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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dfc446b8-3324-4947-97a1-548878399170
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-06-07-13
Date Range
1910
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster Fairgrounds Racetrack Grandstand
Date Range
1910
Creator
Amos, William W.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Racetracks
Grandstands
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-06-07-13
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/602fa527-3674-486b-b598-383528610038
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-06-07-12
Date Range
1910
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster Fairgrounds Race Track
Date Range
1910
Creator
Amos, William W.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Racetracks
Grandstands
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-06-07-12
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1b0c5317-fbf2-4dfa-8820-768126179294
Collection
Farmers' Fair Collection
Title
Farmers' Fair Collection
Object ID
MG0146
Date Range
1888-1973
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Collection
Farmers' Fair Collection
Title
Farmers' Fair Collection
Description
Of primary interest are premium list books from the Lancaster Fair. The books contain entry categories and prizes offered for winners, general rules and regulations, many advertisements, and photographs of the fairgrounds and acts performing at some of the fairs. There are also Fair Association stock certificates and pamphlets, exhibit entry blanks, promotional fliers, and premium lists from other fairs.
Lancaster County Agricultural Fairs, 1909-1914 scrapbook contains a variety of information pertaining to the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair. There are copies of letters that I. C. Arnold typed and sent out to notify the public about the annual fair, including letters to teachers and businesses. Photographs are scattered within the book. The book is also filled with admission tickets, stand-holder tickets, and exhibitor tickets. There are several pages that show the layout of the fairgrounds and where different exhibits and rides were located. An item of interest is a facsimile of a confederate fifty-dollar bill.
Admin/Biographical History
The Lancaster County Agricultural Fair was held annually starting in 1888 and was sponsored by the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association. The fair lasted for one week and was open to the public for four days. For the first ten years the fair was held at McGrann's Park. In 1909, Lancaster County Agricultural Fair moved to the newly constructed Lancaster Fair Grounds. The new fair complex consisted of fifty-five acres and contained 5,500 bleacher seats, cattle sheds for over 400 exhibits, 225 stables for racing and show horses, a poultry exhibition building for 3,000 exhibits, and two exhibit buildings for the horticulture, agriculture and fancy work exhibits. The animals and exhibits were on display during the fair and there were rides, food stands and other amusements available for the public.
Fair entries were judged in one of eight fair departments: Cattle; Sheep and Swine; Horses, Ponies and Mules; Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock; Farm and Dairy Machinery, Implements, Carriages and Vehicles; Agriculture and Horticulture; Home and Dairy; and Ladies' Fancy Work. The Cattle Department had three different classes of dairy breeds, beef breeds and overall. The Sheep and Swine Department was split in two classes between the sheep and the swine and each class held many divisions for breed classifications. The Department of Horses, Ponies and Mules was split between show animals and work animals used for pulling carts and machinery. Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock were judged as one category winning gold, silver, bronze and runner up medals. Items used for farming and dairy divided the fifth department and then carriages and vehicles shared their own category.
The Department of Agriculture and Horticulture was split into many different categories including grains, seed and flour; wheat; vegetables; potatoes; tobacco; apples; pear, plums and quinces; peaches; grapes; fall strawberries; nuts; wines, cider, etc.; flowers; floral designs; and the boy's corn growing contest. The categories of the Home and Dairy Department are bread and butter; cakes and pies; preserves and pickles; confections; and soaps and hams. The final department, Ladies' Fancy Work, included craft work such as knitting, crochet work, infant's clothing, lace and tatting work, Irish crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, silk embroidery, outline embroidery, punch work, drawn work, stencil work, beadwork, raffia work and the juvenile department. The annual Lancaster County Agricultural Fair's last year was in 1933.
Date Range
1888-1973
Year Range From
1888
Year Range To
1973
Date of Accumulation
1888-1973
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Subjects
Agricultural exhibitions
Fairs
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Agricultural exhibitions
Black Barren Fair
Fairs
Finding aids
Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association
Lancaster Fair
Manuscript groups
Neffsville Fair
New Holland Farmers' Fair
Scrapbooks
Southern Lancaster County Community Fair
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0146
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
A photograph of the grandstand was transferred from Folder 9 to the Photograph Collection, 30 September 2016, Object ID 2-26-04-12.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Farmers' Fair Collection (MG0146), 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-146
Other Number
MG-146
Classification
MG0146
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Collection was processed and finding aid prepared in 1998; the scrapbook was cataloged by CB, 2007-2008. Added to database 5 August 2021.
Lancaster County Agricultural Fairs scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 2007-2008. ME60112.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/92955bed-4d63-4121-9863-223189522600
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-06-07-14
Date Range
1910
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster Fairgrounds Racetrack with view of the Judges' Stand
Date Range
1910
Creator
Amos, William W.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Racetracks
Stables
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-06-07-14
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a4c53f17-e489-43c0-8d2b-475986236022
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Object ID
A-09-02-43
Date Range
October 1912
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Description
A day at the Great Lancaster Fair.
Date Range
October 1912
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Great Lancaster Fair
Fairgrounds
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-09-02-43
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
PC-191
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/548e1cd8-b9a2-4710-a209-044773282145
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-06-07-15
Date Range
1910
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster Agricultural Fair, entrance
Date Range
1910
Creator
Amos, William W.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Agricultural Fair
Fairgrounds
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-06-07-15
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org WLAN (radio station) Wrightsville, York County York Bus Company York Fair York Railway Company Related Materials: Bridges, Roads, and Turnpikes Collection (MG0183) Processing History: This collection has been documented, preserved
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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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Collection
Stock Certificates Collection
Title
Stock Certificates Collection
Object ID
MG0326
Date Range
1822-1995
Note: This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County. Creators: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research
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Collection
Stock Certificates Collection
Title
Stock Certificates Collection
Description
This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County.
Date Range
1822-1995
Year Range From
1822
Year Range To
1995
Date of Accumulation
1822-1995
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Barber, John
Bausman, J. B.
Bolton, W. P.
Bowman, Robert K.
Burkholder, Abe W.
Cleveland, S. M.
Dick, William
Dombach, Calvin S.
Eshleman, Kathryn
Fairlamb, Harry
Folmer, Charles John
Frank, J. Barcley
Franklin, Walter M.
Givler, John
Givler, John S.
Good, C. W.
Green, E.
Haines, Joyce
Haines, Karl
Harrison, W.
Hartman, H. W.
Hartman, John F.
Hartzell, H. O.
Hess, Mark S.
Jenkins, William
Jones, J.
Kauffman, I. M.
Keller, Dean
Kendall, L. A.
Kreider, Elam
Long, John F.
Loose, John Ward Willson "Jack"
Lorch, George A.
Lutz, P. H.
Martin, Isaac
Maxwell, Joseph R.
Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R.
Metzger, H. R.
Metzler, Christian E.
Meyer, Anna Magdalen
Miller, William
Mowrer, J. H.
Nissley, J. H.
Parkins, R. B.
Pickle, J. Harry
Pollard, Myron A.
Price, Samuel
Riddick, Frank A.
Rudy, James K.
Rush, E. W.
Sahm, Norman R.
Shand, William
Shurler, F.
Smith, Jacob
Smith, W. J. B.
Snavely, Helen
Snyder, P. F.
Sweigart, S. F
Wagner, F. D.
Webster, George W.
Yost, J. F.
Zimmerman, Elmer D.
Subjects
Stock certificates
Search Terms
Agricultural Trust and Savings Company
American Bank Note Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Broun-Green Company
Columbia Pennsylvania Library Company
Conestoga Aero Corporation
E. A. Wright Bank Note Company
Eastern Livestock Cooperative Marketing Association
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Farmers Oil Company
Finding aids
Follmer, Clogg and Company
Gap Mine Company
Goldsmith Brothers
International Bank Note Company
Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Lancaster Development Company
Lancaster Manufacturing Company
Lancaster Suburban Water Company
Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Company
Linglestown Fair Association
Lone Star Gas and Oil Company
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Manufacturing
Manuscript groups
New Holland Airport
Railroads
Reynolds and Company
Seed-leaf Tobacco Growers Company
Service and Parking Garage Company
Sicily Island Fishing Club
Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd.
Stock certificates
Tobacco
Turnpikes
United Ice Company
West End Water Company
William F. Murphy's Sons Company
Winslow Petroleum Company
Extent
1 box, 13 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0326
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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 documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may 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.
Other Numbers
MG-326
Classification
MG0326
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 9 September 2021.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/647d7886-0f95-4704-81fa-424296879210
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-20-07-50
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Collection
General Collection
Description
Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show setting up at the fairgrounds east of the city of Lancaster. Native Americans setting up tepees.
Provenance
Gift of Pauline Fusa
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1910
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Fairgrounds
Indigenous peoples
Lancaster
Native Americans
Tepees
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
1-20-07-50
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5f35288b-c491-4760-9324-694704810047
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-20-07-54
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Native Americans arriving at the fairgrounds east of Lancaster.
Provenance
Gift of Pauline Fusa
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1910
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Fairgrounds
Indigenous peoples
Lancaster
Native Americans
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
1-20-07-54
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