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The American heritage history of antiques from the Civil War to World War I

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Author
Davidson, Marshall B.
Date of Publication
[1969]
Call Number
745.1 D253h
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by the editors of American heritage. Author and editor in charge: Marshall B. Davidson.
Author
Davidson, Marshall B.
Place of Publication
[New York]
Publisher
American Heritage Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1969]
Physical Description
415 p. illus. (part col.), facsims., ports. (part col.) 29 cm.
Subjects
Antiques - United States
United States - Social life and customs - 1865-1918.
Additional Title
American heritage.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.1 D253h
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Negro employment in Lancaster : a report to the Chamber of Commerce of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Author
Gershenfeld, Walter J.
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
331.6396 G381
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Responsibility
prepared by Walter J. Gershenfeld and Richard L. Rowan ; under the direction of Herbert R. Northrup.
Author
Gershenfeld, Walter J.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
59 p. : map ; 29 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"September 1964."
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
Additional Author
Rowan, Richard.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
331.6396 G381
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The Reading militia in the great war / by J. Bennett Nolan ... published under the auspices of the Historical society of Berks county

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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1921]
Call Number
974.816 R287n
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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Printed by F. A. Woerner
Date of Publication
[1921]
Physical Description
206 p. ; 19 cm.
Contents
The career of Company I, later known at Company D, 150th machine gun battalion, Forty-second division, American expeditionary force.--The career of Company A, later known as Company B, 106th machine gun battalion, Twenty-eighth division, American expeditionary force.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Machine Gun Battalion, 10th.
United States. - Army. - Machine Gun Battalion, 135th.
World War, 1914-1918 - Pennsylvania - Reading.
World War, 1914-1918 - United States
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Berks County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 R287n
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A checklist of writings on the economic history of the greater Philadelphia/Wilmington region

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Date of Publication
1968
Call Number
010.330 W743
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Place of Publication
Greenville, Del
Publisher
Eleutherian Mills Historical Library
Date of Publication
1968
Physical Description
ix, 123 p. maps 28 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Economic conditions - Bibliography.
Wilmington Metropolitan Area (Del.) - Economic conditions - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Nelson, Daniel,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
010.330 W743
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Errors corrected : letter of William F. Worner to the President of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
stated that President Buchanan "returned to his home [Wheatland] following his term as President of the United States and prac- tised law at the Lancaster bar." James Buchanan was admitted to the bar, in Lancaster, November 17th, 1812, and practiced law here until he entered upon his political career
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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
104-106 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7
Notes
"Seeing America's Garden Spot, Lancaster: the Red Rose City of Pennsylvania"
Subjects
Darmstaetter, Adolf C.
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce (Pa.)
History
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Errors, inventions, etc.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 104-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Forty years of jobs! : The story of the Economic Development Company of Lancaster County, 1960-2000

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Author
Moore, C. Eugene
Date of Publication
1960]
Call Number
352.94 E19
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Author
Moore, C. Eugene
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Economic Development Company of Lancaster County ,
Date of Publication
1960]
Physical Description
[14] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Economic Development Company of Lancaster County.
Economic conditions - Pennslvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.94 E19
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The American heritage history of the confident years

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Author
Russell, Francis,
Date of Publication
[1969]
Call Number
973.8 R963
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by the editors of American heritage. Editor in charge: Ralph K. Andrist. Narrative: Francis Russell. Pictorial commentary: Michael Harwood.
ISBN
0828100217
Author
Russell, Francis,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Heritage Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1969]
Physical Description
400 p. illus. (part col.), ports. (part col.) 29 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Trial of a president -- Grant in the White House -- Rebels and reconstructors -- The politics of Boodle -- Faces of the west -- An era of expansion -- In rural America -- Rise of the tycoons -- A time for sports -- The return of the Democrats -- Builders and doers -- Unrest in the farm lands -- Avenue and alley -- Free silver and expansionism -- In the melting pot -- War with Spain -- Horseless carriage days -- America enters into the twentieth century -- Twilight on Elm Street.
Subjects
United States - History - 1865-1921.
Additional Author
Andrist, Ralph K.,
Additional Title
American heritage.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.8 R963
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Economy : a report on the historical development, present characteristics, and future projections for the economy of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Lancaster County Planning Commission.
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
352.94 L245e
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Corporate Author
Lancaster County Planning Commission.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
152 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"This is the fourth in a series of basic planning studies to be prepared by the Lancaster County Planning Commission."
Subjects
Economic conditions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.94 L245e
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One nation indivisible. The union in American thought, 1776-1861

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Author
Nagel, Paul C.
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
342.73 N147
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Author
Nagel, Paul C.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
vii, 328 p. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p.289-318)
Subjects
Federal government - United States.
State rights (American politics)
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
342.73 N147
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A brief historical review of the achievements of German nationals in the early days of American colonization. The period from 1564 to 1682 inclusive

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Author
Lohr, Otto,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
974.8002 L833
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Responsibility
by Otto Lohr.
Author
Lohr, Otto,
Place of Publication
Hoboken [N.J.]
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
7, [1] p. 21 cm.
Series
Historical bulletin ; no. 1
Subjects
Germans - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8002 L833
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.1
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.2
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Census of population, 1960. number of inhabitants, general population characteristics, general social and economic characteristics, and detailed characteristics

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15933
Date of Publication
1963.
Call Number
312 U58, 1960 Population
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prepared under the supervision of Howard G. Brunsman.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1963.
Physical Description
xlviii, 1030 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Notes
"The Eighteenth Decennial Census of the United States."
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Population - Statistics.
Pennsylvania - Social conditions - Statistics.
Pennsylvania - Economic conditions - Statistics.
Pennsylvania - Census, 1960.
United States - Census, 18th, 1960.
Additional Author
Brunsman, Howard G.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
312 U58, 1960 Population
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The social structure of revolutionary America

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Author
Main, Jackson Turner.
Date of Publication
1965.
Call Number
309.173 M224
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Author
Main, Jackson Turner.
Place of Publication
Princeton, N.J
Publisher
Princeton University Press,
Date of Publication
1965.
Physical Description
viii, 330 p. 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
United States - Social conditions - To 1865.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
309.173 M224
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In recognition of their prominence : a case study of the economic and social backgrounds of an ante-bellum Negro business and farming class in Lancaster County

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Author
Oblinger, Carl D.
Date of Publication
1968.
assessments, included one hundred feet of wharf space along the Susquehanna River, a two-story residence on Columbia's exclusive Front Street, and numerous other brick homes in Columbia and Lancaster. Most of the other seventy-four Negroes were not as fortunate as Whipper, but they all owned at least their
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by Carl D. Oblinger.
Author
Oblinger, Carl D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1968.
Physical Description
[65]-83 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 72, no. 2
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 72, number 2 (1968), p. 65-83Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.72
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The Conestoga wagon ; A short story of a "Ship of Inland Commerce"

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Author
Hill, Harry Segner,
Date of Publication
1963.
Call Number
684 H645
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Responsibility
by Harry S. Hill.
Author
Hill, Harry Segner,
Place of Publication
Asbury Park, N.J
Publisher
Clayton press, printers,
Date of Publication
1963.
Physical Description
23 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
First published in 1930.
Bibliography : p. 23
Summary
History of the structure of the wagon and it's use. Includes a comparison to the structure of the later "Prarie Schooner."
Subjects
Wagons.
Transportation - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
684 H645
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The maritime commerce of colonial Philadelphia

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Author
Jensen, Arthur Louis,
Date of Publication
1963.
Call Number
387.5097 J51
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Author
Jensen, Arthur Louis,
Place of Publication
Madison
Publisher
State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Dept. of History, University of Wisconsin,
Date of Publication
1963.
Physical Description
312 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliography.
Subjects
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Commerce.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Causes.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
387.5097 J51
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The Twenty-eighth division, Pennsylvania's guard in the world war; forewards by the commanding generals. The history of the Keystone or Iron division in the world war. Also the history and traditions of the Pennsylvania national guard and its predecessor the Pennsylvania militia

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Author
Martin, Edward,
Date of Publication
[c1923-24]
Call Number
940.412 M379 Oversize
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Compiled from official and private records, by Colonel Edward Martin, assisted by officers and men of the various units; E.S. Wallace ... editor ...
Author
Martin, Edward,
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
28th division Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[c1923-24]
Physical Description
5 v. fronts., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 2 col. pl. 35 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Infantry Division, 28th.
World War, 1914-1918 - United States.
Additional Author
Wallace, Edwin Sherman,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.412 M379 Oversize
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A pictorial record of the Sesqui-centennial international exposition: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1st-December 1st, Nineteen Hundred Twenty Six Commemorating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

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Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
974.811 P544s
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Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
John D. Cardinell, official photographer and publisher,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
[64] p. : chiefly ill. ; 20 x 24.5 cm.
Notes
Printed wrappers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 P544s
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A handbook of the American Wing opening exhibition

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Corporate Author
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing.
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
645 A512
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by R.T.H. Halsey and Charles O. Cornelius.
Corporate Author
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Museum,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
xxi, 283 p. illus. (incl. plans) 22 cm.
Subjects
Furniture - United States.
Art objects - United States.
Interior decoration.
Architecture, Domestic - United States.
Architecture, Colonial.
Additional Author
Halsey, R. T. Haines
Cornelius, Charles Over,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
645 A512
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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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History and rhymes of the Lost Battalion

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Author
McCollum, Lee Charles.
Date of Publication
c1929.
Call Number
940.41 M129
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by "Buck Private" McCollum ; sketches by Franklin Sly and Tolman R. Reamer.
Author
McCollum, Lee Charles.
Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
c1929.
Physical Description
140 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
"Seven hundreth thousand."
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918 - United States
World War, 1914-1918
United States - Infantry - 308th regt., 1917-1919 - Poetry.
Additional Author
Sly, Franklin.
Reamer, Tolman R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.41 M129
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