This collection contains records of the Wheatland Diner, including correspondence, advertising, menu, recipe cards, blueprints and documents for the sale of the property. Newspaper articles report the plan for and delivery of the diner ,fires, 1956 fatal accident, problems with teenage customers and the sale of the property.
Long's Park Amphitheater Foundation, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
One of two metal signs from the exterior of the Tally Ho Tavern, 201 West Orange St., Lancaster, PA. Each sign reads "TALLY HO" in large red block letters on white background.
See also 2023.020.002
Date Range
Circa 2020
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
South Wall
Object Name
Sign, Trade
Height (cm)
21.59
Height (ft)
0.7083333333
Height (in)
8.5
Length (cm)
152.4
Length (ft)
5
Length (in)
60
Object ID
2023.020.001
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
One of two metal signs from the exterior of the Tally Ho Tavern, 201 West Orange St., Lancaster, PA. Each sign reads "TALLY HO" in large red block letters on white background.
See also 2023.020.001
Date Range
Circa 2020
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
South Wall
Object Name
Sign, Trade
Height (cm)
21.59
Height (ft)
0.7083333333
Height (in)
8.5
Length (cm)
152.4
Length (ft)
5
Length (in)
60
Object ID
2023.020.002
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Bronze maquette or statuette of the Henry Norwood "Barney" Ewell statue dedicated 11/19/2022 in Ewell Plaza, Lancaster City. Statue and Statuette is of Ewell in a running stance; created by sculptor Chad Fisher of York County. Includes brass label plate.
Date Range
2022
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 30
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Object Name
Maquette
Object ID
2023.050.001
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Printed by and for Oli. Nelson, at Milton's Head in Skinner-Row,
Date of Publication
1741-1350 [i.e. 1750?]
Physical Description
3 volumes ; 32 cm
Notes
"Published with notes and references, and two tables to each volume; one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters: by his son William Peere Williams, of the Inner Temple, Esq."
The article surveys the following topics: The purchasing of tobacco by agents; warehouse architecture; the sorting and packing that took place in the warehouses; and some of the companies and their owners who built the warehouses.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 4 (2020), p. 210-245Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.4
The article describes how congressman Griest , for whom the Griest building in Lancaster is named, advocated for Lancaster County's tobacco industry by arguing against the removal of tariffs on cheap Philippines tobacco and by acquiring federal funding to raise the national profile of Lancaster County's tobacco industry.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 4 (2020), p. 248-277Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.4