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Lancaster moves ahead - volume 1 : background studies for the development of the comprehensive plan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17174

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 307.1 L244l

Responsibility: [Lancaster City Planning Commission].

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Commission,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 77 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Lancaster's progres through planning -- The people -- How the people work & shop -- The present use of land.

Subjects: City planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Cities and towns; Lancaster (City), Pa. - Growth.; Lancaster (City), Pa. - Economic conditions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 307.1 L244l

A workable program for community development

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17649

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: [1958]

Call Number: 352.96 L244w

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: [1958]

Physical Description: Title from cover.

Subjects: Community development - Lancaster City (Pa.); City planning.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.96 L244w

Lancaster's central business district : a study

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17648

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: [1958?]

Call Number: 352.96 L245l

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: [1958?]

Physical Description: 51 p. : map ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Automobile parking - Lancaster City (Pa.); Central business districts - Lancaster City (Pa.); Lancaster City (Pa.) - Economic conditions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.96 L245l

City of Lancaster workable program for community development : recertification request number one, December, 1959

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17938

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 307.1 L244c

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: : The Commission,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 13 p. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: City planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Urban renewal.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 307.1 L244c

Certification of the Adams - Musser towns area for redevelopment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17937

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1958.

Call Number: 307.1 L244ca

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: The Commission,

Date of Publication: 1958.

Physical Description: 10 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Subjects: Urban renewal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Community development - Lancaster (City), Pa.; Housing - Lancaster (City), Pa.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Urban renewal.; Adams Town Area - Lancaster (City), Pa.; Musser Town Area - Lancaster (City), Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 307.1 L244ca

A comprehensive circulation plan - Part I : North - South Circulation plan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17935

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 352.74 L244c

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Commission,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 14 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.

Subjects: Urban transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Traffic flow - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Highway planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Highway planning.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.74 L244c

Redevelopment Authority of the City of Lancaster, annual report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18061

Date of Publication: 1958.

Call Number: 352.009 R314a

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.] ,

Date of Publication: 1958.

Physical Description: v. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Library has: 1958, 1967, 1968.; See also: Redevelopment Authority of Lancaster Collection, 1958-1978: MG 188.

Subjects: Urban renewal - Lancaster (City) Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.009 R314a

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

properties in Downtown Lancaster. South Queen Street, South Christian Street, Centerville Road., Grant Street, North Prince Street, West King Street, East King Street, Penn Square, and North Market Street. 1880-1984. Folder 2 Extinguishment of Ground Rent for Lot Number 126 on the South side of East King

1 document

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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Days off : historical story of the Susquehanna Pirates and their cruises / by Edwin G. Searles

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19137

Author: Searles, Edwin G.

Date of Publication: 1950?

Call Number: 367 P667s

Author: Searles, Edwin G.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.]

Date of Publication: 1950?

Physical Description: 37, 5 leaves: ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Included are newsletters for August 7,September 19, 1925 - May 17, 1926.

Subjects: Susquehanna Pirates.; Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 367 P667s

Annual report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17647

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1958-

Call Number: 352.1 L244a

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1958-

Notes: Library has 1958, 1959.; 1958 cover title: Lancaster moves ahead;Publication 3.; 1959 cover title: Progress thru planning; Publication 7.

Subjects: City planning.; Lancaster City (Pa.) - Politics and government

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.1 L244a

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