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1879-1929, fifty years of Woolworth : over 2100 Woolworth stores celebrate this year in 1500 cities in 5 countries of the world : the fiftieth anniversary of the F.W. Woolworth Co. : with amazing buying opportunities for your nickels and dimes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4951
Corporate Author
F.W. Woolworth Company.
Date of Publication
c1929.
Call Number
658.871 W917
Corporate Author
F.W. Woolworth Company.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Company,
Date of Publication
c1929.
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
F.W. Woolworth Company.
Variety stores - United States.
Chain stores - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
658.871 W917
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Colonial craftsmen and the beginnings of American industry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6421
Author
Tunis, Edwin,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1965]
Call Number
609.73 T926 Oversize
Responsibility
written and illustrated by Edwin Tunis.
Author
Tunis, Edwin,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
Cleveland
Publisher
World Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1965]
Physical Description
159 p. illus. 31 cm.
Summary
Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.
Subjects
Technology - United States
Industries - United States
Decorative arts, Early American.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
609.73 T926 Oversize
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A square deal in American Industry : a reasonable wage for every American wage-worker and reasonable profit for every American capitalist

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15028
Author
Landis, John H. ,
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
814 L257sq
Responsibility
by John H. Landis.
Author
Landis, John H. ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pluck Art Printing ,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
16 p. : 22 cm.
Notes
Speech delivered at Allentown, Pa. , October 24, 1906.
Subjects
Wages - United States.
Profit - United States.
Free trade - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 L257sq
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The unpublished revolutionary papers of Major-General Edward Hand of Pennsylvania, 1777-1784; catalogued with preliminary note by A.J. Bowden. The property of and offered for sale by George H. Richmond

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Author
Hand, Edward,
Date of Publication
1907.
Call Number
923.5 H236b
Author
Hand, Edward,
Place of Publication
New York
Date of Publication
1907.
Physical Description
29 p. 21 cm.
Notes
"Five hundred copies of this catalogue have been printed."
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Additional Author
Bowden, Alfred James,
Richmond, George Herbert,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236b
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Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21608
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1777.
Call Number
Book 587 1777
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Articles of Confederation
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Francis Bailey,
Date of Publication
1777.
Physical Description
26 pages ; 30 cm
Notes
Title within ornamental border; symbolic woodcut (Christ on the Emmaus Road?) at head of first p. of text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeaates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwrittne Index precedes text.
Evans
Subjects
United States. - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Early works to 1800.
United States.
Paper bindings (Binding)
Stabbing (Binding)
Chainlines (Paper)
Catchwords (Printing)
Printers' devices (Publishing)
Marginalia (Provenance)
Autographs (Provenance)
Early works.
Sources.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 587 1777
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The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo682
Author
Fiske, John,
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
973.22 F541
Responsibility
by John Fiske. Illustrated with portraits, maps, facsimiles, contemporary views, prints, and other historic materials...
Author
Fiske, John,
Place of Publication
Boston and New York
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and company,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part. double; incl. ports., maps, facsims.) 24 cm.
Notes
"Illustrated edition."
The facsimiles include reproductions of title-pages.
Subjects
Dutch - United States
Quakers - United States
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Middle Atlantic States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.22 F541
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The continuing effect of the American Revolution : an address, on the occasion of the celebration of the Prelude to Independence, June 10, 1961 at the eighteenth-century capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia. Opening remarks by Winthrop Rockefeller

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22219
Author
Toynbee, Arnold,
Date of Publication
1961.
Call Number
973.3 T756
Author
Toynbee, Arnold,
Place of Publication
Williamsburg
Publisher
Colonial Williamsburg
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
24 pages 25 cm
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 T756
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Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7233
Author
Wagner, Elise Mercur.
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
974.892 A495
Responsibility
compiled by Elise Mercur Wagner.
Author
Wagner, Elise Mercur.
Place of Publication
[Ambridge, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Centennial Souvenir Program, June 6,7,8, 1924."
Economy was the name of a settlement in western Pennsylvania of the Harmony Society in early 19th century . It was a religious communal society. The area later became the town of Ambridge.
Subjects
Economy (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Ambridge (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.892 A495
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Daniel Drawbaugh; the Edison of the Cumberland Valley

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Author
Harder, Warren J.
Date of Publication
[1960]
Call Number
926 D767h
Author
Harder, Warren J.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date of Publication
[1960]
Physical Description
228 p.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [220]
Contents
Chapters: I The Early Years / II American Bell Telephone Company vs. People's Telephone Company / III The Court Decisions / IV The Closing Years.
Summary
Daniel Drawbaugh was an inventor from the Yellow Breeches area of Cumberland County , Pa. Mr Drawbaugh challenged in court the patent of the telephone by American Telephone Company. He lost the case.
Subjects
Drawbaugh, Daniel.
Telephone - United States.
Telephone
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
926 D767h
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Moravian architecture and town planning; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and other eighteenth-century American settlements

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17491
Author
Murtagh, William J.
Date of Publication
[1967]
Call Number
720.9748 M984
Responsibility
by William J. Murtagh.
Author
Murtagh, William J.
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date of Publication
[1967]
Physical Description
viii, 145 p. illus., plans. 29 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 135-139.
Subjects
Moravian architecture - Pennsylvania - Bethlehem.
Architecture - United States
City planning - United States
Moravian architecture - United States.
Architecture morave - Pennsylvanie - Bethlehem.
Architecture morave - États-Unis.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720.9748 M984
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