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Archive

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Collection: C. G. Herr Collection

Title: C. G. Herr Collection

Object ID: MG0381

Date Range: 1867-1875

Note: Christian G. Herr (1839-1902) was the son of Daniel Herr and Susan Margaretta Hornberger, and a descendant of Rev. Hans Herr. A tobacconist in Lancaster, he began as a clerk in the 1850s and soon owned a store. By 1877, he had a tobacco warehouse in the city and was manufacturing cigars with his

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Collection: C. G. Herr Collection

Title: C. G. Herr Collection

Description: The C. G. Herr Collection contains correspondence to Christian G. Herr. Most of the letters are related to his tobacco business. Although cigar brands and tobacco cuts are mentioned, most of the correspondence is about payments, orders, and samples.

Admin/Biographical History: Christian G. Herr (1839-1902) was the son of Daniel Herr and Susan Margaretta Hornberger, and a descendant of Rev. Hans Herr.; A tobacconist in Lancaster, he began as a clerk in the 1850s and soon owned a store. By 1877, he had a tobacco warehouse in the city and was manufacturing cigars with his business partners. His business was located at 45-47 N. Market Street for the majority of years, but he also had locations on N. Queen Street and N. Christian Street. C. G. Herr ordered from and shipped to tobacconists in Lancaster County, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was a manager at Julius Vetterline & Co.; Christian married Emma Miller circa 1860. They had two sons: William M. (b. 1863) and Charles C. (b. 1868). The family resided at 224 W. Orange Street. Emma is listed in the 1880 census as having consumption. She passed away in 1881 and is buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery. Charles was involved in the tobacco business in 1900; William was a physician, married to Lizzie with one daughter.

Date Range: 1867-1875

Year Range From: 1867

Year Range To: 1875

Date of Accumulation: 1867-1875

Creator: Herr, Christian G., 1839-1902

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Brosey, S. G.; Douglass, John; Eby, J.; Hahn, J. M.; Herr, Christian G.; Herr, Daniel Hornberger; Kintzing, T. C.; Lewis, William; Polen, D. P.; Smith, R. E.; Wolf, Jacob

Subjects: Business records; Cigar industry; Cigars; Letters; Tobacco; Tobacco industry

Search Terms: Adams Express Company; A. J. McConkey; Bagleys May Flower; Bucknor, McCammon and Company; Business records; Charles E. Spier and Company; Cigar industry; Cigars; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Commercial Hotel; Connecticut Cigars; Correspondence; Driftwood, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; Finding aids; Gibson House; Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company; Hiss and Chandler; Holl, Kirkpatrick and Company; Holl, Kirkpatrick and Whiteman; Howe Sewing Machines; Lancaster; Letters; Lewis Bremer's Sons; Lobenstein and Gans; Lock Haven Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company; Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania; Manheim; Manuscript groups; New York, New York; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pretzfeld Brothers; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Robb and McConkey; Royal Arms; S. Michaelis and Company; Schlichter and Townsend; Stationery; Ten Eyck Segar Machine Company; Tobacco; Tobacco industry; Wilkens and Klier

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0381

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), C. G. Herr Collection (MG0381), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

Accession Number: 2005.MG0381

Other Numbers: MG-381

Classification: MG0381

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 03 January 2022.

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Oral History

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0119

were children, we were not allowed to handle those. But, as we grew older, why, we were allowed to help strip the wrappers. Now, the mold that the tobacco’s put in always fascinated me, because it was about ten cigars went into that mold. And then the cigar was laid in that wooden thing, and this

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Operation Remember; Cigar Making...Terre Hill

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Fasnacht, Mae

Narrator: Fasnacht, Mae

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Cigar industry; Cigars; Oral histories; Terre Hill

Object Name: Oral History

Length of Interview: 0:26:36

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0119

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Other Numbers: #36A

Description Level: Item

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-12-02-52

Date Range: c. 1915

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Cigar stand at the Lancaster Fair. Man at right is Norman Sheetz.

Provenance: Original image owned by Charles Schiefer.

Date Range: c. 1915

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Sheetz, Norman

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Concession stands; Lancaster Fair; Cigars

Place: Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: 2-12-02-52

Notes: Donated for "Lancaster at Play" photograph book.

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Cabbage Hill Album

Object ID: A-53-01-72

Date Range: 2008

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Cabbage Hill Album

Description: Former site of small cigar rolling shop, rear of 543 West Vine Street.

Provenance: Photo album entitled "My Cabbage Hill" compiled by Francis X. Schaller, Jr., of photos of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster. Photographs were taken in 2008, but Mr. Schaller's memories of the neighborhood from 1935 to 1948, from the age of 5 to the age of 18, are included. Mr. Schaller is an Armstrong retiree and grew up in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood.

Date Range: 2008

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Need to Pick Sub-Category

Search Terms: Cabbage Hill; Vine Street; Cigars; Tobacco

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: A-53-01-72

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- John Fendrich, Gem Cigar Manufactury and wholesale and retail dealers in tobacco, cigars and snuff on Front and Locust Streets, Columbia.

Object ID: 1-01-03-52

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- John Fendrich, Gem Cigar Manufactury and wholesale and retail dealers in tobacco, cigars and snuff on Front and Locust Streets, Columbia.

Description: John Fendrich, Gem Cigar Manufactury and wholesale and retail dealers in tobacco, cigars and snuff on Front and Locust Streets, Columbia.

Provenance: From Thomas R. King

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Business; Stores; Tobacco; Cigars

Place: Columbia

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.875 inches

Object ID: 1-01-03-52

Other Number: L76-164

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-19-05-01

Date Range: c. 1904

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Penn Square, looking east.Shown are Hendren's Cigars, Hales Delmonico, Harness Trunks, Centre Square Dental Rooms, Rohrers. Women and men are waiting for trolley at monument, barrels at curb. Circa 1904