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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
, and Middletown Turnpike Lebanon, Lebanon County Letters Lititz Maple Grove Park Maps Marietta Avenue 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
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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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Inkstand

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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1935.057.003
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Rectangular tray. White porcelain with gold trim, raised pink tray with support openings for a white ink well and a white pounce sander. Scalloped edges form handles on both ends of the raised tray and continues along the oblong tray that held pens. Scalloped edges feature gilded edges on white background bordered by a wide cobalt blue band gilt floral decor. The center of the pen tray is white with a pink, blue and white flower motif.
Provenance
James Buchanan
To Rev. Edward Y. Buchanan (brother)
To Lois Buchanan Cassatt (daughter/JB niece)
To Edward Buchanan Cassatt (son/JB great nephew)
To Lois Buchanan Cassatt Thayer (daughter/JB great, great niece)
To the James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1830
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Library
Storage Wall
Southeast Wall
Storage Cabinet
Desk
Storage Shelf
Top Surface
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Inkstand
Material
Porcelain
Makers Mark
No markings on the piece.
Height (in)
2.25
Width (in)
11.5
Depth (in)
8
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-06-16
Condition Notes
Some paint worn off
Object ID
W.1935.057.003
Notes
Inkstand from Wheatland during Buchanan's time. Donor is great-great-niece of Buchanan-thru brother Edward's line.
Place of Origin
Paris, France
Accession Number
W.1935.057
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Lime Spring Farm, a retrospective : a special time--a special place--special people

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Author
Lovell, Mike
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
929 S798L Missing 11/2012
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Responsibility
by Mike Lovell and Pamela Haines.
Author
Lovell, Mike
Place of Publication
s.l
Publisher
Fastback Creative Books ,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
115 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes abstracts from the diary (1858) of Sarah Ann Frantz.
Subjects
Haines, Pamela.
Frantz, Sarah Ann.
Neff family.
Stauffer family.
Tanger family.
Lehman family.
Lime Spring Farm (East Hempfield Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)
Farms - Pennsylvania - East Hempfield (Township)
East Hempfield (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S798L Missing 11/2012
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Tape, Audio Reel

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Collection
History Collection: Events, Lancaster Bicentennial
Object ID
2008.045.1
Date Range
January 8, 2004
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History Collection: Events, Lancaster Bicentennial
Description
Plastic cassette tape, one side labeled (handwritten): "8 Bicentennial Spots." Return address is on label.
Date Range
January 8, 2004
Year Range From
1976
Year Range To
1992
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Container
Box 0378
Subcategory
Sound Communication T&E
Object Name
Tape, Audio Reel
Length (in)
4
Width (in)
2.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2018-09-17
Object ID
2008.045.1
Accession Number
2008.045
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Trumpet, Fire

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Collection
Firefighting Collection
Title
Presentation Fire Trumpet
Object ID
2005.985
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Collection
Firefighting Collection
Title
Presentation Fire Trumpet
Description
Brass Speaking Trumpet with attached strap. This is very similar to the trumpet seen in Photograph 2-01-10-13
5-part brass fire horn, tapering cone from bell to neck of mouthpiece with rounded bands (4) between each section. Lower and third bands have a knob with a hole containing a metal ring. 3-ply red-white-blue cord attached to wire loop nearest mouthpiece.
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1840
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 07
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Subcategory
Sound Communication T&E
Object Name
Trumpet, Fire
Material
Brass
Height (cm)
45.4025
Height (ft)
1.4895833333
Height (in)
17.875
Diameter (cm)
19.3675
Diameter (ft)
0.6354166667
Diameter (in)
7.625
Dimension Details
Mouthpiece: 2.875
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2024-01-25
Condition Notes
Dents in bell and length of horn. Some sports and areas of tarnish.
Object ID
2005.985
Related Item Notes
This is very similar to the trumpet seen in Photograph 2-01-10-13
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Sign

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Collection
History Collection: Person, Lloyd & John Houston Mifflin
Title
Lloyd Mifflin, Studio Sign, Daguerreotype Miniatures
Object ID
1961.003.20
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History Collection: Person, Lloyd & John Houston Mifflin
Title
Lloyd Mifflin, Studio Sign, Daguerreotype Miniatures
Description
Sheet iron sign painted in black background with gold lettering, "DAGUERREOTYPE / MINIATURES,/ BY L. H. MIFFLIN / Specimens to be seen WITHIN"
Year Range From
1807
Year Range To
1888
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 20
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0320
Subcategory
Visual Communication T&E
Object Name
Sign
Material
Sheet Iron
Height (in)
10
Width (in)
13.75
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2019-03-25
Condition Notes
Jagged corners Missing paint and rust in sections on front.
Object ID
1961.003.20
Usage
Mifflin, Lloyd, Jr.
Accession Number
1961.003
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Sign

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Collection
History Collection: Person, Jacob Eichholtz
Object ID
1950.004.1
Date Range
1812-1842
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Collection
History Collection: Person, Jacob Eichholtz
Description
Sheet Iron sign with black background and gold lettering, "J. Eichholtz / Portrait Painter"
Date Range
1812-1842
Year Range From
1812
Year Range To
1842
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 18
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
People
Eichholtz, Jacob
Subcategory
Visual Communication T&E
Object Name
Sign
Material
Sheet Iron
Object ID
1950.004.1
Usage
Eichholtz, Jacob
Accession Number
1950.004
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Archive

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Collection
Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
Title
Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
Object ID
MG0720
Date Range
1798-1939
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Collection
Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
Title
Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
Description
This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.
Date Range
1798-1939
Year Range From
1798
Year Range To
1939
Date of Accumulation
1798-1939
Creator
Woerner family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
People
Bassler, Maria
Bernhard, Henry
Bernhardy, Henry
Breitigan, Daniel Mumma
Bomgardener, Elias
Burkholder, Ann
Buckwalter, Barbara
Buckwalter Daniel W.
Buckwalter, David Joseph
Buckwalter, Elam
Buckwalter, Harry Sahm
Burkholder, Henry
Buckwalter, Henry W.
Buckwalter, Hiram
Buckwalter, Ivan
Buckwalter, Joseph
Burkholder, Martha
Buckwalter, Stella
Burkholder, Rebecca
Burkholder, Veronica
Cross, Peter
Drutt, George
Dunlap, W. M.
Dutt, Anne
Dutt, George
Eberle, Ann
Eberly, H. S.
Fory, Zeno
Frank, Christian
Fulmer, Phillip
Hackman, Andrew
Harnish, M. M.
Hartman, Frank
Heidman, Elizabeth
Heilmand, John
Herr, Isaac
Herr, Walter
Hollersten, Peter
Homsher, Fred
Huber, Abraham
Kreider, Abraham
Kreiter, Christian
Landis, Levi
Myers, N. S.
Myers, Samuel
Masterson, Maria
Masterson, Thomas
Newcomer, Jacob
Nolly, Loretta Jane
Peifer, Amos
Ritter, Benjamin
Ruth, John
Sahm, Aaron
Sahm, David C.
Sahm, Eliza Gross
Sahm, George
Sahm, Henry Gross
Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker
Sahm, Levi
Sahm, Menno L.
Shriner, Daniel
Snyder, H. B.
Spacht, Ralph M.
Stauffer, Christian
Weidman, David
Witmer, David M.
Subjects
Airports
Auctions
Broadsides
Campbell Soup Company
Contracts
Deeds
Inventories
Loans
Maps
Probate records
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Runways (Aeronautics)
Stocks
Taxation
Wills
Search Terms
Administrators' accounts
Agreements
Airports
American Union Telephone Company
Auctions
Broadsides
Campbell Soup Company
Contracts
Deeds
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Estate inventories
Executors' accounts
Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
Farmers Market Company
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Financial records
Guardianship accounts
Inventories
Kissel Hill Telephone Company
Lancaster Abattoir Company
Lancaster Trust Company
Leaf Tobacco Company
Livestock
Loans
Manheim Fairview Cemetery
Manheim Twp.
Maps
Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
Penn Twp.
Phoenix Water Power Company
Probate records
Reading Transit and Light Company
Receipts
Runways
Stocks
Taxation
Taxes
Warwick Twp.
West Lampeter Twp.
Wills
Extent
2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0720
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), 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-720
Other Number
MG-720
Classification
MG0720
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1830 #236
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Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0010
People
Beitler, Jacob
Cohick, Susanna
Freeze, John
Gable, Elizabeth
Law, Ruth
Law, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Poor children
East Hempfield Twp.
Rapho Twp.
West Hempfield Twp.
Teachers
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1830 #236
Box Number
010
Notes
Entered into Q&A 1994/11/08.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Townships as noted.
Beitler, Jacob. Teacher.
Cohick, Susanna. West Hempfield.
Freeze, John. East Hempfield Twp.
Gable, Elizabeth. Rapho Twp.
Law, Ruth. Mother of Law, Thomas. East Hempfield Twp.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
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Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #202
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Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0008
People
Becker, Anna
Becker, Nicholas
Bishop, Susanna
Fisher, George
Neef, Samuel
Nies, John
Schreader, Catharine
Schreader, Elizabeth
Schreader, Frederick
Sehner, Barbara
Sehner, Benjamin
Sehner, John
Stauffer, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
East Hempfield Twp.
West Hempfield Twp.
Poor children
Teachers
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
East Hempfield Twp.
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #202
Box Number
008
Notes
Entered into Q & A 1994/03/31.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
East Hempfield Twp. unless noted.
Becker, Anna.
Becker, Nicholas.
Bishop, Susanna. West Hempfield Twp.
Fisher, George. West Hempfield Twp.
Neef, Samuel. West Hempfield Twp.
Nies, John.
Schreader, Catharine. West Hempfield Twp.
Schreader, Elizabeth. West Hempfield Twp.
Schreader, Frederick. West Hempfield Twp.
Sehner, Barbara.
Sehner, Benjamin.
Sehner, John.
Stauffer, John. Teacher.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
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