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Photos and stories about the rich history of The Reporter's coverage area. Readers are encouraged to submit their own stories and photos for this blog and the weekly Remember When feature in The Reporter, which runs on Mondays. Contact us by email at citydesk@thereporteronline.com, or write us at 307 Derstine Avenue, Lansdale, PA 19446 for details.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Getting around

This coming Wednesday, The Reporter will publish a special section titled “Remember When ... Looking Back at the Transportation Revolution.”
So we thought it would be fun, as a precursor to Wednesday’s special section, to feature another form of transportation.
These photos, submitted by Dan Albright, both spotlight a beloved mode of travel, the horse. Well, in one case, a pony.


The shot with the horse features Horace F. Weachter, who was Lansdale’s streets and park supervisor. Albright said it probably was taken in the 1930s, and that the photo most likely was taken on Railroad Avenue, near Main Street, Lansdale.


The other photo shows Robert Albright, who then lived on Woodland Drive in Lansdale.
It was taken about 1948, and Albright said the photographer would come to grade schools and homes in Lansdale and take pictures featuring children on the pony with, obviously, the hope that parents would then buy the photos.
So now we hope you all are primed for Wednesday’s special section, filled with stories and photos that will help you “remember when...”

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