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Lancaster at play : leisure in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17954

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 790 L244

Responsibility: editors: James T. Alton and Thomas R. Ryan.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Cadmus Communications,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: vi.; 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Project manager: Marianne Heckles.

Summary: The third book in a series of photographic histories of the county highlights how Lancastrians had fun and spent their leisure time from the late 1800s to 1970. Its chapters cover a wide range of subjects-from amusement parks to swimming holes to movie theaters to athletic events.

Subjects: Leisure - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Heckles, Marianne.; Abel, Michael L.; Alton, James T.; Ryan, Thomas R.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 790 L244

Over here : Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, during wartime

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18936

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 940.531 O96

ISBN: 9780974016269; 0974016268

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: The fourth book in a series of photographic histories of the county illustrates how Lancastrians participated in times of war. From the Civil War to the Iraq war , from the homefront to the trenches, whether gathering scrap or going off to foreign lands.

Subjects: Civilians in war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; War and society - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Ryan, Thomas R.; Loose, John W.W.; Snow, Marcus S.; Wee, Kathy Wallace; Heckles, Marianne; Smucker, David Rempel; Netscher, C. Nat; Snow, Amanda; Weber, Robert W.; Rauhauser, Barry; Abel, Michael L.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 940.531 O96

The Amish of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18102

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Responsibility: text by Donald B. Kraybill ; photography by Daniel Rodriguez.

ISBN: 9780811734783 (pbk.); 0811734781 (pbk.)

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 88 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Community life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Ethnic relations.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Rodriguez, Daniel

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Postcards of the Manheim area

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12491

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 769.566 M277 Oversize

Responsibility: Edited by the Manheim Historical Society.

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: 216p. ill.; 30 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.175)

Subjects: Postcards - Lancaster County (Pa.); Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.; Manheim (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 769.566 M277 Oversize

Early times in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17813

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 974.816 E12

Responsibility: by Hereford Township Heritage Society.

Place of Publication: Hereford, Pa. (P.O. Box 644, Hereford 18056)

Publisher: Hereford Township Heritage Society,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: 400 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 22 x 29 cm.

Subjects: Hereford (Pa. : Township) - History - Pictorial works.; Hereford (Pa. : Township) - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.

Additional Corporate Author: Hereford Township Heritage Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 E12

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2723

Author: Oblinger, Carl D.

Date of Publication: 1968.

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 Carl D. Oblinger Preface Social and political revolutions are based upon a few determin- ants. There must be a mass of men (identifiable

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Responsibility: 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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A postcard tour of the Cocalico Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18054

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 383.122 P857 Oversize

Place of Publication: Lititz, PA

Publisher: Fulton Press ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Notes: Vol. 1-Ephrata, Vol. 2-Surrounding Areas; Vol. 1, No. 652 of 1,000 copies; Vol. 2, No. 525 of 1,000 copies; A publication of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Summary: Volume 1 - "This fascinating book documents over 280 nineteenth century postcard views of Ephrata and Lincoln; each illustration is accompanied by a caption. Subjects include the Ephrata Cloister, the Ephrata Monument, the Cocalico Creek and bridge, street scenes, buildings, businesses, events, churches, schools, railroad station, trolleys, hotels, Clare Point Stock Farm and race track, sports teams, etc." [From the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]; Volume 2 - " Another fascinating book which documents over 248 nineteenth century postcard views of Adamstown, Akron, Brownstown, Clay Township, Denver, Earl and West Earl Townships, East and West Cocalico Townships, Ephrata Township, and Reamstown. Views include buildings, businesses, events, churches, schools, street scenes, bands, sports teams, etc. " [From the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]

Subjects: Lancaster County, (Pa.) - Cocalico Valley - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County, (Pa.) - Cocalico Valley - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 383.122 P857 Oversize

The small town in 1860 : Adamstown, Pennsylvania : an historical and sociological look at small-town life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7267

Author: Nelson, Barry R.

Date of Publication: 2000

Call Number: 974.815 ADAM N424b

Responsibility: by Barry R. Nelson.

Author: Nelson, Barry R.

Place of Publication: [Adamstown, Pa

Publisher: The Author,

Date of Publication: 2000

Physical Description: 128 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. + 2 folded maps.

Notes: Cover title.; Included are excerpts from the diary of Abraham Lutz from 1858-1861.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).

Subjects: Adamstown (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Adamstown (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 ADAM N424b

A plan for institutional services for Lancaster county, Pennsylvania : a report to the board of county commissioners of Lancaster county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17754

Corporate Author: Lancaster County (Pa.) Citizens' Advisory Committee.

Date of Publication: 1961.

Call Number: 352.96 L245ca

Responsibility: by the Citizens' Advisory Committee.

Corporate Author: Lancaster County (Pa.) Citizens' Advisory Committee.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1961.

Physical Description: 36 leaves ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Planning.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Planning.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Prisons and reformatories.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Prisons and reformatories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.96 L245ca

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Postcards featuring the collection of the Landis Valley Museum

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18245

Author: Richman, Irwin

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 769.566 R532

ISBN: 9780764329708; 0764329707

Author: Richman, Irwin

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd : Atglen, Pa. ;

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 128 p. ; color ill. : cm.

Subjects: Landis Valley Museum (Lancaster, Pa.); Postcards - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster (Pa.) - Pictorial works

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 769.566 R532

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