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The Peach Bottom Railway Company

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1923

Subject(s): Peach Bottom Railway Company. Peach Bottom Railroad. Lancaster, Oxford, & Southern Railroad. Lancaster, Oxfore, & Southern Railway. Railroads--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1923 Description: 75-84 p. ; 23 cm. Series

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1923

Physical Description: 75-84 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 4

Subjects: Peach Bottom Railway Company.; Peach Bottom Railroad.; Lancaster, Oxford, & Southern Railroad.; Lancaster, Oxfore, & Southern Railway.; Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 4 (1923), p. 75-84Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27

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Quarryville in Lancaster County's "Southern End" : "where the race of men go by"

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Author: Roth, Mike.

Date of Publication: 2014.

Call Number: 974.815 QUAR R846

Responsibility: by Mike Roth and Stanley T. White ; edited by: Linda A. White and Marsha Stiles.

ISBN: 9781495100079; 1495100073

Author: Roth, Mike.

Place of Publication: Willow Street, PA

Publisher: Mike Roth and Stanley T. White, printed by Seaber Turner & Associates,

Date of Publication: 2014.

Physical Description: 546 p. : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm

Notes: Maps on endpapers.; Includes index.

Summary: "Book includes over 900 photos dating from the late 1800's to the current day. Each business or structure explores the original history from its beginning, right up to the current day occupants. This is the most complete history ever written about the Borough of Quarryville, in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A treasure-trove of genealogy, historical maps, black and white "period" photos, color photography, and more! Simply a "must have" for anyone with roots in that part of Pennsylvania"--Publisher's description.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Quarryville (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: White, Stanley T.; Wjite, Linda A.; Stiles, Marsha.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 QUAR R846

"Southern End" house & history tour

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Corporate Author: Southern Lancaster County Historical Society, Inc.

Date of Publication: 2015.

Call Number: 728.37 S727

Corporate Author: Southern Lancaster County Historical Society, Inc.

Place of Publication: Quarryville, Pa

Publisher: Southern Lancaster County Historical Society ;

Date of Publication: 2015.

Physical Description: v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Dwellings - Pennsylvania - Lancster County; Quarryville (Pa.) - History.; Drumore (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Historic houses.; Drumore (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Tours.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 S727

Archive

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Object ID: MG0153

Date Range: 1862-1987

cream Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company Pennsylvania Salt Company Pequea Lime Philadelphia Place Marie Restaurants Restore ‘N More Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp. Russo Answer-Phone Service Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton Steinman Hardware Stockyard Inn Stores The Sunday News Trivers Clothes Trout & Shank

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Description: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.

Date Range: 1862-1987

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1987

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bogle, George; Bortzfield, Jere; Butler, Smedley D.; Correll, Clint; Eberly, Jay M.; Evans, Melvern R,; Frueauff, W. Herman T.; Hawbaker, Gary; Houck, Leo; Huss, Arlene Rider; Jackson, J. T.; Jenner, Edward; Kelly, P. B.; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Lynch, Charles O.; Manning, Peggy Sheets; Martin, John W.; Miller, Charles F.; Musser, Andrew J.; Miller, J. R.; Rohrer, Willis; Ross, Betsy; Schuneman, Ray; Skiles, John D.; Slaymaker, R. M.; Smith, Lynn A.; Smith, Marjorie A.; Stauffer, Sarah Ann; Stumpf, Ed; Suydam, Henry; Tobias, Richard J.; Yecker, Paul C.; Rowe, Ceylon; Landes, Lizzie; Stehman, Henry L.

Subjects: Advertising; Ephemera; Advertising fliers; Fliers (Ephemera)

Search Terms: A&P; A. F. Huber Food Store; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising fliers; Announcements; Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Aunt Betty's Playhouse; Big Boy Restaurants; Boston Insurance Company; Brochures; Brownstown, West Earl Twp.; Business; Christmas carols; Clarion Steam Printing House; Clipper Magazine; Colonial Theatre; Columbia; Columbia Flour Mills; Columbia Herald Job Printing Office; Columbian Printing Company; Cope Brothers; Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap; Drawings; E. H. Gochnauer and Sons; East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Ed Stumpf's Service Stations; Engle and Hambright; Ephemera; Express Steam Printers; Finding aids; Finks Baked Products; Flyers; Gardner and Craver; Gates Dental Company, Inc.; Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard; Grandview Heights; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Harrison Brothers and Company; Heinitsh Furniture Company; Hershey and Groff; Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland); Invitations; John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing; John Herr's Mill; Kelly Cadillac; Kunkel and Brother; L. B. Herr & Son; Lakeland Stabling Company; Lancaster; Lancaster Advertiser's Club; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Chemical Company; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Heritage Magazine; Lancaster Dispensing Company; Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company; Lime Spring Farm; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections; Manuscript groups; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort; Mills; Moderne Manor; Musselman and Slaymaker; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream; Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company; Pennsylvania Salt Company; Pequea Lime; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Place Marie; Restaurants; Restore 'N More; Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.; Russo Answer-Phone Service; Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton; Steinman Hardware; Stockyard Inn; Stores; Sunday News; Trivers Clothes; Trout and Shank; F. W. Woolworth Co.; H. L. Stehman and Co.; Heitshu's Drug Store

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0153

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182); Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-153

Other Number: MG-153

Classification: MG0153

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone I

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I004

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone I

Admin/Biographical History: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Andrews Bridge; Andrews Bridge, Colerain Twp.; Bell Bank Covered Bridge; Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Christiana; Christiana Bridge; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Fords; Holmes' Bridge; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Ross Ford; Sadsbury Twp.; Specifications; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Specification

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I004

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Bridges over [East] Branch of Octoraro Creek; Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone I.; 1. Christiana Bridge; Christiana and [Chester County]; Location: On eastern line of Christiana.; 2. Ross' Fording; [Sadsbury Twp. and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County]; 3. Andrew's Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County]; 4. Bell Bank Bridge; Colerain Twp. and [Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County]; 5. Holmes' Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]; 2 items, 8 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Specification

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I003

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges

Description: Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges; 1. Mercer's Mill Bridge; [Sadsbury Twp. and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County]; Location: 1.5 miles below Christiana.; 2. Steeleville Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 1; Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; 3. Ross' Fording, also known as Octoraro No. 1.5; 4. Newcomer's Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 2.5; [Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County]; 5. Worth's Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Fords; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Mercer's Mill; Mercer's Mill Bridge; Mills; Newcomer's Bridge; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Ross Ford; Sadsbury Twp.; Specifications; Steeleville Bridge; Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County; Worth's Bridge

Extent: 1 item, 4 pieces

Object Name: Specification

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I003

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Announcement

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification that bridge repairs were completed

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I005

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification that bridge repairs were completed

Description: Document type: Notification that bridge repairs were completed.; 1. Mercer's Mill Bridge; Sadsbury Twp. and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County; Location: 1.5 miles below Christiana.; 2. Steeleville Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 1; Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; 3. Ross' Fording, also known as Octoraro No. 1.5; 4. Newcomer's Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 2.5; Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; 5. Worth's Bridge; Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Fords; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Mercer's Mill; Mercer's Mill Bridge; Mills; Newcomer's Bridge; Notifications; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Ross Ford; Sadsbury Twp.; Steeleville Bridge; Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County; Worth's Bridge

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Announcement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I005

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

City of Lebanon Bridges over Norfolk Southern : an historical retrospective of the people and businesses

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Author: Rhoads, Donald L.

Date of Publication: [2012]

Call Number: 974.819

Alternate Title: Bridges over Norfolk Southern

Responsibility: by Donald L. Rhoads, Jr. and Gladys Bucher Sowers.

Author: Rhoads, Donald L.

Place of Publication: [Lebanon, Pa.]

Publisher: [Lebanon County Historical Society],

Date of Publication: [2012]

Physical Description: v, 79 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes: "March 2012."; "Volume 20, number 2"--Cover.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: "Presents information on the people and areas of Lebanon affected by the Bridge over Norfolk Southern project. It provides a glimpse of the history of some families who lived in the bridge area; it also provides information on some businesses that were located on the sites where the new bridges will be constructed."--Page ii.

Subjects: Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.; Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.; Bridges.; Commerce.; Railroads.; Lebanon (Pa.) - History.; Lebanon (Pa.) - Commerce.; Pennsylvania - Lebanon.; History.

Additional Author: Sowers, Gladys Bucher,

Additional Corporate Author: Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819

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The Peach Bottom Railway Company

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Archive

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Quarryville in Lancaster County's "Southern End" : "where the race of men go by"

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"Southern End" house & history tour

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Announcement

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City of Lebanon Bridges over Norfolk Southern : an historical retrospective of the people and businesses

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