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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

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Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

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Date of Publication: 1870.

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Kilburn, Francis.

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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

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Author: Steinfeldt, Berenice.

Date of Publication: c1940.

Call Number: 289.71 S819

Responsibility: 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

Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

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Date of Publication: 1875.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Alternate Title: Directory of Lancaster County

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Jno. H. Barnes,

Date of Publication: 1875.

Physical Description: 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Advertisements throughout text.; Includes index.; Reprint.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Patriotic background : an address by Hon. William H. Keller, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, St. James Church, Lancaster (Pa.) May 28, 1944 : under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution

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Author: Keller, William H.

Date of Publication: May 28, 1944.

Call Number: 369.13 P314

Responsibility: by William H. Keller.

Author: Keller, William H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: [s.n.]

Date of Publication: May 28, 1944.

Physical Description: 8 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Sons of the Revolution Pennsylvania Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 369.13 P314

Archive

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Object ID: MG0365

Date Range: 1919-1956

Hardware Company, “matter of the war draft taking away our young men,” record business become so large need two new booths, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra to rehearse at $5.00 per hour [in Kirk-Johnson building], cost of Santa Claus program on WGAL is $325.00. Folder 9 Steinman Hardware Company and Kirk

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Description: The Sarah Moore Breneman Papers contain documents from the Steinman Hardware Company, the Kirk Johnson Company, and the Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc. The collection includes minutes of stockholders meetings and board of director meetings, financial reports, the election of officers, letters to stockholders, presidents' reports, company by-laws and minutes of the meetings organizing the companies.

Date Range: 1919-1956

Year Range From: 1919

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1919-1956

Creator: Breneman, Sarah Moore, 1932-2005

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Atlee, Benjamin Champneys; Baker, Scott; Hess, Norman B.; Manning, Harry H.; Mease, Lorena Watson; Miller, Harry E.; Moore, Adam Zerphy; Moore, Ruth Johnson; Moore, Sylvester Zerphy; Pickel, Elwood; Pickel, Mary; Worrell, L. Bruce; Zahm, Edward J.

Other Creators: Moore, Adam Zerphy, 1895-1957

Subjects: Business records; Hardware stores; Minutes (Records); Radio stations; Stockholders

Search Terms: Brunswick Hotel; Business records; By-laws; Camp Kaul Tea House; Colonial Golf Course; Conventions; Financial records; Finding aids; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Glen Moore, Manheim Twp.; Hardware stores; Inventories; Kendig Bros.; Kirk Johnson & Co.; Korean War; Lancaster Broadcasting Company; Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc.; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster General Hospital; Lancaster Symphony Orchestra; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Mortgages; North Pine Street; Obituaries; Prince Street; Radio Corporation of America; RCA; Reports; Robinson-Patman Act; Specialty Advertising Company; Sprenger Food Company; St. George Hotel; Steinman Hardware; Stevens House; Stockholders; WEST (radio station); West King Street; WGAL (radio station); WKJC (radio station)

Extent: 1 box, 14 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0365

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See the Photograph Collection:; Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-01-01); Staff of WKJC (SH-01-01-02); Steinman Hardware Company truck (SH-01-01-03); 200 Year Anniversary of Steinman Hardware Co. (SH-01-01-04); View of south side of East King Street (SH-01-01-05); View of south side of West King Street (SH-01-01-06); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-01); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-02); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-03); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-04); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-05); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-06); Framed receipt (SH-01-03-01); Image of account book (SH-01-03-02); Image of a print of the old courthouse (SH-01-03-03); Image of a print of East King Street (SH-01-03-04); Image of account book (SH-01-03-05); Map of Lancaster (SH-01-03-06); Five men in front of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-07); Man looking at account book (SH-01-03-08); Close-up of Steinman Hardware Co. sign (SH-01-03-09); First block of East King Street (SH-01-03-10); Man examining shotgun shells (SH-01-03-11); Conestoga wagon jacks (SH-01-03-12); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-13); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-14); Archery equipment at Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-15); Man taking inventory of horseshoes (SH-01-03-16); See the Curatorial Collection:; Commemorative saw, "Two Hundred Years of Hardware Service 1744-1944, The Steinman Hardware Company Lancaster PA" (2005.006.1); Eyeglasses and case with label on one side "Steiman Hardware Company Lancaster PA", other side marked with printing "Arundel Tinted, Edw. J. Zahm, Jeweler, Zahm's Corner, Lancaster PA" (2005.006.2)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2005.MG0365

Other Numbers: MG-365

Classification: MG0365

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 20 February 2022.

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United States International Exhibition : opens May 10th, 1876, closes Nov. 10th, 1876 : the organization, the work proposed, the work already done

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Date of Publication: 1875.

Call Number: 351 U58

Alternate Title: 1776, 1876

Meeting: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Date of Publication: 1875.

Physical Description: 89 p. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.

Notes: "United States Centennial Commission"--P. [10].

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Exhibitions.

Additional Corporate Author: United States Centennial Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 351 U58

History of the classis of Lancaster of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1852-1940

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Author: Glass, Daniel G.

Date of Publication: [1942].

Call Number: 285.7 G549

Responsibility: Editors: Rev. Daniel G. Glass, Rev. C. George Bachman, Rev. Harry E. Shepardson, Rev. John F. Frantz, Rev. J.N. Le Van.

Author: Glass, Daniel G.

Place of Publication: New Holland, Pa

Publisher: Printed by The New Holland Clarion,

Date of Publication: [1942].

Physical Description: xiv, 431 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., coat of arms, map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 420.

Subjects: Reformed Church in the United States. - Lebanon Classis.; Church buildings - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 285.7 G549

Fiftieth anniversary of St. Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church: Lime and New Streets, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1897 -1947

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Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 285.8 S134L

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: The Church,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: 58 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: St. Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.; St. Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.8 S134L

Geologic notes on the Pequea Silver Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : A brief history of the Pequea Silver Mine Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 550 F686

Responsibility: Richard M. Foose.

Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin and Marshall College

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: [13 p] ; 25 cm.

Notes: From the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science : Vol. XXL, 1947.; Includes index.

Summary: Refers to several mines in a half mile square area in Lancaster County marked by Pequea Creek in the south, Silver Mine Run in the east , and an unnamed tributary to Pequea Creek to the west.

Subjects: Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mines and mineral resources - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Silver mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Price, John W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 550 F686

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