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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Railroad Conestoga Traction Company Conestoga Transportation Company Conewago Water & Power Company Correspondence Dallastown, York County Drawings Duke Street East Belt line East King Street East Petersburg Elizabethtown Engleside, Lancaster Twp. Ephemera Ephrata Express Printing Co. Greeting cards
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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
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-016-059
Date Range
c. 1908
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
View of Conestoga River from Indian Rock, Williamson Park, Lancaster.
Date Range
c. 1908
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Recipient
Mr. Harry K. Baker, R. F. D. #8, Lancaster, Penna.
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Conestoga River
Williamson Park
Indian Rock
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
F. W. Woolworth & Co., Lancaster, PA
Object ID
911-016-059
Additional Notes
"It suits alright for Sat. night. D. S. K."
Postmarked Sept. 4, 1908, Lancaster, PA
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-016-061
Date Range
c. 1905
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
The Conestoga at Williamson Park, Lancaster.
Date Range
c. 1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Recipient
Miss Cora Wood, Peter's Creek, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Williamson Park
Conestoga River
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
Williamson's, Lancaster, PA
Object ID
911-016-061
Additional Notes
"Arrived home safely last evening. Margaret and I had a very pleasant time at Mr. Drennins home. Hope you can come to see me before you leave to teach in September. Hilda W. Mussleman"
Postmarked May 21, 1906, Lancaster, PA
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
974-057
Date Range
c. 1907
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Looking across the Susquehanna River at Pequea, PA.
Date Range
c. 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Recipient
Mrs. Ida Keiper, Landisville, Penna.
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Pequea, Martic Twp.
Place
Martic Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Object ID
974-057
Additional Notes
"Here spending the day. Bird."
Postmarked August 19, 1907, Shoff, PA and Landisville, PA
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
952-001
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
White Hall - Churchtown. View of country lane. Real photo postcard.
Year Range From
1907
Year Range To
1912
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
Roads
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
952-001
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-022-035
Date Range
c. 1907
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
"Wheatland", Home of President James Buchanan, Pennsylvania's Only President, Lancaster, Pa.
Date Range
c. 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Demuth, Charles
Fellows, Lawrence Cloud
Recipient
Mr. Charles H. Demuth, No. 9 Rue de la Chaumerie, Paris, France
Sender
Grandfather B. [Buckius]
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Printer
Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, Maine
Object ID
911-022-035
Additional Notes
Post marked Lancaster, October 30, 1907
Sent to Charles Demuth care of Lawrence Cloud Fellows
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-007-059
Date Range
before 1907
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Founded 1744, Lancaster, Pa. Two copies.
Date Range
before 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Object ID
911-007-059
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-006-006
Date Range
after 1907
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Engine Company No. 2, Lancaster, Pa.
Provenance
Two copies. Transferred from the Heritage Center Museum.
Date Range
after 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Fire engines
Firehouses
Horses
Firefighters
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
Charles O. Lynch, Lancaster, Pa.
Object ID
911-006-006
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-012-027
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Wheatland Hotel
Year Range From
1908
Year Range To
1910
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Hotels
Wheatland Hotel
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Publisher
I Steinfeldt, Lancaster, Pa.
Object ID
911-012-027
Additional Notes
Dear Friend,
Was very glad to hear from you. Saw our pictures at Anna's home. They are all good but me. I told my mother that I spoil the whole tihng. I would not mind if I would a few.
Mabel
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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
976-022
Date Range
c. 1907
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Old Mennonite Church near Paradise, Pa. Real photo postcard.
Date Range
c. 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Mennonites
Churches
Place
Paradise Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
Benjamin Hershey, Paradise, Pa.
Condition
Good
Object ID
976-022
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