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The second Columbia Bridge

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Author: Goodell, Robert H.

Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.57

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

Covered bridges of the Middle Atlantic States

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Author: Allen, Richard Sanders,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 624 A428

Author: Allen, Richard Sanders,

Place of Publication: Brattleboro, Vt

Publisher: Stephen Greene Press,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 120 p. illus. 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliography.

Summary: "Begins with an account of the building of the first covered wooden bridge in America, the permanent bridge over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia by Timothy Palmer of Massachusetts, and continues to recount the works and accomplishments of numerous famous bridge builders...With individual maps and informative listings of the existing spans in each state, this book is an indispensable guide to structures past and present...Rare photographs, old prints, cartoons, sketches add enthralling visual interest to the story. It's complete for instant reference, with a full index, glossary, engineering notes and bibliography." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Covered bridges - Middle Atlantic States.; Bridges - Middle Atlantic States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624 A428

A community school plan : a supplement of the school plant facilities of the Millersville area of Lancaster County, January, 1950

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Economy League Lancaster County Branch.

Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 371.2 P976c

Responsibility: Prepared by the Lancaster County Branch of the Pennsylvania Economy League, Inc., April 1953.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Economy League Lancaster County Branch.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.] ,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: 14 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - Schools.; Manor (Pa. : Township) - Schools.; Martic (Pa. : Township) - Schools.; Millersville (Pa. ) - Schools.; Pequea (Pa. : Township) - Schools.; Washington Boro (Pa.) - Schools.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 371.2 P976c

A history of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication: 1958

Call Number: 975.815 EARL H674

Responsibility: by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.] ;

Date of Publication: 1958

Physical Description: 27 p. ; 15 cm.

Notes: Includes advertising

Subjects: Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians; New Holland (Pa.) - History; Terre Hill (Pa.) - History; Brecknock Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History; Caernarvon Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History; Earl Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.815 EARL H674

American barns and covered bridges

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Author: Sloane, Eric.

Date of Publication: 1954.

Call Number: 631.2 S634

Author: Sloane, Eric.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: W. Funk

Date of Publication: 1954.

Physical Description: 112 p. illus. 26 cm.

Summary: "This lovingly written book, accompanied by more than 75 of the author's own sketches, provides a reliable record of those vanishing forms of architecture. Accurate line drawings depict a variety of barns, such as those in Maine, attached to houses; an 'open' log barn in Virginia, and a 'top hat' barn in North Carolina. Covered bridges - like barns, built for soundness and endurance - are also illustrated, among them a saltbox structure in New England, a bridge with a pedestrian walkway in rural New York State, and a 10-span-long bridge at Clark's Ferry, Pennsylvania." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Barns - United States.; Covered bridges.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 631.2 S634

Guide to covered bridges of the United States

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Corporate Author: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.

Date of Publication: 1956]

Call Number: 624 G846

Responsibility: [Edited by Betsy and Philip Clough. Introd. by Lura Woodside Watkins.

Corporate Author: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.

Place of Publication: Arlington, Mass

Date of Publication: 1956]

Physical Description: viii, 89 p. illus. 15 x 23 cm.

Subjects: Covered bridges.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 624 G846

[A History of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication: 1958.

Call Number: 373.09 G218p

Responsibility: by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians].

Place of Publication: [New Holland?]

Publisher: Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians Garden Spot Chapter

Date of Publication: 1958.

Physical Description: 27 p. ; 16 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Collection of short essays concerning the history of New Holland, Terre Hill and surrounding communities.

Subjects: New Holland (Pa.) - History.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township).; Brecknock (Pa. : Township).

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians Garden Spot Chapter.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 373.09 G218p

The urban frontier; the rise of western cities, 1790-1830

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Author: Wade, Richard C.,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 977.02 W121

Author: Wade, Richard C.,

Place of Publication: Cambridge

Publisher: Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 362 p. 21 cm.

Series: Harvard historical monographs,

Notes: "Bibliographical note": p. [343]-345. Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents: Chapters: 1 The Beginnings of Western Urbanism // Part One : 1790 - 1815 / 2. The Economic Base / 3. The Emergence of Urban Problems / 4. Urban Society / 5. The seeds of culture // Part Two : 1815 - 1830 / 6. Depression , Recovery, and Expansion / 7. The Changing Social Structure / 8. The Better Life / 9. Toward Urban Maturity / 10. The Urban Dimension of Western Life

Summary: "The rural West has had many historians. Its growth, influence and importance are well known. Yet it is not always understood that almost from the very beginning there was also an urban West. In fact, Pittsburgh, St.Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Lexington were laid out and settlement begun before the surrounding area had fallen to the plow. From the earliest days they became centers of economic activity for the whole region, the focuses of cultural life, and scenes of great social change. Built on the spine of the new country, the Ohio Valley, the towns gave a stimulus and sophisication to a young, raw society.This volume attempts to tell the story of the first decades of the urban West. It is written largely out of the newspapers, records, and manuscripts of contemporaries, and as often as possible in their own words." [from the preface]

Subjects: City and town life - Ohio River Valley; Cities and towns - Ohio River Valley; Frontier and pioneer life - Ohio River Valley.; Ohio River Valley - Historical geography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 977.02 W121

Susquehanna Islands in Lancaster County

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Susquehanna Islands in Lancaster County By M. Luther Heisey There is glamor, romance and even tragedy connected with the story of the many river islands along the Lancaster County shore. Time was when the Indians inhabited the larger islands, farming, hunt- ing, fishing, cooking, and even interring

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Physical Description: [25]-55 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 2

Subjects: Susquehanna River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 2 (1955), p. 25-55Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59

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Sardi's, the story of a famous restaurant

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Author: Sardi, Vincent,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: 1953

Call Number: 642.5 S244

Responsibility: by Vincent Sardi, Sr., and Richard Gehman.

Author: Sardi, Vincent,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Holt

Date of Publication: 1953

Physical Description: 244 p. port. 22 cm.

Summary: The co-author, Richard Gehman, was a native of Lancaster County, PA.

Notes: Richard Boyd Gehman (May 20, 1921 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania- died May 13, 1972 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was an American author of five novels and 15 nonfiction books, as well as more than 3,000 magazine articles, including over 400 features.[1] Gehman wrote under many different pen names, such as Meghan Richards, Frederick Christian, Martin Scott, Michael Robinson and F.C. Uffelman.[2]Gehman attended McCaskey High School in Lancaster, and worked on several daily newspapers in Lancaster before joining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in World War II. He served four years as a writer for The Oak Ridge Times in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. After the war he moved to Greenwich Village in New York City and began freelancing for Esquire, Life, Time, Cosmopolitan, Colliers, Argosy, True, Saga, and The Saturday Evening Post magazines. Gehman was an original Contributing Editor at Playboy.Gehman's circle of friends included many well-known American writers, editors, painters, and actors, including Robert Frost, Joseph Heller, E.B. White, Roger Angell, Jackson Pollack, Diane Arbus, Howard Memerov, Estelle Parsons, Jerry Lewis, Maurice Zolotow, Charlotte Zolotow, Morton Thompson and Anthony Hecht, among others. [from Wikipedia]

Subjects: Sardi's, New York.; Restaurants - New York.; Cookery, American.

Additional Author: Gehman, Richard,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 642.5 S244

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