Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company and eleven other transportation companies
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1931 Letters Patent for the consolidation of the following public transportation companies: Conestoga Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company.
Recorded in Lancaster County, Charter Book, volume 6, page 438. Signed by Governor Gifford Pinchot, Secretary of the Commonwealth Richard J. Beamish, and Deputy Recorder George L. Keith.
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Red ribbon with silver printing for "Visitor/ (Pa. State Seal)/ Fifth Annual/ State/ Convention/ of/ Associated/ Master Barbers/ of Pennsylvania/ Oct. 4-5, 1931/ Hotel Brunswick/ Lancaster, PA." Metal badge at top with pin on back. Paper insert reads: "D. Strickler/ (Esq.)/ Lancaster/ Pa." Made by Erisman, Lancaster, Pa.
Blue D.A.R. voter ribbon. "Voter/ (D.A.R. emblem)/ Continental/ Congress/ N.S.D.A.R./ 1933." Top edge folder over with cardboard label attached. Safety pin in label. Made by M.L. Wohlfarth, Brentwood, Maryland.
National Federation of Post Office Clerks State Convention Ribbon. "Jos. P. Sherr/ Lancaster, Pa." is printed in ink on the badge insert. On the attached ribbon below: "Ninth Annual/ State Convention/ N.F. P. O. C./ Erie, PA/ Aug. 31 - Sept. 1/ 1930."
Post Office Clerk Convention Button and Ribbon, 1931
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"National Federation/Post Office/ Clerks" on button. State Convention Ribbon. Three ribbons below. On the red ribbon: "10th Annual Convention/ Harrisburg, PA., July 19-20, 1931." On white ribbon: "Visitor." On blue ribbon: "Penn. State Federation of/ Post Office Clerks." Made by St. Louis Button Mfrs., St. Louis, Mo.
Post Office Clerk Convention Button and Ribbon, 1932
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Profile of "George Washington " and dates "1732- 1932" on button. Three ribbons below. On the red ribbon: " Penna. State Federation/ Post Office Clerks." On white ribbon: " Delegate" and seal. On blue ribbon: "11th Annual Convention/ Scranton, Penna./ July 16-17-18, 1932." Made by Bastion Bros., Rochester, N.Y.
Postal Workers Conference Ribbon. "Jos. P. Sherr/ Lancaster, Pa." is typed on the badge insert. On the blue attached ribbon below: "12th Annual/ Convention/ Pennsylvania/ Federation of/ Postoffice/ Clerks/ Lancaster/ July 16-17, 1933. Bottom edge is fringed.
On reverse is a tag "Compliments of Montgomery Ward."