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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

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.

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/633ff264-4775-4852-bede-155411856320

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-07-07-44

Date Range: 1965

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: North Queen Street, west side, showing Imperial Bar, Boyd Theater, and Earle Hotel

Date Range: 1965

Creator: Reinhold, Richard K.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: North Queen Street; Imperial Bar; Boyd Theater; Earle Hotel

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 10 x 8 inches

Object ID: 2-07-07-44

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9195814b-b3ea-4e22-83fd-288629203289

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-05-03-27

Date Range: September 1960

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: John F. Kennedy riding in motorcade while on visit to Lancaster, with police protecion and massed crowd of onlookers, on first block of North Queen Street. Others identified include George Schreder, [ ] Brenneman, Robert Swab, Brandt Hipple, William Smith, Al Farkas, Paul Rose, James B. McMullin, Donald Wireback, Lewis Matt, Kenneth Bomberger, J. David Smith. See photo envelope for key to identifications.

Date Range: September 1960

Creator: Reinhold, Richard K.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Bomberger, Kenneth; Brenneman, Mr.; Farkas, Al; Hipple, Brandt; Kennedy, John F.; Matt, Lewis; McMullin, James B.; Rose, Paul; Schreder, George; Smith, J. David; Smith, William; Swab, Robert; Wireback, Donald

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Campaigns; Motorcades; North Queen Street; Parades; Police officers; Politics; Presidents

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 10 x 8 inches

Object ID: 2-05-03-27

Negative Number: yes

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c5aa9fc0-60d8-488f-b6b7-294545122197

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-08-02-78

Date Range: c. 1960

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: The Imperial Bar, Boyd Theater, and Earl Hotel, southwest corner of North Queen and Chestnut Streets. Now the site of Armstrong World Industries Design Center at Lancaster Square.

Date Range: c. 1960

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: North Queen Street; Imperial Bar; Boyd Theater

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-08-02-78

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: L-266

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/33388f8f-ab12-4f88-8d85-315143091324

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-09-01-33

Date Range: c. 1967

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Citizens gather to watch the wrecking ball begin to demolish the old Brunswick Hotel.

Date Range: c. 1967

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Brunswick Hotel; North Queen Street; Demolition

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-09-01-33

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-34

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/05dc303c-46f4-4169-bcf7-100530966497

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-09-02-01

Date Range: 1960

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy on North Queen Street with Penn Square in the background.

Date Range: 1960

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Kennedy, John F.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Politics; Government; Presidents; North Queen Street

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-09-02-01

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-143

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e22d07eb-0b12-4b0a-bb4c-244013517733

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-03-08-33

Date Range: 1965

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Hotel Brunswick, 165 - 173 North Queen Street; Wheatland Hotel, 160 North Queen Street; The Coronet, 155 North Queen Street. Demolished for urban renewal.