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Old glass, European and American

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8250
Author
Moore, N. Hudson,
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
748 M823
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by N. Hudson Moore...with two hundred and sixty-five illustrations.
Author
Moore, N. Hudson,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Frederick A. Stokes company,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
xvi, 394 p. incl. plates. front. 25 cm.
Notes
"American glass factories": p. 369-382.
Subjects
Glassware
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
748 M823
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Victorian glass handbook; pattern glass and specialties of the nineteenth century (1830's-1880's)

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Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Date of Publication
[1946]
Call Number
748.2 L479v
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by Ruth Webb Lee.
Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Place of Publication
Northboro, Mass
Publisher
The author
Date of Publication
[1946]
Physical Description
5 p. l., 260 (i. e. 262) on 131 l., [8] p. incl. front. 21 cm.
Notes
On cover: Ruth Webb Lee's Victorian glass handbook. A handy pocket volume containing all of the photographs and line drawings used in Victorian glass. A comprehensive check list and authoritative guide for collectors.
"First printing."
Subjects
Glassware - United States.
Glassware
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
748.2 L479v
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(Ruth Webb Lee's) Handbook of early American pressed glass patterns

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Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Date of Publication
[©1946]
Call Number
748.2 L479
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Handbook of early American pressed glass
Pressed glass patterns
Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Place of Publication
Wellesley Hills, Mass
Publisher
Lee Publications
Date of Publication
[©1946]
Physical Description
[214] pages
Notes
On cover: A handy pocket volume containing all of the photographs and line drawings used in Early American pressed glass. A comprehensive check list showing examples of approximately 2,000 pieces of early pressed glass.
Subjects
Glassware
Pressed glass.
Decorative arts - United States.
Pattern glass.
Patterns.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
748.2 L479
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Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

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Author
Wagner, Elise Mercur.
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
974.892 A495
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compiled by Elise Mercur Wagner.
Author
Wagner, Elise Mercur.
Place of Publication
[Ambridge, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Centennial Souvenir Program, June 6,7,8, 1924."
Economy was the name of a settlement in western Pennsylvania of the Harmony Society in early 19th century . It was a religious communal society. The area later became the town of Ambridge.
Subjects
Economy (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Ambridge (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.892 A495
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Price guide to pattern glass

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Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
748 L479p
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Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
M. Barrows,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
331 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
"The old forms listed ... are all taken from [the author's] Early American pressed glass, and the plate numbers refer to that volume."
Subjects
Glassware
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
748 L479p
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Sandwich glass handbook

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2803
Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Date of Publication
[1947]
Call Number
748 L479
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by Ruth Webb Lee.
Author
Lee, Ruth Webb,
Place of Publication
Northboro, Mass
Publisher
The author
Date of Publication
[1947]
Physical Description
5 p. l., 227 pl. on 114 l., [3] p. 21 cm.
Notes
On cover: A handy pocket volume containing all of the photographs and line drawings used in Sandwich glass. A comprehensive check list and authoritative guide for collectors.
"First printing."
Subjects
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company.
Glass manufacture - Massachusetts - Sandwich.
Glassware - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
748 L479
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Early American glass

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Author
Knittle, Rhea Mansfield,
Date of Publication
[1929]
Call Number
748 K71
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by Rhea Mansfield Knittle.
Author
Knittle, Rhea Mansfield,
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
The Century co.
Date of Publication
[1929]
Physical Description
xxiii, 496 p. front., plates. 21 cm.
Series
Century library of American antiques
Notes
"First printing November, 1927; second printing, August, 1929."
Bibliography: p. 449-453.
Subjects
Glassware - United States.
Glass manufacture - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
748 K71
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American glass

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Author
Northend, Mary Harrod,
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
748 N874
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Responsibility
by Mary Harrod Northend; illustrated with photographs from the collection of the author.
Author
Northend, Mary Harrod,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
xviii, 209 p. col. front., plates. 24 cm.
Subjects
Glassware - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
748 N874
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Family records : mostly of three distinct groups and descendants of Joseph, David and Henry Bauman, who settled as pioneers in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, up to the year 1825 : each representing one of the three tribes of Christian, Peter and Jacob, respectively, who are children of the old progenitor Wendel Bauman : also an extensive history of family lineages of the early ancestors

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Author
Bauman, Angus Spaeth,
Date of Publication
1940]
Call Number
929 B348
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Author
Bauman, Angus Spaeth,
Place of Publication
[Wallenstein, Ont
Publisher
A. S. Bauman,
Date of Publication
1940]
Physical Description
201 p.
Notes
Cover title: Bauman family history.
Subjects
Bowman family.
Ontario - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B348
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Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17221
Author
Walton, Perry,
Date of Publication
c1925]
Call Number
688.5 W241
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Responsibility
compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb industry in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Author
Walton, Perry,
Place of Publication
[Boston
Date of Publication
c1925]
Physical Description
xiv, 158 p. incl. front., illus., ports. pl. 27 cm.
Notes
"Compiled, written and printed under direction of Perry Walton."
Contents
Antiquity of combs -- Establishment of the comb industry in America -- Growth of the comb industry in West Newbury -- The Noyes family : their relation to the comb industry -- Improvements in the manufacture of combs -- The Hills family and the comb industry in Leominster -- Comb-making in Clinton, Massachusetts, and other industrial centers -- Horn, tortoise shell, ivory and their substitutes -- The town of Leominster.
Subjects
Combs.
Additional Author
Doyle, Bernard W.
Additional Corporate Author
Viscoloid company, Leominster, Mass.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
688.5 W241
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Maps and pictures of old Lancaster : report to the Society of an exhibition of pictures

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Date of Publication
1922
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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by the Committee on Entertainment.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
127-132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 6
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Slides.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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Early land marks and names of old Pittsburgh; an address delivered before the Pittsburgh chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, at Carnegie Institute, November 30, 1923

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Author
Miller, Annie Clark.
Date of Publication
1924, reprinted 1956.
Call Number
974.4886 M647
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Author
Miller, Annie Clark.
Place of Publication
[Pittsburgh]
Publisher
Pittsburgh Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
1924, reprinted 1956.
Physical Description
60 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Early land marks and old names ...
Subjects
Monuments - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh.
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.4886 M647
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Culture of a contemporary rural community. The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Date of Publication
1941-1943.
Call Number
630.973 U58
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Corporate Author
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Place of Publication
[n.p.]
Date of Publication
1941-1943.
Physical Description
6 v. illus.
Series
Rural Life Studies: 4
Notes
LCHS has v.4 (Sept. 1942) The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Contents
Contents: v. 1. El Cerrito, N.M.--v. 2. Sublette, Kan.--v. 3. Landaff, N.H.--v. 4. Lancaster County, Pa.--v. 5. Irwin, Iowa.--v. 6. Harmony, Ga.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Kollmorgen, Walter M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
630.973 U58
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The old college lot : 'notable as the birthplace and home of Carlisle's colonial grammar school, as the seat of Dickinson College for twenty years, as the spot where probably without interruption youth have been educated since 1773.'

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Author
Biddle, Edward W.
Date of Publication
1920.
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 4
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Responsibility
address by Edward W. Biddle.
Author
Biddle, Edward W.
Place of Publication
Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
The Hamilton Library Assn.,
Date of Publication
1920.
Physical Description
23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
"Read before the Hamilton Library (Historical) Association, Carlisle, Pa., on Friday evening, September 17, 1920."
Subjects
Dickinson College - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Hamilton Library Association (Cumberland County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 4
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Wit and humor of the Pennsylvania Germans : a collection of anecdotes, stories, and witticisms : some old, some new : choicest parlor and after-dinner stories

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Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Date of Publication
c1946.
Call Number
437.9748 A927w
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Responsibility
by A. Monroe Aurand.
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Privately printed, the Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
c1946.
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
At head of title: Penna. "Dutch" joke book.
Subjects
German American wit and humor - Pennsylvania.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Humor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 A927w
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The Old Order Amish Mennonites of Pennsylvania : a survival of religious fundamentalism in a New World environment

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Author
Hayes, Abner Reed,
Date of Publication
1946, c1947.
Call Number
289.7 H417
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Responsibility
by A. Reed Hayes.
Author
Hayes, Abner Reed,
Place of Publication
Lewistown, Pa
Publisher
Mifflin County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946, c1947.
Physical Description
23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title: On its silver anniversary year 1921-1946, Mifflin County Historical Society, Lewiston, Penna., presents The Old Order Amish Mennonites of Pennsylvania.
Bibliography: p. 23.
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Mifflin County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.7 H417
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Military milestones of old Paxton Township, 1715-1946

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Corporate Author
American Legion. Pennsylvania. Robert H. Hoke Post 272 (Linglestown, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1946]
Call Number
974.818 L755
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Responsibility
Nevin W. Moyer.
Corporate Author
American Legion. Pennsylvania. Robert H. Hoke Post 272 (Linglestown, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1946]
Physical Description
[124] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes
On cover: Welcome home celebration to World War II veterans of East Hanover, West Hanover and Lower Paxton townships, Saturday, August 3, 1946, Linglestown, Pennsylvania.
"Sponsored by Robert H. Hoke Post 272, American Legion and Linglestown Fire Company no. 1, Linglestown Pa."
Subjects
United States. - Army - Registers.
Paxton (Pa.) - History, Military.
Additional Author
Moyer, Nevin W.
Additional Corporate Author
Linglestown Fire Company, No. 1 (Linglestown, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 L755
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National types of old pewter

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Author
Cotterell, Howard Herschel.
Date of Publication
1925.
Call Number
671 C851
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Responsibility
by Howard Herschel Cotterell.
Author
Cotterell, Howard Herschel.
Place of Publication
Boston, Mass
Publisher
Antiques, incorporated,
Date of Publication
1925.
Physical Description
xi, 47 p. incl. front., illus. 31 cm.
Notes
"This edition is limited to one thousand and fifty copies ofshich one thousand are for sale. This is number 415.
Subjects
Pewter.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
671 C851
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Old time balls in honor of Washington's birthday

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
OLD TIME BALLS IN HONOR OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY By William Frederic Worner The first public celebration of the anniversary of George Washington's birthday, during his lifetime, is said to have taken place in Richmond, Vir- ginia, followed by observances of the day in Maryland, Massachusetts and
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
63-66 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 5
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Anniversaries, etc.
Washington's Birthday.
Holidays - United States.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 5 (1927), p. 63-66Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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The old wooden covered bridges of the Octoraro

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1923
I. THE OLD WOODEN COVERED BRIDGES OF THE OCTORARO By D. F. Magee, Esq. When in about 1905 the engineering corps and the executive officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company selected the Octoraro Creek as the sole source of their supply of pure water for their engines in use on the eastern
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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
121-126 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 7
Subjects
Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Octoraro Creek (Pa. and Md.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 7 (1923), p. 121-126Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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