OHFAIRFI-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: [OHFAIRFI-L] LANCASTER PHOTOS, LABOR STATS, ATLAS > Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:45:35 -0400 > From: "Paul F. Wilson" <pwilson@methodist.edu> > To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Friends, > > When I was visiting Lancaster two years ago, there was a store on Main > > Street that sold 8 X 10" photos of Lancaster scenes that I believe > were from > the newspaper archives. Does anyone know if that store is still in > existence? I will be in Lancaster in August and wanted to purchase > some. > > I have a newspaper clipping from the Eagle-Gazette dated 1956. It is > from > Juanita Grant's "News Taken for Grant-ed" column. It gives a > description of > downtown Lancaster in the year 1903, naming all of the businesses, > etc. I > plan to put this article on my webpage but wanted to let others know > about > it. > > I also have a copy of the "Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of > Labor > Statistics to the 70th General Assembly of the State of Ohio for the > Year > 1892" which was given to me this year. It has very interesting data > on jobs > and salaries. So, if your ancestor was a hod carrier or a > stonedresser or a > poke-in boy, you can get an idea what kind of hours they worked and > wages > they earned. I will be happy to share any information and will donate > the > book to the Fairfield County District Library if they'd like it. > > Does anyone know if there are any plans to reprint the 1875 > Combination > Atlas Map of Fairfield County? > > Sheila Rider > visit the Philipp/Phillips Family Webpage > www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4585 Sheila Rider, I can't answer your question about, "Does anyone know if there are any plans to reprint the 1875 Combination Atlas Map of Fairfield County?", but do you know approximately when you'll have 1) "News Taken for Grant-ed" and 2) "Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to the 70th General Assembly of the State of Ohio for the Year 1892" posted? dmf