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The red rose question

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
THE RED ROSE QUESTION. --- One hundred and thirty years ago, Henry William Stiegel gave a piece of ground to a Lutheran congregation in the then hamlet of Manheim, in this county, for the sum of five shillings, to make the deed of gift lawful, and the further honorarium of one red rose to be ever
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1902
Physical Description
[3]-7 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 1/2
Subjects
Roses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Debt - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.6
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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna Indians.
Conestoga Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
a $500 mortgage bond, a blank stock certificate, and a requisition for high- tension lines. [18__]-1912. Folder 8 Conestoga Traction Co. Booklet of early histories, “Lancaster Co., Pa.,” which describes the company’s history, its routes, and sights along the way. 1 August 1908. Booklet by H. W
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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
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History of the Rotary Club of Lancaster : number 176, Pennsylvania

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Edition
Rev. 2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1980.
Call Number
367 R843 1980
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Edition
Rev. 2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Acorn Press,
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
134 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Rotary Club (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 R843 1980
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Tales told out of school : An informal history of the Lancaster Country Day School and the Shippen School

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Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
370 C855
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Responsibility
compiled by Anna Downey Gardner.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The School ,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
52 pages : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster County, Pa.)
The Shippen School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Miss Stahr's School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster College (Lancaster, Pa.)
Franklin and Marshall Academy (Lancaster, Pa.)
Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 C855
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A history of aeronautics in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Krantz, William E.
Date of Publication
1986
A History of Aeronautics In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania By William E. Krantz The history of aeronautics, the operation of aircraft, in Lancaster Coun- ty covers a span of one hundred and fifty years. Lancaster has long been an air-minded community. Certainly, the feats of our famous native, John
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by William E. Krantz.
Author
Krantz, William E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986
Physical Description
118-189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 3
Summary
Contents: The John Wise era - 19th century, balloons; Aeroplanes visit Lancaster County beginning in 1911; Early commercial airfields; The Jones era (barnstormers); A municipally owned commercial airfield; War clouds (WWII); The Post War Years; The new enlarged Lancaster municipal airport. There is a bibliography
Subjects
Wise, John, - 1808-1879.
Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 3 (1986), p. 118-189Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90
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The North Museum : and the natural history tradition of Lancaster County

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Date of Publication
1986
Call Number
069 K56
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W. Fred Kinsey, III ed. ...
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Printed and published by Science Press,
Date of Publication
1986
Physical Description
2 p.l., 167, [1] p. : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Series
Science Press Keepsake ;
Notes
Edition limited to 1,200 copies, of which this is number 820.
Subjects
North Museum (Lancaster, Pa.)
Botany - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Paleontology - Pennsylvania.
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Kinsey, W. Fred,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
069 K56
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Map showing location and date of the earliest highways leading from the Delaware and Schulkill Rivers to the Susquehanna River and it's branches / by H. Frank Eshleman

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Author
Eshleman, H. Frank
Date of Publication
1907.
Call Number
974.815 SEPA 100
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Author
Eshleman, H. Frank
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
H. Frank Eshleman,
Date of Publication
1907.
Physical Description
1 map ; 22 x 41 cm.
Notes
Scale on map [ca. 1:418,176]. 3/4 in. = 5 mi.
May be a reduced reproduction of the original map.
Subjects
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Roads - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Maps.
Roads - Pennsylvania - Delaware County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Chester County (Pa.) - Maps.
Delaware County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 SEPA 100
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History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania : from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time

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Author
Davis, W. W. H.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl. / with a genealogical and personal history of Bucks County, prepared under the editorial supervision of Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan.
Date of Publication
1905.
Call Number
974.821 D265
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Responsibility
by William W.H. Davis.
Author
Davis, W. W. H.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl. / with a genealogical and personal history of Bucks County, prepared under the editorial supervision of Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Lewis Publishing Co.,
Date of Publication
1905.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2 includes a historical index for vol. 1 and 2. The index for vol. 3 is a personal name index and follows the introduction.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Biography.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Ely, Warren Smedley,
Jordan, John W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 D265
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Publications of the Pennsylvania History Club

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Date of Publication
1909-
Call Number
974.8 P415c
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
s.n. ;
Date of Publication
1909-
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1 (Feb. 1909)-
Notes
"A contribution to Pennsylvania Historical bibliography"
Subjects
Pennsylvania History Club.
Pennsylvania - History - Societies.
Pennsylvania - History - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 P415c
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