laurence
Lawrence Gieringer
Roadside America
Hamburg
Harrisburg
Allentown
Paul
Reading
Gieringer
Pennsylvania
Circuit Rider Travels 954 Miles Weekly To Reach Parish
Rev. E. V. Johnson, 33, former army chaplain, preaches weekly from Kansas City to Locust Grove Texas, making a 12 hour train trip to Canadian and a 16 mile car ride to his parish. He attends Central Baptist Theological Seminary Tuesday to Friday and returns Monday for classes. His weekly 954 mile journey is aided by a railroad pass as he leads Locust Grove toward building a church after serving Boswell Oklahoma prior to the army.
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Parish
Kansas City
E. V. Johnson
Inary
Locust Grove
Tex
Canadian
Sharon
Mary Vesta
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Boswell, Okla
Magnate rivals in baseball and golf clash over standings
The piece notes Bob Hope and Bing Crosby backing rival teams the Indians and Pirates while pursuing golf and media roles. It highlights Joe Gordon and Lou Boudreau for Cleveland, Crosby’s new Pittsburgh recruit Greenberg, and hints at spring training hopes amid cross sport camaraderie between the two magnates.
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Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Pirates
Indians
Hope
Magnate Crosby
Crosby
Pitt
Greenberg
Bob Feller
Lou Boudreau
Joe Gordon
Gordon
Cleveland
Red Sox
Cardinal Dodgers
Bing
West Coast
Bob
Cardinals
Dodgers
Cubs
Braves
Phillies
Giants
United States
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Russia
France
Italy
China
Japan
Germany
Britain
Sweden
Finland
British Isles
U. S
Normandy Plans Memorial by Leaving Beach Debris
Normandy officials decide to leave wrecked ships tanks and debris on the beaches as a war memorial honoring Allied troops who landed there to begin the invasion of Europe.
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France
Normandy
Europe
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Genuine
Paris
Smith Chev. Co
Alliance
Nebr
Pillow
Micmolson Supply CO
Harney
Omaha
Currie Windslill
Salina
Kansas
Carboady
Bonner Cedar CO
Sandpoint
Idaho
Sears New Styles
Leonard Fitch O
K. E. Lookabaugh
Bears Roebuck & Co
Lincoln
Nebraska
Schield Bantam Coo
Waverly
Wiedge and
Catalpa
Gus C. Kalbe
Wholesare Post Yard
Walnut
Dayton Film
Mepburn
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
C. G. Binderull
Ormer
Congress
Minden
Roscoe Mill
Roscoe Hill
Roscoe Hill Hatchery
BR St
Agpian
St. Joseph
Mads
McKesen Laboratories
Doan
Doans
WNU
Oyies Crantland Af Foc
Joe
Boudreau
Eagle Vs
Lion
Dai Rees
Rees
Hogan
Nelson
Normandy Beach
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South W
Ill St. Chicago
Jer
Kes
Fleischmann
Hal’s
Mer. Halamka
Castle
Sioux City
Martin
Fremont
Pathfinder
Columbus
Evans
Grand Island
Yancey
Harding
Des Moines
Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!