Photos
An attempt has been made to group the photos on this page into categories and with some chronological order. Scroll down the page or click on the desired category or time period.
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Bygone Days - tents
The family-built dwellings are referred to as tents. The older tents had no electricity and no water. Curtains hung over the bedroom doors and windows. Sawdust covered the dirt floors
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This photo is of the kitchen of the old Robinson tent in the 1960s. The wood stove had been replaced with a propane stove and the ice box had been replaced with an electric refrigerator. The kitchen still had the dirt floor, no running water. and a single electrical light dangling from the ceiling., For additional light and ventilation, wooden windows would be opened during the day and closed each night.
The tent of Alma Horton and Mary Love
The Draper tent
The Robinson tent
Bygone Days - Church building
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Although electricity and propane heat had been added. the church building structure remained unchanged from its construction in 1887 until 1959. The one room facility had 8 windows and 4 doors.
In 1959, the addition of a Sunday School annex to the east side of the church building, provided three Sunday School rooms for children and youth. Prior to that, these would have their lessons in the corner of the sacturary, near a heater during the winter. In warmer weather, they would meet in the hallway of a tent or if windy, they would seat in a car. The adults used the sacturary for their Sunday School class.
In this photo from 1957, the original painted wood boards of the wall can be seen behind the pulpit.
In this photo from May 1960, the doors to the Sunday School annex can be seen, as well a solid sheet material covering the wood board walls. The old pews remain.
The 2 doors at the church front were replaced with a single entrance and porch in the 1960s. The fellowship hall was added to the back in 1978.
Bygone Days - Dinner on the Ground
"Dinner on the ground" was common at rural church events in earlier years. At Old Lebanon, on such occasions, tables would be moved from the vacant tents to the shade of trees at the back of the church. This tradition at the annual Memorial Day in May continued at Old Lebanon until the addition of the fellowship hall in 1978. Today, people prefer the convenience and comfort of the air conditioned indoors to sharing lunch with yellow jackets and other insects.
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Bygone Days - People 1950s
August 1959
1957 at spring
1957
1957
August 1959
Bygone Days - People 1960s
Modern Times - Campmeeting
2001
2001 - Gathering at the wading pool
2008 - Worrell family signing at Saturday night Service
2012 - Wildlife adventures
August 2005 - These were the last boys to climb this tree which had stood for generations. The tree succumbed to the winds of Hurricane Katrina a few weeks after this photo was taken.
2013 - Davileen and Dominic Aquila.
Dr. Aquila served as Old Lebanon's supply pastor in the 1980s and preached several campmeetings after 2000.
2013 - Wednesday night fellowship meal is a campmeeting tradition.
2014 - Steven Szelmechzki leading in morning devotion.
2014- Childrens's special singing at night service as planned and directed by Brenda Szelmeczki
2006 - Young cousins getting acquainted at the wading pool.
2006 - Innovative camping behind the Richardson/Fortenberry tent.
2014 - The next generation of campers. Top - Fortenberry family
Bottom - Graff family
2014 - A game of "Steal the Bacon". This game has been played for generations on the campground.
MODERN TIMES - FALL FELLOWSHIP
2009
2013
2020
2021
Other - Spring
In 2001, Jane Hamby voiced a need to make an effort to restore the beauty of the area around the spring. With the passing of years without using the spring for drinking water, and the removal of some trees that had been destroyed by wind, the area around the spring no longer reflected the care given to it by previous generations. After Jane Hamby's death in January 2002, her husband John constructed a “meditation garden” at the spring as a memorial. He placed benches, stones with scripture, and built a bridge over the small stream below the spring
Other - Seasonal photos
The photos above were taken by Rev. Ray Lammers in 1984. The top photo later appeared on the cover of Union Gospel Sunday School quarterly.
