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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Department Store (Lancaster, Pa.) System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series. Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners Conditions for Access: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be

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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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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dbc6f2da-a52d-4288-ab69-833751148490

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-19-05-13

Date Range: c. 2000

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Scale model of Lancaster's old courthouse built as a place to purchase war bonds during World War I, originally located at Penn Square but later moved to its current location, Buchanan Park. Used as a storage building.

Date Range: c. 2000

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Buchanan Park; Courthouses

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 6 inches

Object ID: 1-19-05-13

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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13479

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 312 F853e

Responsibility: compiled by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1930353111

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: vi, 201 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township); Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F853e

Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10360

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 312 F893ee

Responsibility: compiled by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1930353111

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: vi, 168 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township); East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F893ee

Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16262

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.; Draft of the study.; Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.; Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.; Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Connections, The Shippen School summer 1909 featuring our graduates

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15993

Corporate Author: Lancaster Country Day School.

Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 370 C855c

Corporate Author: Lancaster Country Day School.

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: The School ,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: 13 p. : ill. , 28 m.

Notes: Cover title.; History of the instiution from 1909 to 1999 from its inception as Miss Stahr's School and Lancaster College merged to form The Shippen School and then Lancaster Country Day School.

Subjects: Miss Stahr's School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster College (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; The Shippen School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Schools - Pennsylvania - (Lancaster, Pa.); Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 C855c

Over here : Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, during wartime

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18936

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 940.531 O96

ISBN: 9780974016269; 0974016268

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: The fourth book in a series of photographic histories of the county illustrates how Lancastrians participated in times of war. From the Civil War to the Iraq war , from the homefront to the trenches, whether gathering scrap or going off to foreign lands.

Subjects: Civilians in war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; War and society - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Ryan, Thomas R.; Loose, John W.W.; Snow, Marcus S.; Wee, Kathy Wallace; Heckles, Marianne; Smucker, David Rempel; Netscher, C. Nat; Snow, Amanda; Weber, Robert W.; Rauhauser, Barry; Abel, Michael L.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 940.531 O96

Bicycle map, Lancaster County : a guide to bicycling, walking & transit

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19792

Corporate Author: Steve Spindler Cartography (Firm)

Date of Publication: [2004]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 513

Alternate Title: Lancaster County bicycle map

Responsibility: map produced for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ; cartography--Steve Spindler Cartography ; design--Peter Volz Design ; project management--Toole Design Group.

Corporate Author: Steve Spindler Cartography (Firm)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Lancaster County Planning Commission,

Date of Publication: [2004]

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 64 x 67 cm., folded to 22 x 10 cm.

Notes: Bicycling conditions shown on road-map base.; Relief shown by shading.; "December 2004."; "Information on this map is accurate as of June 2004."; Title from panel.; Includes text, distance/travel-time table, and col. ill.; Text, directory of bicycle shops, and col. ill. on verso.; Maps on verso: City of Lancaster -- Transit map, Lancaster city routes -- County routes.

Subjects: Bicycle trails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bicycle trails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.; Bicycle stores - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.; Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Hiking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Peter Volz Design (Firm); Toole Design Group.; Lancaster County Planning Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 513

The Amish of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18102

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Responsibility: text by Donald B. Kraybill ; photography by Daniel Rodriguez.

ISBN: 9780811734783 (pbk.); 0811734781 (pbk.)

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 88 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Community life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Ethnic relations.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Rodriguez, Daniel

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Corridor improvement study reconnaissace survey and historic contexts report : S.R. 0030, Section S01, E.R. No. 03-8010-071, East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14597

Author: A.D. Marble & Company.

Date of Publication: March 2004.

Call Number: 351.8642 M312

Responsibility: prepared by A.D. Marble & Company.

Author: A.D. Marble & Company.

Place of Publication: [s.l

Publisher: s.n.]

Date of Publication: March 2004.

Physical Description: 2 vols. : maps, ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Prepared for Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0.; CD inserted in envelope in back of v.1.

Contents: Project need and description--Description of the area of potential effect--Methodology--Summary of previous documentation--Results of reconnaissance survey--Historical overview--Agricultural context--Community development context--Industrial context--Transportation context--Tourism context--Survey and report methodology.

Subjects: Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Highway planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Planning.; Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Planning.; Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Planning.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Planning.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Planning.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 351.8642 M312

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