Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1923

Charter Night

On April 17, 1923, the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer dedicated an entire special edition to the chartering of the Lancaster Lions Club — one of the earliest Lions Clubs in the United States. These are the original pages from that historic night.

Original newspaper pages from the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer · April 17, 1923

Lancaster Daily Intelligencer front page — April 17, 1923 — Lancaster Lions Receive Charter Tonight

Front Page — April 17, 1923 · Lancaster Daily Intelligencer

Lancaster Daily Intelligencer 1923 — charter edition page showing founding member portraits and community advertisements

Charter Edition — Founding Members & Community Greetings

Lancaster Daily Intelligencer 1923 — Lions Club charter edition page with member portraits and local business ads

Charter Edition — Member Portraits & Local Businesses

Lancaster Daily Intelligencer 1923 — Lions Club charter edition page with additional member portraits and congratulations

Charter Edition — Congratulations to the Lions Club

Historic Archive

Early Club Photographs

A rare glimpse into the early decades of the Lancaster Lions Club — community events, service work, and the members who built our foundation.

Original 1923 International Association of Lions Clubs charter document for The Lions Club of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, bearing the official seal and signatures of all charter members — Original Charter Document — The Lions Club of Lancaster, Pennsylvania · 1923

Large group of Lancaster Lions Club founding members posed outside in formal 1920s attire — Lancaster Lions Club founding members — circa 1923

Lancaster Lions Club banquet hall filled with members dining under a Lions "L" emblem banner — Early Lions Club banquet — the "L" emblem hangs proudly overhead

Large indoor community gathering with adults and children, Lions Club community event circa 1923 — Lions Club community gathering — families and children welcomed

Four men with guide dogs outside the Lancaster County Branch of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind — Lancaster County Branch — Pennsylvania Association for the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind handiwork shop with customers browsing baskets and crafts made by blind artisans — American Foundation for the Blind — blind handiwork bazaar

Two men with guide dogs boarding a Rocky Springs bus, Lancaster Pennsylvania — Lions-supported guide dog program — Rocky Springs bus, Lancaster

Six Lancaster Lions Club members posing with bowling balls at the Ruppert-Brunswick Trophy lanes — Lions Club bowling team — Ruppert-Brunswick Trophy

The Lancaster Lions Club was chartered on April 17, 1923 and has served the Lancaster, Pennsylvania community for over a century. These photographs and newspaper pages are preserved as a testament to the founding members who started it all.