Skip header and navigation
  Revise Search

Revise Search

10 records – page 1 of 1.

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
Subject Headings: 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 Blueprints
More detail
  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
thumbnail

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia, Penna., 1881-1981

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13053
Corporate Author
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
284.1 S143
More detail
Corporate Author
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Columbia, PA : Hackensack, N.J
Publisher
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church ; Custombook, Inc.,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
20, [12] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"This limited edition publication was produced especially for St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia, PA by Custombook, Inc."
Summary
Includes list of church members.
Subjects
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pa.) - History.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pa.) - Registers.
Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Columbia (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.1 S143
Less detail

Records of the Cookman Methodist Episcopal Church Columbia, Penns

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1427
Date of Publication
1986
Call Number
287 C773
More detail
Place of Publication
Photocopy
Date of Publication
1986
Physical Description
various paging ; 29 x42 cms.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 73 #16.
Vol. 1 - various records including baptisms 1895-1911; vol. 2 - membership records and baptisms 1931-1973.
Subjects
Cookman Methodist Episcopal Church (Columbia, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Columbia
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Columbia
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
287 C773
Less detail

100th Anniversary : First English Lutheran Church, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1850-1950

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17689
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
284.1 O58
More detail
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
39 p. : ill.,ports.; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes membership list.
Subjects
First English Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pa.) - History.
Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Columbia (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.1 O58
Less detail

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/486476d9-3b94-4fcf-bb28-126112171680
Collection
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Title
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Object ID
MG0153
Date Range
1862-1987
Boston Insurance Co. Brochures Brownstown, West Earl Twp. Businesses Christmas carols Clarion Steam Printing House Clipper Magazine Colonial Theatre Columbia Columbia Flour Mills Columbia Herald Job Printing Office �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633
More detail
  1 document  
Collection
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Title
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Description
The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.
Date Range
1862-1987
Year Range From
1862
Year Range To
1987
Date of Accumulation
1862-1987
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bogle, George
Bortzfield, Jere
Butler, Smedley D.
Correll, Clint
Eberly, Jay M.
Evans, Melvern R,
Frueauff, W. Herman T.
Hawbaker, Gary
Houck, Leo
Huss, Arlene Rider
Jackson, J. T.
Jenner, Edward
Kelly, P. B.
Kepler, Aaron Conrad
Lynch, Charles O.
Manning, Peggy Sheets
Martin, John W.
Miller, Charles F.
Musser, Andrew J.
Miller, J. R.
Rohrer, Willis
Ross, Betsy
Schuneman, Ray
Skiles, John D.
Slaymaker, R. M.
Smith, Lynn A.
Smith, Marjorie A.
Stauffer, Sarah Ann
Stumpf, Ed
Suydam, Henry
Tobias, Richard J.
Yecker, Paul C.
Rowe, Ceylon
Landes, Lizzie
Stehman, Henry L.
Subjects
Advertising
Ephemera
Advertising fliers
Fliers (Ephemera)
Search Terms
A&P
A. F. Huber Food Store
Advertisements
Advertising
Advertising fliers
Announcements
Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Aunt Betty's Playhouse
Big Boy Restaurants
Boston Insurance Company
Brochures
Brownstown, West Earl Twp.
Business
Christmas carols
Clarion Steam Printing House
Clipper Magazine
Colonial Theatre
Columbia
Columbia Flour Mills
Columbia Herald Job Printing Office
Columbian Printing Company
Cope Brothers
Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap
Drawings
E. H. Gochnauer and Sons
East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Ed Stumpf's Service Stations
Engle and Hambright
Ephemera
Express Steam Printers
Finding aids
Finks Baked Products
Flyers
Gardner and Craver
Gates Dental Company, Inc.
Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard
Grandview Heights
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Harrison Brothers and Company
Heinitsh Furniture Company
Hershey and Groff
Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland)
Invitations
John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing
John Herr's Mill
Kelly Cadillac
Kunkel and Brother
L. B. Herr & Son
Lakeland Stabling Company
Lancaster
Lancaster Advertiser's Club
Lancaster Bar Association
Lancaster Chemical Company
Lancaster Country Store
Lancaster County Heritage Magazine
Lancaster Dispensing Company
Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company
Lime Spring Farm
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections
Manuscript groups
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort
Mills
Moderne Manor
Musselman and Slaymaker
New Holland, Earl Twp.
Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream
Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company
Pennsylvania Salt Company
Pequea Lime
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Place Marie
Restaurants
Restore 'N More
Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.
Russo Answer-Phone Service
Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton
Steinman Hardware
Stockyard Inn
Stores
Sunday News
Trivers Clothes
Trout and Shank
F. W. Woolworth Co.
H. L. Stehman and Co.
Heitshu's Drug Store
Extent
1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0153
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Business and Industry Collection (MG0107)
Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253)
Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182)
Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
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-153
Other Number
MG-153
Classification
MG0153
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.
Documents
thumbnail

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

Black Eldorado on the Susquehanna : the emergence of Black Columbia, 1726-1861

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo354
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1985
was again able to return to Washington, D.C." Efforts to educate Blacks in Columbia began quite early. As noted above the Columbia Abolition Society and the Sabbath School Society operated schools for Blacks prior to 1820. There is very little documentary evidence of the efforts put forth by Columbia
More detail
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
110-132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 4
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 4 (1985), p. 110-132Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89
Documents
thumbnail

edit_vol89no4pp110_132.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

Newspaper articles on Columbia's Black community abstracted from the Columbia Spy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo651
Author
Crawford, John W.
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
974.815 COLU C899
More detail
Responsibility
by John W. Crawford.
Author
Crawford, John W.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
unpaged; 28 cm.
Notes
"These abstracts are not arranged in any order. They are also not indexed."
Subjects
Columbia Spy (Pa.).
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Abstracts
Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 COLU C899
Less detail

The second Columbia Bridge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1096
Author
Goodell, Robert H.
Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.57
More detail
Responsibility
by Robert H. Goodell.
Author
Goodell, Robert H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
[1]-22 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 57, no. 1
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.57
Less detail

The one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the congregation and the one hundredth anniversary of Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church, Columbia, Penna

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2431
Date of Publication
1954]
Call Number
285.8 T833
More detail
Place of Publication
[S.β
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1954]
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title : 1804-1954; 1854-1954.
Subjects
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church (Columbia, Pa.).
Evangelical and Reformed Church - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 T833
Less detail

Black Eldorado on the Susquehanna : the emergence of Black Columbia, 1726-1861

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2466
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
974.815 COLU H794
More detail
Responsibility
Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
22p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Paper delivered at the Society meeting 11 February 1986".
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 COLU H794
Less detail

10 records – page 1 of 1.