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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3165d125-f510-48ba-8080-453753125186
Collection
F. W. Woolworth Collection
Title
F. W. Woolworth Collection
Object ID
MG0105
Date Range
1904-1979
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Collection
F. W. Woolworth Collection
Title
F. W. Woolworth Collection
Description
The F. W. Woolworth Collection contains materials related to the F. W. Woolworth Store, including anniversary booklets, dinner menu, event program, and annual reports.
Admin/Biographical History
The first successful F. W. Woolworth Store opened in Lancaster, PA in July 1879.
Date Range
1904-1979
Year Range From
1904
Year Range To
1979
Date of Accumulation
1904-1979
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Landis, James D.
Woolworth, Frank Winfield
Subjects
Annual reports
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Ephemera
F.W. Woolworth Company
Letters
Menus
Programs (Publications)
Sales catalogs
Variety stores
Search Terms
Annual reports
Catalogs
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Ephemera
F. W. Woolworth Company
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Menus
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Stores
Extent
1 box, 4 folders, .2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0105
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
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-105
Other Number
MG-105
Classification
MG0105
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 19 February 2019.
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A portfolio of cartoons and caricatures

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Date of Publication
1907?.
Call Number
070.444 C328
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[New Era],
Date of Publication
1907?.
Physical Description
30 leaves: ill. 20 x 27 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Just for fun.
Subjects
Bausman, J. W. B.
Brown, J. W.
Bryne, Jacob Hill.
Bowman, J. Frank.
Carman, George W.
Carr, William Henry - M. D.
Cummings, W. Park.
Davis, S. T. - M. D.
Dickey, J. Scott.
Dodge, B. G.
Dodge, L. G.
Edgerley, Edward.
Eshleman, George Ross.
Fondersmith, Charles A.
Foster, J. R.
Fritchey, J. U.
Goll, John A.
Griest, W. W.
Hartman, I. C.
Hartman, Herbert W.
Heine, Paul.
Hensel, William U.
Hertzler, John C.
Hess, A. B.
Heidig, George E.
Houser, H. M.
Kreider, E. H.
Keller, J. F.
Keiper, H. B.
Keiper, L. B.
Landis, J. D.
M'Clain, Frank B.
Martin, William R.
Malone, John E.
Miller, S. Clay.
Miller, J. Walter.
Muhlenberg, Henry E. - M. D.
North, H. M. - Sr.
Reynolds, George N.
Sener, W. Z.
Sener, J. Frederick.
Sener, Frank S.
Schaeffer, M. G.
Shaub, J. C. - V. S.
Sherts, H. Edgar.
Skiles, John D.
Snyder, John E.
Watt, P. T.
Weaver, I. H.
Widmyer, D. B.
Wohlsen, William.
Wohlsen, P. Harry.
Caricatures and cartoons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Businessmen - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
American wit and humor, Pictorical.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
070.444 C328
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/486476d9-3b94-4fcf-bb28-126112171680
Collection
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Title
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Object ID
MG0153
Date Range
1862-1987
and Content Note: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of
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Advertising and Promotional Collection
Title
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Description
The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.
Date Range
1862-1987
Year Range From
1862
Year Range To
1987
Date of Accumulation
1862-1987
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bogle, George
Bortzfield, Jere
Butler, Smedley D.
Correll, Clint
Eberly, Jay M.
Evans, Melvern R,
Frueauff, W. Herman T.
Hawbaker, Gary
Houck, Leo
Huss, Arlene Rider
Jackson, J. T.
Jenner, Edward
Kelly, P. B.
Kepler, Aaron Conrad
Lynch, Charles O.
Manning, Peggy Sheets
Martin, John W.
Miller, Charles F.
Musser, Andrew J.
Miller, J. R.
Rohrer, Willis
Ross, Betsy
Schuneman, Ray
Skiles, John D.
Slaymaker, R. M.
Smith, Lynn A.
Smith, Marjorie A.
Stauffer, Sarah Ann
Stumpf, Ed
Suydam, Henry
Tobias, Richard J.
Yecker, Paul C.
Rowe, Ceylon
Landes, Lizzie
Stehman, Henry L.
Subjects
Advertising
Ephemera
Advertising fliers
Fliers (Ephemera)
Search Terms
A&P
A. F. Huber Food Store
Advertisements
Advertising
Advertising fliers
Announcements
Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Aunt Betty's Playhouse
Big Boy Restaurants
Boston Insurance Company
Brochures
Brownstown, West Earl Twp.
Business
Christmas carols
Clarion Steam Printing House
Clipper Magazine
Colonial Theatre
Columbia
Columbia Flour Mills
Columbia Herald Job Printing Office
Columbian Printing Company
Cope Brothers
Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap
Drawings
E. H. Gochnauer and Sons
East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Ed Stumpf's Service Stations
Engle and Hambright
Ephemera
Express Steam Printers
Finding aids
Finks Baked Products
Flyers
Gardner and Craver
Gates Dental Company, Inc.
Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard
Grandview Heights
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Harrison Brothers and Company
Heinitsh Furniture Company
Hershey and Groff
Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland)
Invitations
John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing
John Herr's Mill
Kelly Cadillac
Kunkel and Brother
L. B. Herr & Son
Lakeland Stabling Company
Lancaster
Lancaster Advertiser's Club
Lancaster Bar Association
Lancaster Chemical Company
Lancaster Country Store
Lancaster County Heritage Magazine
Lancaster Dispensing Company
Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company
Lime Spring Farm
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections
Manuscript groups
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort
Mills
Moderne Manor
Musselman and Slaymaker
New Holland, Earl Twp.
Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream
Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company
Pennsylvania Salt Company
Pequea Lime
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Place Marie
Restaurants
Restore 'N More
Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.
Russo Answer-Phone Service
Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton
Steinman Hardware
Stockyard Inn
Stores
Sunday News
Trivers Clothes
Trout and Shank
F. W. Woolworth Co.
H. L. Stehman and Co.
Heitshu's Drug Store
Extent
1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0153
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Business and Industry Collection (MG0107)
Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253)
Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182)
Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
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-153
Other Number
MG-153
Classification
MG0153
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.
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Seventy-five years of Clio : 1879-1954, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Including an account of the 75th Anniversary Celebration and detailed records of the programs from 1939-1954

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Corporate Author
Cliosophic society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
[1954]
Call Number
367 C641s
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Corporate Author
Cliosophic society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
[1954]
Physical Description
63 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College.
Historical societies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Literary societies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 C641s
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A history of fifty years of banking in Christiana, Pennsylvania : commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Christiana National Bank, October 21, 1953

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11496
Author
Hall, Margaretta L.
Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
332.1 C555
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Responsibility
by Margaretta L. Hall.
Author
Hall, Margaretta L.
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
[10] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Christiana (Pa.), National Bank - History.
Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
332.1 C555
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The story of the Forty-eighth : a record of the campaigns of the Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry during the four eventful years of its service in the war for the preservation of the Union

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Author
Gould, Joseph,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8033 G697
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Responsibility
by Joseph Gould.
Author
Gould, Joseph,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
[Forty-eighth] Regimental Association,
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
471 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 48th regiment, 1861-1865.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 48th.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 G697
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c69d7579-e991-4076-abff-162649310914
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-07-42
Date Range
1907
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
First block of North Queen Street, looking north.
Date Range
1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
North Queen Street
F. W. Woolworth Co.
Department stores
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-07-07-42
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Postcard

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5bd21588-e619-4ac6-86bd-102214572245
Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-017-043
Date Range
after 1907
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
The Woolworth Building, Lancaster, Pa.
Date Range
after 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Postcards
Classification
911-017-043
Search Terms
Woolworth's
F. W. Woolworth Co.
Department stores
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Object ID
911-017-043
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Stories of old Stumpstown : a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of early Fredericksburg known for many years as Stumpstown read before the Lebanon County Historical Society in three installments on October 15, 1909, on June 17 and on August 19, 1910

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Author
Grumbine, E.
Date of Publication
1909 - 1912.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 5
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Responsibility
by E. Grumbine.
Author
Grumbine, E.
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa. : s. n.]
Date of Publication
1909 - 1912.
Physical Description
p. [ 154 ] - 276 : ill. , 24 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society papers and addresses v. V, no. 5.
Subjects
Stumpstown - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - History.
Fredericksburg - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 5
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Proceedings of the right worshipful Grand lodge of the most ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and accepted masons of Pennsylvania, and masonic jurisdiction thereunto belonging, at its celebration of the bi-centenary of the birth of Right Worshipful past grand master brother Benjamin Franklin, held in the Masonic temple, in the city of Philadelphia on Wednesday, March the seventh A. D. 1906--A. L. 5906. Together with an account of the memorial service at his tomb, on Thursday, April the nineteenth A. D. 1906--A. L. 5906

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5796
Corporate Author
Freemasons. Pennsylvania. Grand Lodge.
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
974.811 F855a
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Corporate Author
Freemasons. Pennsylvania. Grand Lodge.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Grand lodge of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
viii, 9-352 p. illus. 25 cm.
Notes
Added title-page: Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F & A. M., Memorial volume, Franklin bi-centenary celebration.
Catalogue of the loan exhibition of Frankliniana: p. 321-341.
"An edition of two thousand copies has been printed of which this is no. 1246."
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 F855a
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