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Collection
Tourist Brochures
Title
Tourist Brochures
Object ID
MG0095
Collection
Tourist Brochures
Title
Tourist Brochures
Description
Collection of brochures relating to tourist attractions, museums, historic sites, events, stores, farmers' markets, hotels, and restaurants in Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties. Visitors' guides and road maps provide additional information about points of interest. Items in the collection date back to the late 1920s and continue to the present, but most are from the mid-twentieth century.
Year Range From
1929
Date of Accumulation
1929-present
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Albert, Donna
Anderson, V. F.
Best, J. Donald
Buchanan, James
Burnley, Patricia Kling
Clark, Earl
Clark, Molly
Coleman, Robert
Eberly, Hiram M.
Fulton, Robert
Grubb, Peter
Hampton, Cindy
Hand, Edward
Heine, Paul L. H.
Heine, Paul, Jr.
Heisey, M. Luther
Hess, James E.
Horst, Mel
Loose, John Ward Willson
Kauffman, B. L.
Keener, A. E.
Kingston, Joseph T.
Heisey, M. L.
MacNeill, H. T.
Monaghan, Thomas J.
Motto, Marilyn
Procter, Edward C.
Pyle, Carl E.
Ross, Betsy
Shenk, Aaron S.
Smucker, Alma
Smucker, Paul
Stoltzfus, Louise
Sutter, John Augustus
Trach, M. A.
Tortora, V. R.
Subjects
Pamphlets
Tourism
Search Terms
340-23 Club
A. Bube's Brewery
Amish Country Motel and Restaurant
Amish Dutchland map
Amish Farm and House
Bill Bard Associates
Bird-in-Hand Farmer's Market
Brunnerville Iron Foundry
Candy Americana Museum
Catacombs
Central Hotel
Christian Herr House
Columbia Bank Museum
Columbia Cultural and Historical Association
Columbia Dungeon
Columbia Farmers' Market House
Conestoga Motor Inn
Conestoga Traction Company
Cornwall Iron Furnace
Doneckers
Donegal Presbyterian Church
Donegal Mills Plantation
Duck's New Holland House and Hotel
Dutch Haven
Dutch Wonderland
Dutchland Music Theatre
Elizabethtown College
Ephrata Cloister
Flory's Tourist Rest and Camp Site
Foodergong Lodge
General Engraving Company
General Sutter Hotel and Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant
Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant
Groff's Farm Restaurant
Guided Auto Tape Tour for Lancaster
Hammond and Company
Hans Herr House
Hebrew Tabernacle Reproduction
Heritage Center Museum
Heritage Map Museum
Herr Foods, Inc.
Herr's Potato Chips
Hex Barn
Historic Lancaster Walking Tour
Holiday Inn
Lancaster Host Resort
Host Farm
Hotel Brunswick
Hotel Wheatland
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge
Intelligencer Journal
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland
Klein Chocolate Company
Kreider's Tourist Farm Home
Lancaster Automobile Club
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Lancaster County Central Park
Lancaster County Council of Churches
Lancaster County Heritage
Lancaster County Historical Society
Lancaster County Outlet Shopping Guide
Lancaster County Planning Commission
Lancaster Downtown Investment District Authority
Lancaster Hilton Inn
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
Lancaster-York Heritage Region
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
Leacock Presbyterian Church
Lititz Historical Foundation
Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery
Maps
Marken and Bielfeld Inc.
Masonic Homes
Masonic Villages
Mennonite Information Center
Miller's Smorgasbord
National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Inc.
National Central Bank
North Museum of Nature and Science
Old Mill Stream Campground
Old Village Store
Olde Lincoln House
Original Brunswick Pennsylvania Dutch Tours
Pamphlets
Pathway Publishers
Patton School
Pennsylvania Dutch Harvest Frolic
Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau
Discover Lancaster
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
People's Place
Photo Arts Press
Plain & Fancy Farm and Dining Room
Police Museum
Postcards
Robert Fulton Birthplace
Rock Ford
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association
Sentinel Printing House
Sickman's Mill
South Central Pennsylvania Travel Council
Stevens House
Strasburg Railroad
Susquehanna Valley Tour
Tourism
Trinity Lutheran Church
Underground Railroad
Veitch Printing Corporation
Verdant View Farm
Vernon Martin Associates
Village Restaurant
Wagonland
Warwick Haus
Wheatland
Wilbur Chocolate Company
Wilbur Chocolate's Factory Candy Outlet
Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company
York County Heritage Trust
Extent
1 box, 18 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English; Pennsylvania German
Object ID
MG0095
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0095
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed by AL and HST, July 2007. Finding aid prepared by HST, August 2007. Updated 9 January 2008, HST.
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The Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company : 85 years of telecommunications progress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16244
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
384.6065 L863
Responsibility
John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
[Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
The Company],
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
80 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
c. 1: Autographed by author.
c. 2: Note by Garth Sprecher, May 1, 1996.
Subjects
Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.)
Telecommunication - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Telephone company - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
384.6065 L863
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Lancaster at work : business in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17040
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
381 L245b
ISBN
0974016233 (pbk.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 x 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
Join Lancaster's citizens for a day at the office-or the factory. More than 130 photographs illustrate how men and women have made a living.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.)  - History  - 19th century  - Pictorial works.
 Lancaster County (Pa.)  - History  - 19th century  - Pictorial works.
 Lancaster County (Pa.)  - Social life and customs  - 19th century  - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
Aleci, Linda S.
Heckles, Marianne.
Lestz, Gerald S.
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Rauhauser, Barry R.
Ryan,Thomas R.
Tennies, Heather S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
381 L245b
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Seventy-five years of publishing Lancaster County history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1036
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1971.
a member of Charles Howell Lodge, F. & A. M.; Sons of the Revolution; local, state and national bar associ- ations; and First Presbyterian Church. He served as President of the Lan- caster County Historical Societ �ting type being carried by the Lancaster New Era newspaper. In 1916 the New Era Press
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Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
[179]-190 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 4
Subjects
Eshleman, Henry Frank, - 1869-1953.
Worner, William Frederick, - 1888-1944.
Heisey, Martin Luther, - 1881-1964.
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - History.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 4 (1971), p. 179-190Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75
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The heritage of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3169
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
[1978]
Call Number
974.815 LACO L863
Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Woodland Hills, Cal
Publisher
Windsor publications,
Date of Publication
[1978]
Physical Description
xi, 226 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Published under the sponsorship of the Lancaster Association of Commerce and Industry.
Research provided by the Lancaster County Historical Society.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Association of Commerce and Industry.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L863
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Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Records
Title
Lancaster Recreation Association Annual Report, 1944
Object ID
MG0567_S02_F008_It04
Date Range
1944
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Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Records
Title
Lancaster Recreation Association Annual Report, 1944
Description
Lancaster Recreation Association Annual Report. The report contains a list of board members, letter from the Director of Recreation, financial report, attendance, and information about programs and associated organizations. The programs included indoor and outdoor activities, playgrounds, wading pools and street showers, hikes, sports, community parties, sale of war bonds and stamps, Victory gardens, and outreach to the childrens' wards at the hospitals. The associated clubs and organizations were the boys' and girls' clubs, and the Crispus Attucks Recreation Center.
Date Range
1944
Creation Date
1944
Creator
Lancaster Recreation Commission (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
Storage Container
Box 0005
People
Cook, Ruby Martin Payne
Brandon, Grant D.
Harnish, Martin Mylin
Sterrett, John Victor
Subjects
Annual reports
Children
Community centers
Family recreation
Lancaster Recreation Commission (Lancaster, Pa.)
Recreation centers
Youth
Youth centers
Search Terms
Annual reports
Children
Community centers
Crispus Attucks Community Center
Crispus Attucks Day Nursery
Family recreation
Higbee Girls' Club
Lancaster Boys' Club, Inc.
Lancaster Interracial Council
Lancaster Recreation Association
Lancaster Recreation Commission
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Persons of color
Recreation centers
Rodney Girls' Club
School Hot Lunch Project
St. John's Girls' Club
Well Baby Clinic
Youth
Youth centers
Extent
1 item, 19 pages to scan
Object Name
Report, Annual
Language
English
Object ID
MG0567_S02_F008_It04
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2010.LancRec
Other Numbers
MG-567
Other Number
MG-567, Series 2, Folder 8, Item 4
Classification
MG0567
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by AN, 2010. Added to database 2 September 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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History of the Lancaster County Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo327
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1994.
-profit corporation styled "Lancaster County Museum of History, Art, and Sciences." The incor- porators were Dr. Henry Harbaugh Apple, professor of religion at Franklin & Marshall College; J. C. Budding, a building materials supplier; Adolf C. Darmstaetter, merchant and civic leader; Milton T. Garvin
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Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
[11]-36 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 96, no. 1
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - History.
Heritage Center of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 96, number 1 (1994), p. 11-36Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.96
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100 years of Fulton banking, 1882-1982

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10549
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1982]
Call Number
332.1 F974L
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?
Publisher
Fulton Bank?,
Date of Publication
1982]
Physical Description
46 p. : ill. ; 26 x 22 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
Fulton Bank (Lancaster Pa.)
Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
332.1 F974L
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Illustrated historical atlas of Lancaster county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17299
Edition
Limited edition.
Date of Publication
c2006.
Call Number
912.74815 I29 oversize
912.74815 I29
Alternate Title
Atlas of surveys of the County of Lancaster State of Pennsylvania.
ISBN
0977700402 (hardcover)
9780977700400 (hardcover)
0977700410 (leatherbound)
9780977700417 (leatherbound)
Edition
Limited edition.
Place of Publication
East Petersburg, PA
Publisher
Historic Arts Press,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
275 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.) ; 44 cm.
Notes
Includes a complete reprint of: Atlas of surveys of the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania,compiled from actual surveys, city and county records. Boston: Graves & Steinbarger, 1899.
Includes index.
Includes facsimile of original title page.
"...published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Fox Chapel Publishing."
Subjects
Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Surveys.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Additional Author
Giagnocavo, Alan.
Ryan, Thomas R.
Alton, James T.
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Smedick, Timothy A.
Seibert, Peter S.
Heberlein, Michael.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
912.74815 I29 oversize
912.74815 I29
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The Mount Gretna Railroad war of 1887

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15215
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
2007.
Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
p. 136 - 139 : ill ; 23 cm.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 109, no. 3 (Fall 2007).
Subjects
Cornwall Railroad Company (Cornwall, Pa.)
Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad Company (Lebanon, Pa.)
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Mount Gretna Railroad War (1887).
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 3 (2007), p. 136-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 109
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