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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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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16919

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18004

Date of Publication: 1875.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Alternate Title: Directory of Lancaster County

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Jno. H. Barnes,

Date of Publication: 1875.

Physical Description: 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Advertisements throughout text.; Includes index.; Reprint.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047

Date of Publication: 1870.

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Kilburn, Francis.

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t88g9f93k;view=1up;seq=3

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 history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16384

Author: Proud, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1797-1798.

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1797

2 websites

Responsibility: written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.

Author: Proud, Robert,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,

Date of Publication: 1797-1798.

Physical Description: 2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Library has: vol. 1.; Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.; Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.; Evans

Contents: I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Society of Friends.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Sweden - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1797

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000022013071&view=1up&seq=9

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11

The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3553

Author: Proud, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1798.

Call Number: 974.802 P968

2 websites

Author: Proud, Robert,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Z. Poulson,

Date of Publication: 1798.

Physical Description: 2 v. map (on lining papers), port. 22 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania heritage series

Notes: Photoreproduction. Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co., 1967.

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718; Society of Friends.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Sweden - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 P968

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692349&view=1up&seq=9

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11

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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

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

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

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

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

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16384

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3553

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