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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
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Documents
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Demuths 1770, being a brief history of the Demuth tobacco shop which was founded in the Province of Pennsylvania in the year 1770

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16599
Author
Demuth, Henry C.
Date of Publication
1919.
Call Number
679.7 D389
Responsibility
written and compiled by H. C. Demuth.
Author
Demuth, Henry C.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster]
Publisher
Demuth,
Date of Publication
1919.
Physical Description
18 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Demuth family.
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Tobacco industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
679.7 D389
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History of the Rotary Club of Lancaster : number 176, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17293
Edition
Rev. 2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1980.
Call Number
367 R843 1980
Edition
Rev. 2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Acorn Press,
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
134 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Rotary Club (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 R843 1980
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Tales told out of school : An informal history of the Lancaster Country Day School and the Shippen School

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13433
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
370 C855
Responsibility
compiled by Anna Downey Gardner.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The School ,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
52 pages : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster County, Pa.)
The Shippen School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Miss Stahr's School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster College (Lancaster, Pa.)
Franklin and Marshall Academy (Lancaster, Pa.)
Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 C855
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History of the District court of the city and county of Lancaster : and also sketches of the judges of this court and of the associate and additional law judges of the second judicial district of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16515
Author
Landis, Charles I.
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
343.334 L257
Responsibility
by Hon. Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Rebound in one-quarter brown leather and linen with marbled end papers.
Rebound with original letters from the judges, signatures cut from other documents affixed under photrographs of the judges, inerspersed photograms and engravings taken from other texts.
With: Short sketches of the judges of Lancaster County whose portraits have been placed in the county courthouse/ Charles I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa.: The New Era Printing Company, 1913.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.). - District court.
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
343.334 L257
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A history of aeronautics in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo889
Author
Krantz, William E.
Date of Publication
1986
A History of Aeronautics In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania By William E. Krantz The history of aeronautics, the operation of aircraft, in Lancaster Coun- ty covers a span of one hundred and fifty years. Lancaster has long been an air-minded community. Certainly, the feats of our famous native, John
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Responsibility
by William E. Krantz.
Author
Krantz, William E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986
Physical Description
118-189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 3
Summary
Contents: The John Wise era - 19th century, balloons; Aeroplanes visit Lancaster County beginning in 1911; Early commercial airfields; The Jones era (barnstormers); A municipally owned commercial airfield; War clouds (WWII); The Post War Years; The new enlarged Lancaster municipal airport. There is a bibliography
Subjects
Wise, John, - 1808-1879.
Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 3 (1986), p. 118-189Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90
Documents

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The dinner club : report of the firsrt sixteen meetings (March 5, 1898 to October 25, 1899, and the "Reunion Meeting" (March 5, 1913)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16652
Date of Publication
1913.
Call Number
367 D585
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Society ,
Date of Publication
1913.
Physical Description
36 p. ; 24cm.
Notes
Includes list of members and their attendance.
Subjects
Dinner Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 D585
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The North Museum : and the natural history tradition of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1743
Date of Publication
1986
Call Number
069 K56
Responsibility
W. Fred Kinsey, III ed. ...
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Printed and published by Science Press,
Date of Publication
1986
Physical Description
2 p.l., 167, [1] p. : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Series
Science Press Keepsake ;
Notes
Edition limited to 1,200 copies, of which this is number 820.
Subjects
North Museum (Lancaster, Pa.)
Botany - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Paleontology - Pennsylvania.
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Kinsey, W. Fred,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
069 K56
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Preliminary report of committee conducting the portraiture exhibition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo270
Date of Publication
1912
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.16
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
295-298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 10
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Iris Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Portrait painters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Portraits - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.16
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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4567
Date of Publication
1915
, 1728, he gave his bend, with Andrew Cornish and Mich- ael Michaelson, in the sum of £20 each. Our records show that he was licensed by the Court of Quarter Ses- sions of Lancaster county from 1729 to 1736, inclusive. In those early days it was not the custom to present a formal petition every year, but
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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