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Journals of the Select and Common Councils of the city of Lancaster : and resolutions in memorial to Honorable Henry Lightner Trout of the city of Lancaster

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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Select and Common Councils.
Date of Publication
1920
Call Number
352.008 S464j
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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Select and Common Councils.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Examiner Printing House,
Date of Publication
1920
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS has January 1920.
Subjects
Trout, Henry Lightner.
Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.008 S464j
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The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Author
Kocher, Alfred L.
Date of Publication
1920
The Early Architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL FORMS IN LANCASTER COUNTY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. "No chapter in the history of national manners would illustrate so well, if duly executed, the progress of social life
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by Alfred L. Kocher, A.I.A.
Author
Kocher, Alfred L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1920
Physical Description
91-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 5
Subjects
Architecture.
Greek revival (Architecture)
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 5 (1920), p. 91-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24
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Polk's official street directory, car line and information guide of Lancaster including ready reference map: giving description, location,number and intersection of each street, and the nearest car line to each number on the street, also key numbers for use with Polk's Ready Reference Map. Also routes of city and suburban car lines, list of public buildings, cemeteries, churches, fire department, libraries, parks,police department, post office, schools and other valuable information

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Date of Publication
1924
Call Number
917.4815
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
64 p. map ; 15 cm.
Notes
Includes advertising.
Map tipped in rear cover.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
R.L. Polk & Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815
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The Amish of Lancaster County : a brief, but truthful account of the actual life and customs of the most unique class of people in the United States

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Author
Steinfeldt, Berenice.
Date of Publication
c1940.
Call Number
289.71 S819
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Responsibility
by Berenice Steinfeldt.
Author
Steinfeldt, Berenice.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Conestoga Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1940.
Physical Description
32, [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"Published in Lancaster County, Pa. by Arthur G. Steinfeldt.
c. 1 copyright 1940 "9th printing"; c. 2 copyright 1937 "2nd printing".
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 S819
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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication
1924
weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga Indians.
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Landis, David H.,
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
. Root, Vice- President and Treasurer, of Allentown, Pa.; Mr. L. C. Pursell, Second Vice-President, of Allentown, Pa.; and to Mr. James Huebner, Vice-President, Lancaster Division, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Most of the material in this study has been secured from data and records owned by the
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Address to President John Adams from the citizens of Lancaster Borough and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1928
Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928
Physical Description
53-54 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 32, no. 3 & 4
Subjects
Adams, John, - 1735-1826.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.
France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 32, number 3/4 (1928), p. 53-54Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32
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Report on the committee appointed to participate in the exercises incident to the restoration of City Hall, Lancaster, Pa., to its original colonial design and dignity

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Author
Garvin, Milton Thomas.
Date of Publication
1925
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.29
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address of Mr. M. T. Garvin. Address of Richard Reilly, Esq.
Author
Garvin, Milton Thomas.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
3-7 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 1
Subjects
City Hall (Lancaster, Pa.)
Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1865-
Additional Author
Reilly, R. M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.29
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Buyer's Guide 1921-1922 Lancaster Directory- Consult it before buying: All the leading houses in every line. The following pages contain the names of the most enterprising and live-wire merchants in this territory. PATRONIZE THEM

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Date of Publication
1921-
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1921
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Alternate Title
Rhode's Lancaster County, Penna. directory ...
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Pa
Publisher
William S. Rhode,
Date of Publication
1921-
Physical Description
volumes ; 24 cm
Notes
Library has: 1921.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1921
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Plan of Bangor Episcopal Church and Churchyard : Churchtown, Lancaster County Pennsylvania showing the relative position of the tombstones as they were in October, 1940

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Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
974.815 CAER 700
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Responsibility
William Frederic Worner.
Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 75 cm x 105 cm.
Notes
Shows location of numbered burial plots.
Rineers "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County", page 51, #1.
Tombstone numbers corrolate with the names numbered in Vol. 8, page 185 of Worners "Tombstone Inscriptions from Graveyards in Lancaster County Pennsylvania".
Subjects
Bangor Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery (Churchtown, Pa.) - Maps.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Caernarvon Township
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Caernarvon township
Additional Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 CAER 700
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Map of Shreiner's Cemetery, West Chestnut and North Mulberry Streets, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : showing the relative positons of the tombstones as they were in October 1941

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Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
974.815 LACI 704
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Responsibility
prepared by William Frederic Worner.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
1 map : photocopy ; 106 x 54 cm.
Notes
Blue line print. Gives lot numbers. Thaddeus Stevens is buried in lot 49.
Subjects
Shreiner's Cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.) - Maps.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 704
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History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
388.4 L574
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Responsibility
compiled by Harry David Lentz, Jr.
Place of Publication
Lebanon [Pa.]
Publisher
Lentz,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.
Subjects
Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.
Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company - History.
Lancaster Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Additional Author
Lentz, Harry David,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
388.4 L574
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The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada

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Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
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Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Place of Publication
Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
[6] 216 p. : plates, port. ;
Notes
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Subjects
Stoves.
Stove-plates.
Christian art and symbolism.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
Websites
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A brief description of Indian life and Indian trade of the Susquehannock Indians. The tribe which inhabited what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A compilation of pen pictures by the earliest Europeans with whom they came in contact. Also giving a study of the exact location and period of occupation of their villages and fort stes based on the articles found in Indian graves here

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
c1929]
Call Number
974.8011 L257b
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Responsibility
By D. H. Landis ...
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
c1929]
Physical Description
1 p. β., [7]-48 p. front. (port.) illus. 23 cm.
Notes
Owing to an imperfect impression, p. 48 is numbered 4 in this copy.
"Only 150 copies will be printed and type destroyed."
"Reprinted from the Lancaster new era and also Intelligencer journal, June 22, l929."
Subjects
Susquehanna Indians.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 L257b
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Map of the public roads in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the State Highway Department by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 1, 1905

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Corporate Author
A. Hoen and Company.
Date of Publication
[1923?]
Call Number
974.815 LACO 517 Oversize
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Corporate Author
A. Hoen and Company.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, Md
Publisher
H. Hoen & Co. Lith.,
Date of Publication
[1923?]
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 99 x 105 cm.
Notes
"April 1, 1923."
Includes table of township road mileages and distance table.
Subjects
Post office buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Highway Dept.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 517 Oversize
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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.
Notes
Tail-pieces.
"Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]
"Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.
"Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.
"List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.
Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Fortification - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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The Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church, Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
evident that shortly after the Saint James's Female Sunday-school society was established, other churches withdrew from the Union school and started schools in their own congregations. In the report, it is stated that "In the several schools now in Lancaster, probably double the number of children are
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
134-139 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 9 & 10
Subjects
St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sunday schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Episcopalians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
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Industrial directory of Lancaster : "the red rose city" of Pennsylvania and county seat of Lancaster County "America's garden spot."

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Date of Publication
[(1929?).]
Call Number
330.974815 L224w
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Alternate Title
What Lancaster "the red rose city of Pennsylvania" manufactures
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce,
Date of Publication
[(1929?).]
Physical Description
52 pages ; 16 cm
Notes
Cover title: What Lancaster "The Red Rose City of Pennsylvania" manufactures. An alphabetical list of manufacturers and an index of the commodities they produce.
Subjects
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Directories.
Industries.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
330.974815 L224w
Copy Info
1929
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The Engle history and family records of Dauphin and Lancaster counties. The numerous lineal descendants of Ulrich Engel. Short sketches of Engle families not related. A sketch of the arrival and record of the origin of the brethren in Christ church of which a large number of these descendants are menbers

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Author
Engle, Morris M.,
Date of Publication
[1927]
Call Number
929 E585e
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Alternate Title
History of the Engle Family in America 1754-1927.
Responsibility
Compiled, arranged, indexed and published by Morris M. Engle ...
Author
Engle, Morris M.,
Place of Publication
Mt. Joy, Pa
Publisher
The Bulletin press
Date of Publication
[1927]
Physical Description
161 p. illus. (incl. ports., maps) 24 cm.
Subjects
Engle family (Ulrich Engel, fl. 1753)
Groff family.
Kauffman family.
Miller family.
Stauffer family.
Brubaker family.
Hershey family.
Musser family.
Oberholtzer family.
Stoner family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E585e
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The famed markets of Lancaster : with a taste of tomato, and a sip of cider

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
c1949.
Call Number
641.3 H473
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Date of Publication
c1949.
Physical Description
30 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Vegetables - Pennsylvania.
Truck farming - Pennsylvania.
Central Market (Lancaster, Pa.)
Northern Market (Lancaster, Pa.)
Eastern Market (Lancaster, Pa.)
Western Market (Lancaster, Pa.)
Southern Market (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
641.3 H473
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