The J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records collection contains records of the hardware and farm machinery business of J. U. Neuhauser & Sons, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. The items include product inventories, records of sales and customers, territory lists and salesmen, financial records, and tax records.
Admin/Biographical History
Neuhauser Brothers was established in 1891. In 1901, brothers Isaac U. Neuhauser and Jonas U. Neuhauser bought land from Levi Rhoads at 2701 Old Philadelphia Pike in Bird-in-Hand. The transaction included buildings that the Neuhausers had been using since 1890. Jonas bought out Isaac's share in 1921 and the business name was later changed to J. U. Neuhauser & Sons. Jonas' sons sold the store to Abram E. Keener in 1958 who continued the hardware business, but did not deal in farm machinery.
The business was located on property formerly owned by the Bird-in-Hand Hotel, was The Old Village Store for many years, and is presently the Bird-in-Hand Village Antique Market (2008).
Employees in 1958 were Irvin Denlinger (shop), Aaron L. Hershey (store clerk), Miriam G. Neuhauser (bookkeeper), Aaron P. Miller (store clerk), Henry K. Blank (shop), Michael L. Fisher (shop).
Reference: Bird-in-Hand, 1734-1984: A History of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. 1984.
The source is unknown for the bulk of the collection. Record book of automobiles, farm machinery, and major appliances, 1922-1959 in Folder 12 was a gift of Robert G. Neuhauser, December 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 13 is restricted.
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-21
Classification
MG0021
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The collection was cataloged prior to 1997; Folder 12 was added by HST in 2007. Added to database 29 July 2021.
Armstrong Cork Co. 25 Year Club, at the Closure Plant. Identified are H. K. Mearig, standing, far right; Al Smaler, seated at left; J. D. Glenn, seated second from left; Fred Ritts seated at center; and Lewis Bentley, Superintendent, seated at right.
Janet Eshelman at organ with unidentified man. Written on back: "Landis Valley Farm Museum Farm Show Exhibit with Governor William Scranton (1963-1967) - 1967"
Ingenious space age electronic components - pretty Donna Loar exhibits some of the Space Age electron Tubes made at RCA's manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Pa. The company has just announced a $11.6 million expansion program for this plant. Some of these conversion tubes shown help outer space vehicles "see" and make complex measurements of distant planets. Others are used in military equipment and TV cameras as well as specialized industrial and scientific instruments. Miss Loar holds an osillograph tube which is widely used in electronic test equipment.
RCA expansion at Lancaster, Pa. - This airview of the RCA Electronic Components and Devices plant at Lancaster, Pa., shows where two new buildings will be constructed as part of a new $11.6 million expansion program. At left is a 154,000 square foot expansion for conversion tube manufacturing operations. The new building on the right is a 46,000 square foot area that will be utilized for color TV picture tube design and application, as well as chemical and physics engineering.
RCA expansion plans for RCA tubes - With a color TV picture tube and typical industrial and military tubes in foreground, executives of RCA Electronic Components and Devices discuss a new $11.6 million expansion program for these products at the company's plant in Lancaster, Pa. Douglas Y. Smith, left, Vice President of the Components and Devices organization points out on airview photo the location of a new 154,000 square foot manufacturing building. At right are John B. Farese, Division Vice President and General Manager, RCA Television Picture Tube Division and C. E. Burnett, Division Vice President and General Manager, RCA Industrial Tube and Semiconductor Division.
