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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
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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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For Lancaster's true trolley park, look west

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2146
Author
Corbalis, Ryan P.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
Ryan P. Corbalis.
Author
Corbalis, Ryan P.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
pp. 9-27.
Subjects
Lancaster Street Railway Company.
Conestoga Traction Company.
Lancaster Traction Company.
Reading Transit & Light Company.
Edison Electric Illuminating Company.
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company.
Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company.
West End Railway Compnay.
Millersville Street Railway.
Rocky Springs Park (Lancaster, Pa.)
West End Park (Lancaster, Pa.)
Maple Grove Park (Lancaster, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 1 (2011), p. 9-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 113
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=a9bdba6c1402ee706ed9f9f9cfc184aa
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John Passmore : Lancaster's first mayor and his councils

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo775
Author
Evans, Melvern R.
Date of Publication
1987.
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Responsibility
by Melvern R. Evans, Jr.
Author
Evans, Melvern R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
10-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 91, no. 1
Subjects
Passmore, John Arthur.
Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Officials and employees.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 91, number 1 (1987), p. 10-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.91
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John Piersol McCaskey High School, Lancaster, PA, 1938-1988

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14617
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
373.224 M123
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The School] ,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
28 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
John Piersol McCaskey High School, Lancaster, Pa. - History.
Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Public schools.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
373.224 M123
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Unwrapping historic downtown Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19087
Author
Herrick, Jim.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
917.4815 L244he
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Author
Herrick, Jim.
Place of Publication
[S.n.]
Publisher
Lulu ,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
272 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Contains short biographies of many prominent citizens and descriptions of many buildings.
Contains bibliography.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815 L244he
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The history of the house at 419 West Vine Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19189
Author
Cooper, Philip T. D.
Date of Publication
2014.
Call Number
728.27 C778
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Responsibility
by Philip T. D. Cooper
Author
Cooper, Philip T. D.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
15, 5 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
419 West Vine Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - Historic houses.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.27 C778
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A short history of American locomotive builders in the steam era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2299
Author
White, John H.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
385.36 W58
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Responsibility
by John H. White.
Author
White, John H.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Bass,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 105.
Summary
A guide to the many companies that built America's locomotives. The author tells the story chronologically but provides a detailed analysis of why the Eastern companies were generally able to out compete the Midwest and California manufacturers. Over 80 pages are devoted histories of each of the companies. Illustrated with lithographs and photographs of the works.
Subjects
Lancaster Locomotive Works (Lancaster, Pa.).
Pennel, Lenher and Humes (Lancaster, Pa.).
Locomotive industry - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385.36 W58
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Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1986.
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Responsibility
by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4
Subjects
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90
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Family history & memories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18327
Author
Dumez, Elizabeth Miller.
Date of Publication
March 2012.
Call Number
929 M647
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Responsibility
by Elizabeth Miller Dumez with additions from Ann Miller Rohrer & Jake Rohrer, edited by Jake Rohrer.
Author
Dumez, Elizabeth Miller.
Date of Publication
March 2012.
Physical Description
35, [5] : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Miller family.
1267 Wheatland Avenue - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Township.
Lancaster Soap Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Hamilton Watch Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Additional Author
Rohrer, Ann Miller,
Rohrer,Jake,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 M647
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James Buchanan and his family at Wheatland

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Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
728.37 C132j
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Alternate Title
James Buchanan's Wheatland
Responsibility
by Sally Smith Cahalan ; [photography by John P. Herr].
Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
James Buchanan Foundation,
Date of Publication
c1988.
Physical Description
100 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes
Cover title: James Buchanan's Wheatland.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Family.
Buchanan family.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 C132j
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