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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

a $500 mortgage bond, a blank stock certificate, and a requisition for high- tension lines. [18__]-1912. Folder 8 Conestoga Traction Co. Booklet of early histories, “Lancaster Co., Pa.,” which describes the company’s history, its routes, and sights along the way. 1 August 1908. Booklet by H. W

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union, and Snyder : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8536

Date of Publication: 1886.

Call Number: 974.84 H673 v. 1; 974.84 H673 v. 2

Responsibility: edited by F. Ellis and A.N. Hungerford.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Everts, Peck & Richards,

Date of Publication: 1886.

Physical Description: 2 v., [27] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: v. 1. General history -- Mifflin County -- Juniata County. v. 2. Perry County -- Union County -- Snyder County.

Subjects: Susquehanna Valley (Pa.) - History.; Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.; Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.; Mifflin County (Pa.) - Biography.; Juniata County (Pa.) - History.; Juniata County (Pa.) - Biography.; Perry County (Pa.) - History.; Perry County (Pa.) - Biography.; Union County (Pa.) - History.; Union County (Pa.) - Biography.; Snyder County (Pa.) - History.; Snyder County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Ellis, Franklin,; Hungerford, Austin N.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.84 H673 v. 1; 974.84 H673 v. 2

History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4319

Author: Smedley, Robert C.,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Call Number: 973.7115 S637

Responsibility: By R.C. Smedley, M.D. ...

Author: Smedley, Robert C.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Office of the Journal,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Physical Description: 3 p. Ã¸., [ix]-xxiv, [25]-407 p. front., illus., ports. 19 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Fugitive salves - Pennsylvania; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 973.7115 S637

History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania. Containing history of the counties; their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2548

Date of Publication: 1886.

Call Number: 974.843 C969h

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Warner, Beers,

Date of Publication: 1886.

Physical Description: 132 p., 1 l., 588, 516 p. incl. illus., ports., double pl., double map. 26 cm.

Notes: By several authors.

Subjects: Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.; Cumberland County (Pa.) - Biography.; Adams County (Pa.) - History.; Adams County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.843 C969h

History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : biographical and genealogical

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2062

Author: Egle, William Henry,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Call Number: 974.818 E31

Responsibility: by William Henry Egle.

Author: Egle, William Henry,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Everts & Peck,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Physical Description: viiii, 616, 360 p., [51] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Each county history has an index.

Subjects: Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - Biography.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Biography.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 E31

The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19440

Author: Hewson, John,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

Author: Hewson, John,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Physical Description: 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.; Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.; Missing title page through page 2.; Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.; Checklist Amer. imprints

Subjects: Immortality.; Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Visions.; Authority; Yellow fever.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.; Letters.; Allegories.

Additional Author: Maylim, Joseph.; Rackliff, William F.,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

A history of Bethany Charge of the Reformed Church : in Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3261

Author: Tobias, D. C.

Date of Publication: 1881.

Call Number: 285.8 B562

Responsibility: by D.C. Tobias.

Author: Tobias, D. C.

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Record Print. Office,

Date of Publication: 1881.

Physical Description: 43 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Reformed Church in the United States - Pennsylvania.; Reformed Church in the United States. - Bethany Charge (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.8 B562

The Indians of Berks County, Pa., being a summary of all the tangible records of the aborigines of Berks County, and containing cuts and descriptions of the varieties of relics found within the county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5484

Author: Brunner, D. B.

Date of Publication: 1881.

Call Number: 974.816 B894

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Responsibility: Written for the Society of Natural Sciences, Reading, Pa., by D.B. Brunner ...

Author: Brunner, D. B.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: The Spirit of Berks Book and Job Printing Office,

Date of Publication: 1881.

Physical Description: 177 p. incl. illus., 34 pl. 23 cm.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Antiquities.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B894

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060388485&view=1up&seq=9

A digest of the ordinances of the city of Lancaster and of the acts of Assembly relating thereto

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18898

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1880.

Call Number: 352.008 E855 1880

Alternate Title: City ordinances

Responsibility: Arranged and digested by William Leaman and George Nauman.

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: John A. Hiestand, "Examiner" Print.

Date of Publication: 1880.

Physical Description: 216 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Published by authority of councils."; Includes index.

Contents: Charter of the city of Lancaster -- A digest of the acts of Assembly and ordinances -- Rules for the government of the Common Council of the city of Lancaster -- Rules for the government of the Select Council of the city of Lancaster -- Rules for regulating the intercourse and business between the Select and Common Councils.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.). - Common Council - Rules and practice.; Lancaster (Pa.). - Select Council - Rules and practice.; Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Charters.

Additional Author: Nauman, George,; Leaman, William.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.). Common Council.; Lancaster (Pa.). Select Council.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.008 E855 1880

An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17638

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.).

Date of Publication: 1834.

Call Number: 090 L224mh 1834

Responsibility: Arr. and published by Councils.

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.).

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: Printed by Hugh Maxwell,

Date of Publication: 1834.

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) 20 cm.

Notes: Library copy missing title page.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.). - H. Maxwell - (1834); Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L224mh 1834

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