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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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Lancaster Pennsylvania the red rose city : County seat of America's garden spot

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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.) Chamber of Commerce.
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1924
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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.) Chamber of Commerce.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster Chamber of Commerce]
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
32 p. ; map ; 9 x 15 cm.
Subjects
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1924
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The Survivors' club

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Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Date of Publication
1923
: Hostetter, Albert K. Title: The Survivors' club / by Albert K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Survivors' club (Lancaster, Pa.) Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 --Veterans. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical
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Responsibility
by Albert K. Hostetter.
Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
133-142 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 8
Summary
This journal article, written in 1923 , provides the history of the "Survivor's Club " which was comprised of Civil War veterans in Lancaster, PA. The survivors met yearly for a dinner beginning in 1868. The article gives a brief description of each meeting through 1922. The last of those entries was made by Captain P.L. Sprecher, the last Survivor. The article also gives a biographical sketch of each member of the Survivor's Club. The minute books and dinner programs from the meetings can be found in the LancasterHistory.org archives. See https://www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/survivors-club-1867-1921/
Subjects
Survivors' club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Veterans.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 8 (1923), p. 133-142Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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Industrial directory of Lancaster : "the red rose city" of Pennsylvania and county seat of Lancaster County "America's garden spot."

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Date of Publication
[(1929?).]
Call Number
330.974815 L224w
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Alternate Title
What Lancaster "the red rose city of Pennsylvania" manufactures
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce,
Date of Publication
[(1929?).]
Physical Description
52 pages ; 16 cm
Notes
Cover title: What Lancaster "The Red Rose City of Pennsylvania" manufactures. An alphabetical list of manufacturers and an index of the commodities they produce.
Subjects
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Directories.
Industries.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
330.974815 L224w
Copy Info
1929
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A history of the Little Britain Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1804 to 1954 : an address at the Sesqui centennial celebration, August 28, 1954

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Author
Shortlidge, Helen Wood.
Date of Publication
1954]
Call Number
289.6 L778h
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Alternate Title
Little Britain Monthly Meeting
Responsibility
by Helen Wood Shortlidge.
Author
Shortlidge, Helen Wood.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1954]
Physical Description
15 p. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Society of Friends. - Little Britain Monthly Meeting.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Little Britain (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 L778h
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Brief outline on the care of the poor, the sick, and insane of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author
Showalter, Henry A.
Date of Publication
1951
this particular phase of activity. Mrs. William Rote, Jr., and Mr. M. Luther Heisey, members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, advise that Dr. Samuel W. Miller, then recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, became superintendent and resident physician in 1895
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Responsibility
by Henry A. Showalter.
Author
Showalter, Henry A.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[97]-[124] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 4
Subjects
Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public welfare - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Mentally ill - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 4 (1951), p. 97-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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A history of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication
1958
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
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Responsibility
by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1958
Physical Description
27 p. ; 15 cm.
Notes
Includes advertising
Subjects
Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
New Holland (Pa.) - History
Terre Hill (Pa.) - History
Brecknock Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Caernarvon Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Earl Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
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Report of Junior Red Cross activities

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Corporate Author
American Red Cross. Lancaster County (Pa.) Chapter.
Date of Publication
1951-.
Call Number
361.7634 A615j
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Alternate Title
Cross-currents: report of Junior Red Cross activities.
Annual report of the activities of the Lancaster County Junior Red Cross
Corporate Author
American Red Cross. Lancaster County (Pa.) Chapter.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster (Pa.)
Publisher
American Red Cross, Lancaster County Chapter,]
Date of Publication
1951-.
Physical Description
v. : charts; 28 cm.
Notes
Library has: 1951-1952 -- 1955-1956, 1957-1958.
Subjects
American Red Cross. - Lancaster (Pa.)
American Red Cross. - Junior Red Cross (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
361.7634 A615j
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History of Lancaster chapter, American Red Cross

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Corporate Author
American National Red Cross. Lancaster Chapter.
Date of Publication
1920.
Call Number
361.7634 A615h
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Corporate Author
American National Red Cross. Lancaster Chapter.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era printing press,
Date of Publication
1920.
Physical Description
56 p. : 24 cm.
Subjects
American Red Cross - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Chapter
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
361.7634 A615h
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Local history contained in the early quarter sessions' dockets

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Date of Publication
1922
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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Responsibility
compiled by a committee--read by Miss Martha M. Bowman.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
81-85 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 3
Subjects
Jails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Punishment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Bowman, Martha M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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