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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Transportation Collection, 1819-1977 Object ID: MG0123 2 boxes 32 folders 1 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4 Scope and Content

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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.

Documents

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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7645646e-f094-4984-beef-347666983336

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-08-02-55

Date Range: June 1878

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Wingert and Haas Hatters. The oldest hat store in Lancaster located at 144 North Queen Street.

Date Range: June 1878

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Millineries; Hat stores; Hats; Stores; Wingert and Haas; 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-08-02-55

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: L-232

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/be4292c3-50b8-4664-944f-268921733299

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-09-01-13

Date Range: c. 1910

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Reilly Bros. & Raub fire on North Queen Street. Three firemen fell through the roof during the blaze.

Date Range: c. 1910

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Fires; Firefighting; North Queen Street; Reilly Brothers and Raub

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-09-01-13

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-7

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/051ca551-8d53-438e-b6ad-202542422238

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-09-01-14

Date Range: c. 1910

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Fire which destroyed Reilly Bros. & Raub. View is looking North on Queen Street from the Square after the building collapsed.

Date Range: c. 1910

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Fires; Firefighting; Reilly Brothers and Raub; 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-09-01-14

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-8

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/69dbb113-2335-409a-a974-452629533177

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Object ID: D-11-05-91

Date Range: 1937/02/15

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Description: Nixdorf and Bard, 55 North Queen Street, Lancaster.

Date Range: 1937/02/15

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Studio: Darmstaetter's

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Nixdorf and Bard; North Queen Street

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 8 x 10 inches

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: D-11-05-91

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: none

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1e4126c8-a00c-4974-8487-144634731187

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Object ID: D-11-05-99

Date Range: 1925/03/23

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Description: Northern Trust and Savings Company, 138 North Queen Street, Lancaster. Customer: New Era

Date Range: 1925/03/23

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Studio: Darmstaetter's

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Northern Trust and Savings Company; North Queen Street; Banks; Financial institutions

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 7 x 11 inches

Print Size: 7 x 11 inches

Object ID: D-11-05-99

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: 628-425

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/15282a62-8adf-4d61-a82f-328512642444

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Object ID: D-12-01-30

Date Range: 1925/05/18

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Description: Boy standing in the doorway of Pirosh and Simmons jewelry store, 20 North Queen Street, Lancaster. Customer: Reba Jones, 42 West King Street