A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[rogruth]

I am not an expert on musical instruments, but some of those really do not look like cornets. I think that you blow into a cornet not beat on it!

You ought to know, J.S.

[Tom Dempsey]

Well, as I remember, most of the time I spit into mine, although, occasionally I'd beat on it a little out of shear frustration. My trumpet teacher suggested to my father that I probably ought to switch over to something that was played just with the fingers as "that kids got no lip".

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Home for the Friendless in Williamsport, PA

[Wolf]

I am not an expert on musical instruments, but some of those really do not look like cornets. I think that you blow into a cornet not beat on it!

You ought to know, J.S.

I would have had the same comment, but Bach beat me to it!
Plus some of those brass instruments have a too many crooks
and curliques in the wrong places from what I remember of cornets.

[rogruth]

What is a "Home for the Friendless"?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

What is a "Home for the Friendless"?

Homeless? Maybe that was the term for it back then.
That place looks dreadful, sad and forlorn but that must just be my imagination and the monochromatic atmosphere of the old photo, right?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What is a "Home for the Friendless"?

Homeless? Maybe that was the term for it back then.
That place looks dreadful, sad and forlorn but that must just be my imagination and the monochromatic atmosphere of the old photo, right?

I suspect an orphanage and you can see with some strining of the eyes small figures on the porch and what might be an adult.

Gloomy photo but that might be age and our current expectation of everything being in color

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Grand View Heights, Pen Mar, Pa

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Color is good. Color is happy. Color is cheerful.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Color is good. Color is happy. Color is cheerful.

Some of the cards that I have posted were re-issued in colorized formats. I'd still like to locate copies of the original b&w photo cards as they usually are far sharper in image quality.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Both are enjoyable, of course. Collectively, they are a very pleasant place to share perspectives .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Both are enjoyable, of course. Collectively, they are a very pleasant place to share perspectives .

Indeed, they are also learning resource.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Imperial Hotel, Pen Mar, Pa

[healey36]

Home for the Friendless in Williamsport, PA

Presumably bankrupted by Facebook...

At Pen Mar's peak (no pun intended) there were over three hundred small hotels and boarding houses located in and around the community (excluding the massive Blue Mountain House, Buena Vista and Monterey Hotels). With some effort I suspect one could find photo's and/or postcards of most of them.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

At Pen Mar's peak (no pun intended) there were over three hundred small hotels and boarding houses located in and around the community (excluding the massive Blue Mountain House, Buena Vista and Monterey Hotels). With some effort I suspect one could find photo's and/or postcards of most of them.

I shall look into this and see what I can dredge up -- I know I posted several photos of the trolley lines and surroundings, somewhere on MTJ.