The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.
The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.
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"Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."
John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.
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Other Numbers
MG-184
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Photograph- Spruce Grove covered bridge over the west branch of the Octoraro Creek. At right is one of the concrete piers for the concrete bridge which replaced it.
Photograph- Spruce Grove covered bridge over the west branch of the Octoraro Creek. At right is one of the concrete piers for the concrete bridge which replaced it.
Description
Spruce Grove covered bridge over the west branch of the Octoraro Creek. At right is one of the concrete piers for the concrete bridge which replaced it.
Poole Forge covered bridge, one mile west of Churchtown in Caernarvon Township. State supervised bridge on road LR 36053, built 1859, single span 99 feet long.
Isaac Shearer's Mill covered bridge, one mile north of Goodville in Caernarvon Township. County maintained on road T-773, built 1878, single span 88 feet long.
Isaac Bear's Mill covered bridge, one mile southwest of Martindale in East Earl Township. County maintained on road T-674, built in 1876, single span 94 feet long.
Martin's Mill, also known as Fiences Mill or Eberly's Mill, two miles south of Murrell in West Earl Township. State supervised on road LR 36122, built in 1846, single span 98.5 feet long. Also called Bitzer's Mill.
Bushong's Mill, near Oregon between Upper Leacock and Manheim Townships. State supervised on road LR 36009, built in 1843, longest single span in the county, 195 feet long.
Nolt's Point Mill, close to William Shand's residence, .5 mile south of Oregon between Upper Leacock and Manheim Townships. County maintained on road T-620, built in 1867, single span 133 feet long. A beautiful stone bridge is close by.
Hunsecker's Mill covered bridge, between Manheim and Upper Leacock Townships. State supervised on road LR 36011, built in 1848, single span 180 feet long. Destroyed during Hurricane Agnes in June 1972, rebuilt.