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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Biographical and Historical Note: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14830

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: p. 84 - 100.

Series: In : Journal of the Lancaster county Historical Society, v. 106, no. 2 (Fall 2004).

Notes: Continues : Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3 Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Byerland to Dogtown (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2004).

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 106, number 2 (2004), p. 84-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 106

Lancaster County communities : Intercourse to Landis Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15019

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2005.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ;

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: p. 52 - 60 : ill. , 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 107, no. 1, Summer 2005

Notes: Continues: Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3, Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Byerland to Dogtown (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown , v. 106, no. 2, Fall 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford (v. 106, no. 3, Winter 2005 ) ; Lancaster County communities : Gypsy Hill to Indiantown (v. 106, no. 4, Spring 2005).

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 107, number 1 (2005), p. 52-60Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 107

Lancaster County communities : Landisville to Marietta Junction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15023

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2005.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ;

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: p. 98 - 108 : ill. , 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v. 107, no. 2, Fall 2005.

Notes: Continues : Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3, Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Byerland to Dogtown (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown (v. 106, no. 2, Fall 2004) ; Lancaster County Communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford (v. 106, no. 3, Winter 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Gypsy Hill to Indiantown (v. 106, no. 4, Spring 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Intercourse to Landis Valley (v. 107, no. 1, Summer 2005).

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 107, number 2 (2005), p. 98-108Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 107

Lancaster County communities : Vesta to What Glen

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15321

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: p. 152 - 160 : ill ; 23 cm.

Series: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 109, no. 3 (Fall 2007).

Notes: Continues Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3 Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Byerland to Cordelia Post Office (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/summer 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown (v. 106, no. 2, Fall 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford (v. 106, no. 3, Winter 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Gypsy Hill to Indiantown (v. 106, no. 4, Spring 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Intercourse to Landis Valley (v. 107, no. 1, Summer 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Landisville to Marietta Junction (v. 107, no. 2, Fall 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Mars Hill to New Havewn (v. 107, no. 3, Winter 2005 ) ; Lancaster County communities : New Holland to Oreville (v. 107, no. 4, Winter 2005-2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Oyster Point to Pickadilla (v. 108, no. 1, Spring 2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Pigeontown to Rohrerstown (v. 108, no. 2, Summer 2006) ; Lancaster County communities Rome to Slate Hill (v. 108, no. 3, Fall 2006 ) ; Lancaster County communities : Slaymakertown to Sun Flower (v. 109, no. 1, Spring 2007) ; Lancaster County communities : Sunnyside to Vera Cruz (c. 109, no. 2 Summer 2007).

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 3 (2007), p. 152-160Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v.109

Lancaster County communities : Rome to Slate Hill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17952

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: p. 186 - 193 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 108, no. 4 (Winter 2006 - 2007).

Notes: Continues: Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3 Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities: Byerland to Cordelia Post Office (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/summer 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown (v. 106, no. 2, Fall 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford (v. 106, no. 3, Winter 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Gypsy Hill to Indiantown (v. 106, no. 4, Spring 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Intercourse to Landis Valley (v. 107, no. 1, Summer 2005) ; Lancaster County communities: Landisville to Marietta Junction (v. 107, no. 2, Fall 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Mars Hill to New Haven (v. 107, no. 3, Winter 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : New Holland to Oreville (v. 107, no. 4, Winter 2005-2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Oyster Point to Pickadilla (v. 108, no. 1, Spring 2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Pigeontown to Rohrerstown (v. 108, no. 2, Summer 2006).

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 108, number 4 (2006), p. 186-193Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 108

Lancaster County communities : Sunnyside to Vera Cruz

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19382

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: p. 72 - 79 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical, v. 109, no. 2 (Summer 2007).

Notes: Continues : Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3 Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Bylerland to Cordelia Post Office (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/summer 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown (v. 106, no. 2, Fall 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford (v. 106, no. 3, Winter 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Gypsy Hill to Indiantown (v. 106, no. 4, Spring 2005) ; Lancaster Couty communities : Intercourse to Landis Valley (v. 107, no. 1, Summer 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Landisville to Marietta Junction (v. 107, no. 2, Fall 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Mars Hill to New Haven (v. 107, no. 4, Winter 2006-2006) ; Lancaster County communities : New Holland to Oreville (v. 107, no. 4, Winter 2005 -2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Oyster Points to Pickadilla (v. 108, no. 1, Spring 2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Pigeontown to Rohrerstown (v. 108, no. 2, Sumer 2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Rome to Slate Hill (v. 108, no. 4 (Winter 2006-2007) ; Lancaster County communities : Slaymakertown to Sun Flower (v. 109, no. 1, Spring 2007.)

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 2 (2007), p. 72-79Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 109

Lancaster County Communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13582

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson

Date of Publication: 2003.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: p. 90-99 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.105, no.3, Fall 2003.

Notes: This first installment of Lancaster County place names includes names from Abbeville to Bettlehausen. Further installments will appear in future issues of the Journal.

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 105, number 3 (2003), p. 90-99Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.105 no.3

Lancaster County communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13902

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: p. 144 - 152.

Series: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 106, no. 3.

Notes: Continues previous articles : Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3, Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Byerland to Dogtown (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2004); Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown (v. 106, no. 2, Fall 2004).

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 106, number 3 (2004), p. 144-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 106

Lancaster County communities : Slaymakertown to Sun Flower

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18748

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: p. 44 - 52 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 109, no. 1 (Spring 2007).

Notes: Continues : Lancaster County ommunities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no. 3 Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Byerland to Cordelia Post Office (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/summer 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown (v. 106, no. 2, Fall 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford (v. 106, no. 3, Winter 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Gypsy Hill to Indiantown (v. 106, no. 4, Spring 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Intercourse to Landis Valley (v. 107, no. 1, Summer 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Landisville to Marietta Junction (v. 107, no. 2, Fall 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Mars Hill to New Haven (v. 107, no. 3, Winter 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : New Holland to Oreville (v. 107, no. 4, Winter 2005-2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Oyster Point to Pickadila (v. 108, no. 1, Spring 2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Pigeontown to Rohrerstown (v. 108, no. 2, Summer 2006) ; Lancaster County communities : Rome to Slate Hill (v. 108, no. 4 Winter 2006-2007).

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 1 (2007), p. 44-52Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 109

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