Today's theme: Ephemera of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

This is a Plastichrome postcard that was published by Stel-Mar of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The photograph is copyright 1976 by Marshall Dussinger. The caption on the back states: "An Amish family on a Sunday afternoon. Living 'by the book', the Amish have retained the customs and beliefs of their ancestors."

I have a new job!

Today is my second day of work at Lancaster Newspapers Inc., which hired me to serve as sports editor for the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Sunday News and LancasterOnline. To mark the occasion, here are some links to previous Papergreat posts that featured content from Lancaster County.

• Card from Wayside Gospel Crusaders
• Postcard: County Alms and Asylum and this followup post
• Postcard: Religious sects of Lancaster County
• Crown Coal, J.W. Wolgemuth and Wenger Feeds
• Old receipt for Landis Stone Meal Company
• Newspaper clipping: Seven sons from Lancaster County family served during World War II
• 10 great Pennsylvania postcards from the 20th century
• Pennsylvania Dutch recipe for funeral pie (aka raisin pie)
• Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine: Schnitz and knepp recipe on old napkin
• Cooking up some calf's head soup, pawnhaas, tzitterli and streivlin
• Peering inside 1944's "Strange Fruit" by Lillian Smith (from L.B. Herr's Book Store)
• Illustrations of Pennsylvania's orphanages, circa 1880

And I have some new Lancaster-themed posts planned for this week, so stay tuned!