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.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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John F. Kennedy riding in motorcade while on visit to Lancaster, with police protecion and massed crowd of onlookers, on first block of North Queen Street. Others identified include George Schreder, [ ] Brenneman, Robert Swab, Brandt Hipple, William Smith, Al Farkas, Paul Rose, James B. McMullin, Donald Wireback, Lewis Matt, Kenneth Bomberger, J. David Smith. See photo envelope for key to identifications.
The Imperial Bar, Boyd Theater, and Earl Hotel, southwest corner of North Queen and Chestnut Streets. Now the site of Armstrong World Industries Design Center at Lancaster Square.
Hotel Brunswick, 165 - 173 North Queen Street; Wheatland Hotel, 160 North Queen Street; The Coronet, 155 North Queen Street. Demolished for urban renewal.