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Men of science from the Keystone State : address delivered before Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, May 20, 1914

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Author
Smith, Edgar Fahs.
Date of Publication
[1914].
Call Number
925 S646
Responsibility
by Edgar Fahs Smith.
Author
Smith, Edgar Fahs.
Place of Publication
S. l
Publisher
s. n.,
Date of Publication
[1914].
Physical Description
15 p. : 15 cm.
Subjects
Scientists - United States - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
925 S646
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The prize painting book, Good times

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/18074270
Author
Wheeler, Dora.
Date of Publication
c1881.
Responsibility
pictures by Dora Wheeler ; words by Candace Wheeler.
Author
Wheeler, Dora.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
White & Stokes, Publishers,
Date of Publication
c1881.
Physical Description
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes
The words are in verse.
Title page illustrated in colors; facing page with outline of the same design.
Some of the outline pages in the text are accompanied by the same illustration colored to serve as guides to the student.
Illustrations were colored in.
Subjects
Coloring books.
Additional Author
Wheeler, Candace,
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Lilliput Land : or, The children's peep-show

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2013
Date of Publication
[c. 1880]
Alternate Title
Lilliput land or, peep-show for the young.
Pleasure book for the young.
Responsibility
edited by the author of "Lilliput Levee" (William Brighty Rands).
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Baker, Pratt & Co.
Date of Publication
[c. 1880]
Physical Description
383 pages : illustrations (black and white) and music scores ; 25 cm
Notes
Inscribed: "Lillian M. Sprecher / bought at / South Bend, IN. Oct. 1881."
Contents
300 illustrations; contains index.
Subjects
Children's literature.
Literature - Collections.
Poetry.
Short stories.
Additional Author
Rands, William Brighty,
Additional Corporate Author
Baker, Pratt & Co.,
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Date of Publication
[1844]
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Date of Publication
[1844]
Physical Description
287 pages : 11 cm.
Notes
Publisher's binding of stamped cloth, with gilding on the spine.
Inscription on flyleaf: "Presented to Mrs. E. Kieffer" / "For Lanc. Hist. Soc. from great grandson Albert L. Kieffer 1974"
Transferred from Objects collection 2023. Former accession number: 1975.014.4
Subjects
Poetry - Collections
Flower language
Flowers in literature
Flowers - Poetry
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Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry, for the years 1908-1909

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry.
Date of Publication
1910
Call Number
674 P718
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co., state printer,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publication Frequency
Biennial
Dates of Publication
1905/06-1910/11.
Notes
Vol. for 1905/06 issued "together with suggestions concerning the present needs and the future policy of the Department, and papers upon subjects connected with Pennsylvania forestry."
Printer varies: 1908/09-1910/11 printed by C.E. Aughinbaugh.
Subjects
Forests and forestry - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
674 P718
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The border hearth, a legend of the Delaware Indians

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Author
Chandler, William.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
811 C455
Responsibility
written 1800.
Author
Chandler, William.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
New Era,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
32 p. 22 cm.
Summary
This rendering of a native legend is in the form of a narrative poem.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811 C455
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The Swedish settlements on the Delaware : their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664 : with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain the colony

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9063
Author
Johnson, Amandus,
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.802814 J71
Responsibility
by Amandus Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Amandus,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia] : New York
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania ; D. Appleton, Agents,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
2 v. (xx, 879 p., [152] leaves of plates) : ill., facsims, maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Series
Americana Germanica ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 767-812) and index.
Subjects
Swedes - United States.
Delaware - History.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802814 J71
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Aurand's collection of Pennsylvania German stories and poems

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9079
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
437.9748 A927
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Washington's valedictory address to the people of the United States

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Author
Washington, George,
Date of Publication
1840.
Call Number
810 H317 1840
Responsibility
Published in September, A.D. 1796 ...
Author
Washington, George,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
W.D. Boas,
Date of Publication
1840.
Physical Description
16 p. 22 cm.
Notes
"Printed by order of the Senate [of Pennsylvania] February 22, 1840."
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
810 H317 1840
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Honorable little Miss Love : (O Ai Chan)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9151
Author
Newbold, Elizabeth Geist.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
813 N534
Responsibility
by Elizabeth Geist Newbold.
Author
Newbold, Elizabeth Geist.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
xiii, 136 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 136.
Summary
This is a story book written for American children by an American missionary to Japan. It shows the work the missionaries performed and the reactions of the Japanese.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813 N534
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