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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Railroad Conestoga Traction Company Conestoga Transportation Company Conewago Water & Power Company Correspondence Dallastown, York County Drawings Duke Street East Belt line East King Street East Petersburg Elizabethtown Engleside, Lancaster Twp. Ephemera Ephrata Express Printing Co. Greeting cards

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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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Chart

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/64d64aec-1790-4c82-9343-776205932120

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Date Range: ca. 1899

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Description: Conestoga Traction Company chart. A white-line printed chart showing the street railway companies that merged to become the Pennsylvania Traction Company in 1893 and then the Conestoga Traction Company in 1899. Framed.

Date Range: ca. 1899

Creation Date: ca. 1913

Creator: Conestoga Traction Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 11

Storage Cabinet: Section 03

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Subjects: Street-railroads

Search Terms: Brandywine Street Railway Company; Charts; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Coatesville and Western Street Railway Company; Coatesville Rapid Transit Company; Coatesville Traction Company; Columbia and Donegal Railway Company; Columbia and Ironville Street Passenger Railway Company; Conestoga Traction Company; East End Passenger Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Columbia Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Lititz Electric Railway Company; Lancaster and Millersville Railroad Company; Lancaster and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; Lancaster and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster City Street Railway Company; Lancaster Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Parkesburg and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Pennsylvania Traction Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Street railroads; Trolleys; West Chester Street Railway Company; West End Street Railway Company

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Chart

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2024-01-29

Condition Notes: Faded and brittle. Tears along the right side and top, left of center.

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company (MG0123_F028); Transportation Collection (MG0123) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original document may be used by appointment--please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: This itemmay be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2023.055

Other Numbers: MG-123

Other Number: MG-123, Framed 2

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Item

Postcard

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d2fa451e-8df7-40ac-bcca-532919614468

Collection: Postcard Collection

Object ID: 911-016-062

Date Range: c. 1910

1 image

Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Description: Conestoga River, showing the Old Factory Bridge, Williamson Park, Lancaster. Night view.

Date Range: c. 1910

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Written Communication T&E

Search Terms: Williamson Park; Conestoga River; Old Factory Bridge; Covered bridges

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches

Publisher: I. Steinfeldt, Lancaster, PA

Printer: Curt Teich, Chicago

Object ID: 911-016-062

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Postcard

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/78c29caa-bed1-4515-a429-930958817262

Collection: Postcard Collection

Object ID: 970-030

Date Range: c. 1915

1 image

Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Description: Conestoga freight team, Intercourse, PA. Real photo postcard.

Date Range: c. 1915

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Recipient: Miss Anna Bower, 30 Ridgewood Terrace, Maplewood, NJ

Sender: Lloyd

Subcategory: Written Communication T&E

Search Terms: Conestoga wagons; Horses; Wagons

Place: Leacock Twp.

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches

Object ID: 970-030

Additional Notes: "Friend Anna,; Am glad to hear that you like down there. I don't know of any reason for putting anything but Mr. in front of my name. ha ha. Your friend,; Lloyd"; "P.S. I think I will get a team like this one."

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Postcard

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b986fc4b-f543-4a33-9982-382353465010

Collection: Postcard Collection

Object ID: 911-016-059

Date Range: c. 1908

1 image

Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Description: View of Conestoga River from Indian Rock, Williamson Park, Lancaster.

Date Range: c. 1908

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Recipient: Mr. Harry K. Baker, R. F. D. #8, Lancaster, Penna.

Subcategory: Written Communication T&E

Search Terms: Conestoga River; Williamson Park; Indian Rock

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches

Publisher: F. W. Woolworth & Co., Lancaster, PA

Object ID: 911-016-059

Additional Notes: "It suits alright for Sat. night. D. S. K."; Postmarked Sept. 4, 1908, Lancaster, PA

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Postcard

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Collection: Postcard Collection

Object ID: 911-016-061

Date Range: c. 1905

1 image

Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Description: The Conestoga at Williamson Park, Lancaster.

Date Range: c. 1905

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Recipient: Miss Cora Wood, Peter's Creek, Lancaster Co., Pa.

Subcategory: Written Communication T&E

Search Terms: Williamson Park; Conestoga River

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches

Publisher: Williamson's, Lancaster, PA

Object ID: 911-016-061

Additional Notes: "Arrived home safely last evening. Margaret and I had a very pleasant time at Mr. Drennins home. Hope you can come to see me before you leave to teach in September. Hilda W. Mussleman"; Postmarked May 21, 1906, Lancaster, PA

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Postcard

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9df02357-e340-4c58-b031-853752922348

Collection: Michael Haverstick Photograph Collection

Object ID: MH-01-03-01

Date Range: c. 1911

1 image

Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Michael Haverstick Photograph Collection

Description: Real photo postcard. Young man and two young women in a rowboat.

Provenance: Photographs from MG-30 Michael Haverstick Collection

Date Range: c. 1911

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Recipient: Miss Ruth E. Haverstick, R. F. D. #3, Lancaster, Penna.

Sender: Mary Jane

Subcategory: Written Communication T&E

Search Terms: Rowboats; Boats

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 3.5 x 5 inches

Condition: Not Rated

Object ID: MH-01-03-01

Additional Notes: "Hello Ruth,; Really I'm going to write a letter soon. Just send the postal on to tell you a letter's coming. Guess you know one person in the boat. Love, Mary Jane"; Postmarked November 14, 1911, Coatesville, PA