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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0805 I011

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Mill Creek; West Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster; New Providence, Providence Twp.; Orders; Reports; Inspections; Bridges

Place: West Lampeter Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0805 I011

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Court term: July 1921.; Location: On public road from Lancaster to New Providence, Providence Twp.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Bond, Legal

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Collection: Constables' and Detectives' Bonds

Title: Constables' and Detectives' Bonds

Object ID: Constable F001 I001

Collection: Constables' and Detectives' Bonds

Title: Constables' and Detectives' Bonds

Description: Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.

Admin/Biographical History: The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.

System of Arrangement: Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.; Constables' Bonds: 1809, 1811, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830-1849, 1875, 1888, 1893-1924.; Detectives' Bonds: 1890-1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1927; Includes: Remonstrations, affirmations, petitions, bonds, receipts, notices.

Creation Date: 1809-1927, inc.

Date of Accumulation: 1809-1927, inc.

Year: 1809

Creator: Clerk of Courts of Lancaster County

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Wall: Side 4

People: Burrows, Isaac; Herr, Daniel

Search Terms: Constables' Bonds; Detectives' Bonds; Bonds; Strasburg Twp.; Lancaster

Place: Strasburg, Strasburg Twp.

Extent: 4 boxes, 2 cu. ft.

Object Name: Bond, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: Constable F001 I001

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: Additional name: Daniel Herr of Lancaster.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy or PDF made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0558

Description Level: Item

Report

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0365 I006

Date Range: 1924

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1924

Year: 1924

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Cocalico Creek; Creeks; Ephrata Twp.; Inspections; Lancaster; Orders; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Reports

Place: Ephrata Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0365 I006

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: Location: On public road from Lancaster to Reading, Berks County.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Report

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0565 I004

Date Range: 1923/01

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1923/01

Year: 1923

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Creeks; Inspections; Lancaster; Manheim; Orders; Penn Twp.; Reports

Place: Manheim and Penn Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0565 I004

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: Court term: January 1923.; Location: Over Chickies Creek, on public road from Lancaster to Manheim.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 98.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Report

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0805 I012

Date Range: 1923/03

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1923/03

Year: 1923

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Creeks; Inspections; Lancaster; Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike; Mill Creek; Old Philadelphia Road; Orders; Reports; Roads; West Lampeter Twp.

Place: West Lampeter Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0805 I012

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Court term: March 1923.; Location: On the Old Philadelphia Road from Philadelphia to Lancaster.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Street from Jacob M. Long, trustee to Gabriel Hirsh. Jacob M. Long was to receive $200 for the extinguishment and would receive rent from Gabriel Hirsh which was set at forty-five shillings. Attached to the document is a note by Jacob M. Long to Gabriel Hirsh noting that Long had received Hirsh’s payment

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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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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I011

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced

Description: Document type: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced.; 1. Pequea No. 4; [Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Shertz's Mill, near Harristown, Paradise Twp.; 2. Conestoga No. 4; [East Earl Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Martin's Mill.; 3. Mill Creek No. 2; [East Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek at east end of Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp., on old Philadelphia Road.; 4. Bridge over East Branch of Octoraro Creek; Sadsbury Twp. and Chester County; Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; 5. Big Chickies No. 7.5; [Rapho Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek at Moore's old Electric LIght Plant, on road between Salunga, West Hempfield Twp. and Newtown, Rapho Twp.; 6. Big Chickies No. 8; Location: Over Chickies Creek.; 7. Bridge over [Conestoga Creek]; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: At Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; 8. Engleside Bridge; [Lancaster Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: At Engleside, Lancaster Twp., over Conestoga Creek.; 9. Mill Creek No. 6, also known as Eshleman's Mill Bridge; [West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek.; 10. Conestoga No. 14; [Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 11. Pequea No. 18; [Martic Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp., near Marticville, Martic Twp.; 12. Bridge [over Conestoga Creek]; [Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: At Wabank, Lancaster Twp.; 13. Old Factory Bridge; [Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] near Rocky Springs Park.; 14. Cocalico No. 3; [Ephrata Twp.]; Location: Over Cocalico Creek, near Ephrata.; 15. White Rock Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.]; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at White Rock, Little Britain Twp.; 16. Spruce Grove Bridge; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.; 17. Bridge No. 1; [Manheim Twp.]; Location : Over Little Conestoga Creek near Long's Park.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp.; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Cocalico Creek; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Creeks; East Earl Twp.; East Lampeter Twp.; Electric Companies; Engleside Bridge; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephrata; Ephrata Twp.; Eshleman's Mill; Eshleman's Mill Bridge; Factories; Harristown, Paradise Twp.; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Little Britain Twp.; Little Conestoga Creek; Long's Park; Manheim Twp.; Manor Twp.; Martic Twp.; Marticville, Martic Twp.; Martin's Mill; Mill Creek; Moore's Electric LIght Plant; Newtown, Rapho Twp.; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Octoraro Creek, West Branch; Old Factory Bridge; Old Philadelphia Road; Paradise Twp.; Parks; Pequea Creek; Pequea Twp.; Rapho Twp.; Reports; Roads; Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; Rocky Springs; Sadsbury Twp.; Salunga, West Hempfield Twp.; Shertz's Mill; Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.; Spruce Grove Bridge; Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.; Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; Upper Leacock Twp.; Wabank, Lancaster Twp.; West Hempfield Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; White Rock Covered Bridge; White Rock Forge Covered Bridge; White Rock, Little Britain Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 3 pieces

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I011

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Boys High School, West Orange Street, Lancaster.

Object ID: 1-05-06-58

Date Range: c. 1928 -1929

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Aerial view of Lancaster Boys High School, West Orange Street, Lancaster.

Description: Aerial view of Lancaster Boys High School, West Orange Street, Lancaster.

Provenance: Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart, daughter of pilot Jesse Jones of Lancaster.

Date Range: c. 1928 -1929

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster Boys' High School; Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-05-06-58

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Aerial view of Penn Square and downtown Lancaster looking west.

Object ID: 1-05-06-63

Date Range: c. 1929

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Aerial view of Penn Square and downtown Lancaster looking west.

Description: Aerial view of Penn Square and downtown Lancaster looking west.

Provenance: Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart, daughter of pilot Jesse Jones of Lancaster.

Date Range: c. 1929

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Penn Square; Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-05-06-63

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