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Envelope

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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
First Day Cover envelope amd letter from WGAL
Object ID
MG0096 F083
Date Range
1956/08/05
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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
First Day Cover envelope amd letter from WGAL
Description
First Day Cover envelope commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan with Wheatland stamp. Addressed to Robert A. Brandt. Enclosed letter from Clair R. McCollough, WGAL-TV, recognizing the anniversary of Buchanan's election and promoting the television station.
Date Range
1956/08/05
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Buchanan, James
McCollough, Clair R.
Brandt, Robert A.
Subjects
Letters
First day covers (Philately)
Envelopes
Postage stamps
WGAL (Television station : Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents--Election
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Correspondence
Letters
First day covers (Philately)
Envelopes
Postage stamps
WGAL (television station)
Presidential elections
Wheatland
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
2 items, 4 pages to scan
Object Name
Envelope
Language
English
Parent Object ID
MG0096
Object ID
MG0096 F083
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 083
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e363f279-7631-434d-b90d-185830301218
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Object ID
JB-01-01-01
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Description
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland showing grounds and media coverage from WGAL television.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Wheatland
WGAL (television station)
Anniversaries
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-01-01-01
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a04d421a-6965-4383-a3fc-012548135410
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Object ID
JB-01-01-02
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Description
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland showing grounds and media coverage from WGAL television.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Wheatland
WGAL (television station)
Anniversaries
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-01-01-02
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c80837e3-5e7f-4cdd-bb47-164942487712
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Object ID
JB-01-01-03
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Description
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland showing grounds and media coverage from WGAL television.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Wheatland
WGAL (television station)
Anniversaries
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-01-01-03
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6cbd45f6-68b7-4bfb-a546-019106164219
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Object ID
JB-01-10-04
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Title
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland
Description
100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland. Crowd gathered on lawn of Wheatland. Note WGAL television truck at right.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Wheatland
Anniversaries
Crowds
WGAL (television station)
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-01-10-04
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Penn Square. Transferred from library, 24 June 2022. (1 item, 1 page to scan) Folder 28 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
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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
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Object ID
BR-03-08-05
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Object Name
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons. Hot air balloon pictured has banner for WGAL. Van parked next to it is from WLPA News.
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
WGAL (television station)
WLPA (radio station)
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-05
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Object ID
BR-03-08-08
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Object Name
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons. Hot air balloon pictured has banner for "WGAL".
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
WGAL (television station)
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-08
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Object ID
BR-03-08-12
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons. Hot air balloon for WGAL in picture and people carrying a bunch of balloons in park.
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
WGAL (television station)
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-12
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Object ID
BR-03-08-13
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons. WGAL balloon on grass in back of canvas shades and people sitting and standing on the curb as though they are waiting for race to finish.
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
Parks
WGAL (television station)
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-13
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