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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company, Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company, New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville

1 document

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: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Chart

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/64d64aec-1790-4c82-9343-776205932120

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Date Range: ca. 1899

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Description: Conestoga Traction Company chart. A white-line printed chart showing the street railway companies that merged to become the Pennsylvania Traction Company in 1893 and then the Conestoga Traction Company in 1899. Framed.

Date Range: ca. 1899

Creation Date: ca. 1913

Creator: Conestoga Traction Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 11

Storage Cabinet: Section 03

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Subjects: Street-railroads

Search Terms: Brandywine Street Railway Company; Charts; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Coatesville and Western Street Railway Company; Coatesville Rapid Transit Company; Coatesville Traction Company; Columbia and Donegal Railway Company; Columbia and Ironville Street Passenger Railway Company; Conestoga Traction Company; East End Passenger Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Columbia Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Lititz Electric Railway Company; Lancaster and Millersville Railroad Company; Lancaster and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; Lancaster and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster City Street Railway Company; Lancaster Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Parkesburg and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Pennsylvania Traction Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Street railroads; Trolleys; West Chester Street Railway Company; West End Street Railway Company

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Chart

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2024-01-29

Condition Notes: Faded and brittle. Tears along the right side and top, left of center.

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company (MG0123_F028)

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original document may be used by appointment--please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: This itemmay 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: 2023.055

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Item

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Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1890 : containing a general directory of Lancaster city, of the boroughs and townships of the county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18009

Date of Publication: 1890

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1890 reprint

Responsibility: compiled and published by J.E. Williams

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: New Era Book and Job Print ;

Date of Publication: 1890

Physical Description: 6-616 p. : bill. : 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Reprint from original.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Adamstown (Pa.) - Directories; Columbia (Pa.) - Directories; Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Directories; Lititz (Pa.) - Directories; Manheim (Pa.) - DIrectories; Marietta (Pa. ) - Directories; Mount Joy (Pa.) - Directories; Strasburg (Pa.) - Directories; Washington Boro (Pa.) - Directories

Additional Author: Williams, J.E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1890 reprint

Greater Lancaster and the Lancaster County area, street & road map : Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13097

Corporate Author: Atlantic Publishing Group.

Edition: Scale [ca. 1:31,680].

Date of Publication: c1998.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 509

Alternate Title: Greater Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Lancaster County area, street & road map; Greater Lancaster

Responsibility: the Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.

Corporate Author: Atlantic Publishing Group.

Edition: Scale [ca. 1:31,680].

Place of Publication: Flourtown, PA ; Lancaster

Publisher: The Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. ; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry [distributor],

Date of Publication: c1998.

Physical Description: 1 map : both sides, col. ; 72 x 76 cm., on sheet 86 x 112 cm., folded to 23 x 11 cm.

Notes: Panel title.; Includes notes, street index, ancillary "Downtown Lancaster" map, and advertisements.; Notes, indexes, location map (inset), col. ill., and advertisments on verso.; Maps on verso: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [road map] -- Columbia -- Denver -- Ephrata -- Elizabethtown -- Quarryville -- New Holland.

Subjects: Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Central business districts - Maps.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Maps.; Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.; Denver (Pa.) - Maps.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Maps.; Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Maps.; Quarryville (Pa.) - Maps.; New Holland (Pa.) - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 509

Ferris Bros.' Lancaster city and county directory 1884

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18013

Call Number: 974.815 D598 1884 reprint

Place of Publication: Wilmington, De

Publisher: Ferris Bros. Publishers and Printers

Physical Description: 17-876 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Reprint from original.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - DIrectories; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories; Adamstown (Pa.) - Directories; Columbia (Pa.) - Directories; Elizabethtown (Pa.) - DIrectories; Manheim (Pa.) - Directories; Marietta (Pa.) - Directories; Mount Joy (Pa.) - Directories; Strasburg (Pa.) - DIrectories; Washington Boro (Pa.) - Directories

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 974.815 D598 1884 reprint

Patent, Letters

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/90f69d6e-b5be-4617-9309-202165498532

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company and eleven other transportation companies

Object ID: MG0123_F028

Date Range: 1931/12/04

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company and eleven other transportation companies

Description: 1931 Letters Patent for the consolidation of the following public transportation companies: Conestoga Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company.; Recorded in Lancaster County, Charter Book, volume 6, page 438. Signed by Governor Gifford Pinchot, Secretary of the Commonwealth Richard J. Beamish, and Deputy Recorder George L. Keith.

Date Range: 1931/12/04

Creation Date: 4 December 1931

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Container: Oversized Box 01

People: Pinchot, Gifford; Beamish, Richard J.; Keith, George L.

Subjects: Letters patent

Search Terms: Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Conestoga Traction Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Letters patent; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Patent, Letters

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123_F028

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Conestoga Traction Company chart (MG0123_Framed02)

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original document may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: This item 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: 2023.028

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Item

Lancaster and nearby points telephone directory of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennslyvania: June 1927

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18508

Corporate Author: Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1937]

Call Number: 910.25 B435 1937.

Corporate Author: Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: [S. l

Date of Publication: 1937]

Physical Description: 168, 44 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes white and yellow pages.; Points include municipalities in Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, and York Counties such as Columbia, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Gettysburg, Hanover, Lancaster, Lititz, Marietta, Mt. Joy, Red Lion, Strasburg, and York, as well as many smaller communities in these counties.

Subjects: Adams County (Pa.) - Directories - Telephone.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - Directories - Telephone.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories - Telephone.; York County (Pa.) - Directories - Telephone.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 910.25 B435 1937.

[Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1892]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18010

Date of Publication: 1892]

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1892c reprint

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: New Era Book and Job Print ;

Date of Publication: 1892]

Physical Description: 225 - 614 p. : ill. : 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Reprint of original.; Missing pages 1-225, most of the Lancaster city portion of the directory.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories; Adamstown (Pa.) - Directories; Columbia (Pa.) - Directories; Lititz (Pa.) - Directories; Manheim (Pa.) - Directories; Marietta (Pa.) - Directories; Mount Joy (Pa.) - Directories; Strasburg (Pa.) - Directories; Washington Boro (Pa.) - Directories

Additional Author: Williams, J. E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1892c reprint

Lancaster County : the red rose of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo138

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

Responsibility: John Ward Willson Loose ; "Partners in Progress" by Gary G. Martin and Donald L. Collins.

ISBN: 1884166032 :

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Canoga Park, CA

Publisher: CCA Publications,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [6], 158 p.: ill., some col. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster County Historical Society (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancasater Malleable Castings, Co. (Lancaster, Pa.).; J. Walter Miller Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Raub Supply Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Alumax Mill Products (Lancaster, Pa.).; High Industries, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Federal-Mogul Corporation (Lancaster, Pa.).; Serta Mattress Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Cassey Engineering (Salunga, Pa.).; Lancaster Labratories (Lancaster, Pa.).; Ford New Holland (New Holland, Pa.).; Liberty Sign and Can Company (Lancastaear, Pa.).; J. L. Clark, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. (Leola, Pa.).; Lancaster Paint and Glass (Lancaster, Pa. ).; Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; SICO Company (Mt. Joy, Pa.).; Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.).; Bank of Lancaster County (Pa.).; Fulton Bank (Lancaster, Pa).; CoreStates Hamilton Bank (Lancaster, Pa.); Dauphin Deposit Bank (Pa.); Ross, Buehler, Falk and Company (Pa.).; Community Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.); Corporate Healthcare Strategies, Inc. (Pa.); Warner-Lambert Company (Pa.).; Lancasater Bible College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Acorn Press (Pa.).; Lancaster Newspapers (Lancaster, Pa.).; John Cope's Food Products (Pa.).; Dutch Gold Honey (Pa.).; Kellogg Company (Pa.).; Stauffers of Kissel Hill (Pa.).; Hammond Pretzel Bakery (Lancaster, Pa.).; Zimmerman Foods (Pa.).; Turkey Hill Dairy (Pa.).; Wilbur Chocolate Company (Lititz, Pa.); Groff's Farm Restaurant (Pa.).; Hotel Brunswick (Lancaster, Pa.).; Eden Resort Inn (Lancaster, Pa.).; Bulova Technologies (Lancaster, Pa.); Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

The Lancaster County area, street & road map, Pennsylvania : [Lancaster metropolitan area]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15012

Corporate Author: Atlantic Communications Group.

Date of Publication: c2003.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 518

Alternate Title: Lancaster County area, street and road map, Pennsylvania; Greater Lancaster

Responsibility: Atlantic Communications Group Inc.

Corporate Author: Atlantic Communications Group.

Place of Publication: Flourtown, PA : Lancaster

Publisher: Atlantic Communications Group ; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry [distributor],

Date of Publication: c2003.

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 70 x 74 cm., folded to 23 x 11 cm.

Notes: Panel title.; "Published for the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry ... by the Atlantic Communications Group, Inc."; Includes notes, street index, "Downtown" Lancaster inset, and advertisements.; Notes, indexes, location map (inset), col. ill., and advertisements on verso.; Maps on verso: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [road map] -- Columbia -- Denver -- Ephrata -- Elizabethtown -- Quarryville -- New Holland.

Subjects: Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Central business districts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Maps.; Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.; Denver (Pa.) - Maps.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Maps.; Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Maps.; Quarryville (Pa.) - Maps.; New Holland (Pa.) - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 518

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Chart

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Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1890 : containing a general directory of Lancaster city, of the boroughs and townships of the county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18009

Greater Lancaster and the Lancaster County area, street & road map : Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13097

Ferris Bros.' Lancaster city and county directory 1884

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18013

Patent, Letters

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/90f69d6e-b5be-4617-9309-202165498532

Lancaster and nearby points telephone directory of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennslyvania: June 1927

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18508

[Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1892]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18010

Lancaster County : the red rose of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo138

The Lancaster County area, street & road map, Pennsylvania : [Lancaster metropolitan area]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15012