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Chester County clocks and their makers

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Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 974.813 J28

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: [West Chester, Pa.]

Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: 205 p. illus., fold. map. 24 cm.

Notes: LCHS has no. 47 of 1000 numbered copies.; Bibliography: p. 204-205.

Subjects: Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 J28

Lancaster's part in the world's watchmaking industry

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Author: Bowman, J. J.

Date of Publication: 1945

"time microscope" for adjusting watches. The Hamilton Company in War Work When the United States found itself involved in World War II, the American watch companies were asked by the military and naval authorities to turn as much as possible of their facilities over into making a great variety of small

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Responsibility: by John J. Bowman.

Author: Bowman, J. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945

Physical Description: [29]-50 P. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 2

Subjects: Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, - 1732-1799.; Bowman, Ezra F.; Hamilton Watch Company.; Bowman Technical School, (Lancaster, Pa.); Adams & Perry Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Dudley Watch Manufacturing Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster Watch Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Clocks and watches.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 2 (1945), p. 29-50Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49

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Tomorrow in the making : the story of Hamilton watches and the war

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Date of Publication: 1943.

Call Number: 681.1 T661 Oversize

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Hamilton Watch Company ,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: [34 p.] : ill. port ; 36 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.

Subjects: Hamilton Watch Company - History.; Clocks and watches.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 681.1 T661 Oversize

Weapons and equipment of early American soldiers

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Author: Hopkins, Alfred F.

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 623.441 W362

Responsibility: [by Alfred F. Hopkins].

Author: Hopkins, Alfred F.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Park Service,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: 20 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: National Park Service popular study series : History ; no. 2

Notes: Reprinted from The regional review (National Park Service, Region One, Richmond, Va.), 1939-1940.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Equipment.; Swords - United States; Military paraphernalia - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 623.441 W362

Furniture masterpieces by Jacob Bachman : Ebeniste Swisse of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, his son and his grandson

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Author: Drepperd, Carl William,

Date of Publication: 1945

substantially the same style until at least 1820 and probably until 1830; these dates being fairly well certi- fied by the years of activity of the makers of the clock movements in the fine cases. It was also noted that only clocks made in and around Lancaster were found in these marvelously fashioned cases

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Responsibility: by Carl W. Drepperd.

Author: Drepperd, Carl William,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945

Physical Description: [129]-139 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 5

Subjects: Bachman, Jacob, - 1798-1867.; Bachman family.; Furniture, Early American.; Clocks and watches; Cabinetwork.; Longcase clocks.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 5 (1945), p. 129-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49

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Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public

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Author: Van Doren, Carl,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 973.381 V246

Responsibility: by Carl Van Doren.

Author: Van Doren, Carl,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The Viking press,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 3 p. l., [v]-xiv p., 2 l., [3]-534 p. illus. (map) ports., facsims. 24 cm.

Notes: Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref.; "This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered.; "Appendix ... Arnold-AndrÃ© correspondence [and] Clinton's narrative": p. [437]-495.; "General bibliography": p. [496]-499. "Chapter references": p. [500]-512.

Subjects: Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.; Treason - United States.; Secret service - Great Britain.; United States. - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Clinton, Henry,; AndrÃ©, John,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.381 V246

American and French flags of the Revolution, 1775-1783

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Author: Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 929.9 S326

Author: Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 148 p. 10 col. plates. 26 cm.

Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.

Subjects: Flags - United States.; Flags - France.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.

Additional Corporate Author: Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.9 S326

Archive

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Object ID: MG0045

Date Range: 1916-1972

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Description: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Date Range: 1916-1972

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1972

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Andrews, David F.; Benda, W. T.; Beneker, Gerrit A.; Boyce, C. M.; Breitigan, Abraham; Brenner, William A.; Brown, Arthur William; Bryson, Raymond; Bull, Charles Livingston; Carbaugh, Calvin A.; Chambers, Charles E.; Christy, Howard Chandler; Cover, Martin; Culp, Guy; Daugherty, James A.; Davis, Robert Courtney; De Maris, Walter; Dommel, Elmer; Drepperd, C. W.; Eschbach, H. H.; Fergeson, George; Fisher, Harrison; Foringer, A. E.; Forsythe, Clyde; France, Charles; Fulton, Hugh R.; Gibble, Ammon; Griest, William Walton; Habel, Albert A.; Harner, Marvin; Helwig, John W.; Hendee, A.; Hiemenz, Edward A.; Hiestand, Benjamin; Hottenstein, H.; Kahl, William; Kellish, William; Kimmel, Harry; Krone, Herbert D.; Landis, Estes B.; Leber, Paul Revere; Lundy, Edwin H.; Lyons, Julius; Matricardi, Frank; McFarland, Owen; McKee, W. M.; Miller, Peter; Moore, Luther; Musser, John W.; Myers, S. W.; O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank; Orr, Alfred Everitt; Palm, Elam B.; Shafer, L. A.; Shenk, Roy; Shoop, J. M.; Small, W. F.; Snyder, James H.; Tittle, Walter; Usner, Isaac L.; Volk, Douglas; Wauk, S. J.; Worthington, Henry H.; Zellers, George

Subjects: Alco-Gravure; American Lithographic Co.; E. Ketterlinus & Co.; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Lithography; Posters; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; W.F. Powers Co.; William H. Forbes & Company; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; YMCA of the USA

Search Terms: 28th Division; Alco-Gravure; Ambulance Company No. 111; American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111; American Lithographic Company; American Red Cross; Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society; E. Ketterlinus and Company; Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company; Emergency Fleet Corporation; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Finding aids; Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company; Lithography; Manuscript groups; Military draft cards; Posters; Prohibition; Rotoprint Gravure Company; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans; W. F. Powers Company; William H. Forbes and Company; World War I; WWI; YMCA; Commission for Relief in Belgium

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0045

Related Item Notes: MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces; MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Additional Notes: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-45

Classification: MG0045

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.