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Bamford zinc mine, Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20644
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Date of Publication
1948.
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McHenry Mosier
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Date of Publication
1948.
Subjects
Mine examination - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Zinc mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015078480418
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The Amish of Lancaster County : a brief, but truthful account of the actual life and customs of the most unique class of people in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17696
Author
Steinfeldt, Berenice.
Date of Publication
c1940.
Call Number
289.71 S819
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by Berenice Steinfeldt.
Author
Steinfeldt, Berenice.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Conestoga Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1940.
Physical Description
32, [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"Published in Lancaster County, Pa. by Arthur G. Steinfeldt.
c. 1 copyright 1940 "9th printing"; c. 2 copyright 1937 "2nd printing".
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 S819
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A brief postal history of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1110
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1944
the Post Office in King's Street." (See fac-simile on page 4.) In 1756, the Pennsylvania Gazette advertised a list of unclaimed letters for Lancaster County folks held "at the post office in Lancaster." Previously, 1738 and 1741, the lists of letters were held at Philadelphia. Post roads were few in
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1944
Physical Description
[1]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 1
Subjects
Postal service - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Postmasters.
Postal rates.
Coaching - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 1 (1944), p. 1-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48
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The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8227
Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
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Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Place of Publication
Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
[6] 216 p. : plates, port. ;
Notes
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Subjects
Stoves.
Stove-plates.
Christian art and symbolism.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
Websites
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101079879183
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Pennsylvania's mineral heritage. The commonwealth at the economic crossroads of her industrial development

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17153
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
553 P415
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Pennsylvania Dept. of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Statistics. Topographic and Geologic Survey. The Pennsylvania State College, School of Mineral Industries.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Statistics.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Internal Affairs,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
xiii, 248 p. illus., maps, diagrs., tables. 28 cm.
Notes
"Publications of the Mineral Industries Experiment Station": p. 243-248. "Mineral Industries Extension Services publications": p. 248.
Subjects
Mines and mineral resources - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey.
Pennsylvania State College. School of Mineral Industries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
553 P415
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Culture of a contemporary rural community. The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Date of Publication
1941-1943.
Call Number
630.973 U58
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Corporate Author
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Place of Publication
[n.p.]
Date of Publication
1941-1943.
Physical Description
6 v. illus.
Series
Rural Life Studies: 4
Notes
LCHS has v.4 (Sept. 1942) The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Contents
Contents: v. 1. El Cerrito, N.M.--v. 2. Sublette, Kan.--v. 3. Landaff, N.H.--v. 4. Lancaster County, Pa.--v. 5. Irwin, Iowa.--v. 6. Harmony, Ga.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Kollmorgen, Walter M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
630.973 U58
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Plan of Bangor Episcopal Church and Churchyard : Churchtown, Lancaster County Pennsylvania showing the relative position of the tombstones as they were in October, 1940

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17422
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
974.815 CAER 700
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William Frederic Worner.
Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 75 cm x 105 cm.
Notes
Shows location of numbered burial plots.
Rineers "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County", page 51, #1.
Tombstone numbers corrolate with the names numbered in Vol. 8, page 185 of Worners "Tombstone Inscriptions from Graveyards in Lancaster County Pennsylvania".
Subjects
Bangor Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery (Churchtown, Pa.) - Maps.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Caernarvon Township
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Caernarvon township
Additional Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 CAER 700
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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Part II—The Gas Industry in Lancaster County The first gas company to successfully operate in Lancaster County was The Lancaster Gas Company chartered April 7, 1849. A gas plant was built on land purchased in the southwestern part of the city of Lancaster near Hoffman's
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6276
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
388.4 L574
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compiled by Harry David Lentz, Jr.
Place of Publication
Lebanon [Pa.]
Publisher
Lentz,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.
Subjects
Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.
Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company - History.
Lancaster Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Additional Author
Lentz, Harry David,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
388.4 L574
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My Pennsylvania : a brief history of the Commonwealth's sixty-seven counties

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3444
Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
974.8009 P415 Oversize
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Responsibility
prepared and produced by the state Department of Commerce ... [et al.].
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg?]
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
165 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Notes
Colored pictorial maps on end-papers.
"The governors and chief executives of Pennsylvania": p. [143]-157.
Bibliography: p. 165.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania - History, Local.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 P415 Oversize
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