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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Booklets Brochures Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County Center Square Road Station Chestnut Street Christiana Coatesville, Chester County Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy

1 document

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.

Documents

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Chester County place names

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5510

Author: Pinkowski, Edward,

Edition: Rev. and enl.

Date of Publication: 1962.

Call Number: 974.813 P655

Author: Pinkowski, Edward,

Edition: Rev. and enl.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Sunshine Press,

Date of Publication: 1962.

Physical Description: 288 p. 20 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliography.

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 P655

Chester County landmarks : including landmarks at Brandywine and Valley Forge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6013

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1956.

Call Number: 974.813 M159

Responsibility: pen-and-ink drawings by Henry T. MacNeill.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Whitford, Pa

Publisher: Stephen Moylan Press,

Date of Publication: 1956.

Physical Description: vi, 37 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: "First printing for the Chester County Day Committee."

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: MacNeill, Henry T.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County (Pa.). Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 M159

Descendants of William and Martha Hogg to 1969

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4604

Author: Hogg, George A.

Date of Publication: 1969.

Call Number: 929 H716

Alternate Title: Hogg

Responsibility: [George A. Hogg]

Author: Hogg, George A.

Place of Publication: [Kirkwood, Pa.]

Publisher: Paul H. Stoner,

Date of Publication: 1969.

Physical Description: 63 p. : coat of arms ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Printed in July, 1969".; "Special thanks to Pauline Hogg Reynolds, Mildred Graner Smith, Harriet Hogg Pierce, and Ernest Thompson Reynolds who compiled these records for posterity".

Subjects: Hogg, William, - 1779-1843 - Family.; Hunter, Margaret, - 1788-1864 - Family.; Hogg, William, - 1817-1885 - Family.; Swisher, Martha R., - 1827-1893 - Family.; Hogg family.; Hunter family.; Swisher family.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Decatur County (Ind.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 H716

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d095a66b-a39b-49cc-8eb2-111793377512

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Bell Bank covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek four miles south of Nine Points, between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.

Object ID: 1-09-03-45

Date Range: September 1956

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Bell Bank covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek four miles south of Nine Points, between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.

Description: Bell Bank covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek four miles south of Nine Points, between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.

Provenance: Lancaster County covered bridge photos taken by M. E. Schroll and Kathryn L. Sauder taken between 1956 and 1958.

Date Range: September 1956

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bell Bank Covered Bridge; Bell Bank, Colerain Twp.; Bridges; Covered bridges; Creeks; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-09-03-45

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/426ed623-5d9d-441a-a1e9-593023887110

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Bell Bank covered bridge on the Octoraro Creek between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.

Object ID: 1-09-03-46

Date Range: August 4,1958

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Bell Bank covered bridge on the Octoraro Creek between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.

Description: Bell Bank covered bridge on the Octoraro Creek between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.

Provenance: Lancaster County covered bridge photos taken by M. E. Schroll and Kathryn L. Sauder taken between 1956 and 1958.

Date Range: August 4,1958

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bell Bank Covered Bridge; Bell Bank, Colerain Twp.; Bridges; Covered bridges; Creeks; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-09-03-46

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/60164561-00bd-4e1c-918d-302437241114

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Pine Grove covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek, between Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, and Lower Oxford Township, Chester County. Location of pumping station which supplies Chester.

Object ID: 1-09-03-47

Date Range: September 1956

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Pine Grove covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek, between Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, and Lower Oxford Township, Chester County. Location of pumping station which supplies Chester.

Description: Pine Grove Covered Bridge across the Octoraro Creek, between Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, and Lower Oxford Township, Chester County. Location of pumping station which supplies Chester.

Provenance: Lancaster County covered bridge photos taken by M. E. Schroll and Kathryn L. Sauder taken between 1956 and 1958.

Date Range: September 1956

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Covered bridges; Creeks; Little Britain Twp.; Octoraro Water Company; Pine Grove Covered Bridge; Pumping stations

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-09-03-47

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fe377bc6-64e7-444c-a2f6-180022149500

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-09-03-03

Date Range: May 9, 1969

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Pirates Cruise to Valley Forge Military Academy, May 8, 1969. Front from left: General Milton Baker, General Daniel Strickler, Chief Wally Davis, Doug Darmstetter, Sam Slaymaker, A. C. Darmstetter. Rear from left: Miles Kieffer, Ray Hall, Dick Ladner, Ralph Hill, Harry Espenshade, Ira Honeman