John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.728

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Hile a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was born. She is a student at Indiana State Normal School.
    Politically, Mr. Hile is a Republican. He holds membership in the Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Johnstown, Knights of Pythias and Royal Arcanum. He is an excellent citizen and well liked.

    Deck Lane, of Ebensburg, is widely known as a successful artist and photographer. He was born in Potter County, Pa., July 21, 1878, and is the son of Reuben and Phoebe Lane.
    Reuben Lane, deceased, was a veteran of the Civil war. He was born in Boston, Mass., and spent a great deal of his life there, where he was employed as a boot and shoe maker. He later lived in Potter County, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Lane, deceased, were the parents of nine children, two of whom are living: Deck, the subject of this sketch; and Minnie, married Robert Don Lewis, lives at Bradford, Pa.
    Deck Lane spent his boyhood in Potter County and attended the public schools of Bradford and Pike, N. Y. He spent a short time in Buffalo, N. Y., and in 1901 removed to Ebensburg, where he was employed in the Metropolitan Hotel. He went to Johnstown, where he remained a short time. In 1908 he started in the photographing business in Ebensburg, without apprenticeship and without opposition. He had no studio and was uneducated in the arts of exposure, printing and developing, manipulating a cheap box kodak. A short time later he secured a 5x7 camera and went about making local pictures of scenic interest and experimenting with portraiture with a fair degree of success. His developing was done in the cellar of his home and his printing in the kitchen. He soon opened a modest studio and about 1918 moved to his present location, where he has been doing a business on a scale so extensive as to be almost unbelievable to some, considering the size of the town in which he is located and the modest beginning back in 1908. He employs from four to six persons in his studio.
    In 1904 Mr. Lane was united in marriage with Miss Emily J. Jones, a daughter of Robert R. and Jane Jones, of Ebensburg.
    Mr. Lane is a thirty-second degree Mason, Ebensburg Blue Lodge No. 312, and the Shrine at Altoona, Pa. He is also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He is

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728	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
Hile a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was born. She is a student at Indiana State Normal School. Politically, Mr. Hile is a Republican. He holds membership in the Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Johnstown, Knights of Pythias and Royal Arcanum. He is an excellent citizen and well liked. Deck Lane, of Ebensburg, is widely known as a successful artist and photographer. He was born in Potter County, Pa., July 21, 1878, and is the son of Reuben and Phoebe Lane. Reuben Lane, deceased, was a veteran of the Civil war. He was born in Boston, Mass., and spent a great deal of his life there, where he was employed as a boot and shoe maker. He later lived in Potter County, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Lane, deceased, were the parents of nine children, two of whom are living: Deck, the subject of this sketch; and Minnie, married Robert Don Lewis, lives at Bradford, Pa. Deck Lane spent his boyhood in Potter County and attended the public schools of Bradford and Pike, N. Y. He spent a short time in Buffalo, N. Y., and in 1901 removed to Ebensburg, where he was employed in the Metropolitan Hotel. He went to Johnstown, where he remained a short time. In 1908 he started in the photographing business in Ebensburg, without apprenticeship and without opposition. He had no studio and was uneducated in the arts of exposure, printing and developing, manipulating a cheap box kodak. A short time later he secured a 5x7 camera and went about making local pictures of scenic interest and experimenting with portraiture with a fair degree of success. His developing was done in the cellar of his home and his printing in the kitchen. He soon opened a modest studio and about 1918 moved to his present location, where he has been doing a business on a scale so extensive as to be almost unbelievable to some, considering the size of the town in which he is located and the modest beginning back in 1908. He employs from four to six persons in his studio. In 1904 Mr. Lane was united in marriage with Miss Emily J. Jones, a daughter of Robert R. and Jane Jones, of Ebensburg. Mr. Lane is a thirty-second degree Mason, Ebensburg Blue Lodge No. 312, and the Shrine at Altoona, Pa. He is also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He is