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History of the Rotary Club of Lancaster, Pennsylvania : Club No. 176

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Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
367 R843 1944
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. : Rudisill and Smith
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
46 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
Notes
On title page: Founded January, 1915 : Chartered July 1, 1915.
Subjects
Rotary Club (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 R843 1944
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Archive

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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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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
Lehigh Power Securities Corporation. The Pequea was merged in the same year into the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. It is not our intention to forecast or prophesy, but business must plan for the future. Lancaster County is fortunate both from the point-of-view of gas supplies as mentioned in the
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Lancaster City street directory. : "Red rose city of Pennsylvania."

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Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1946
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?
Publisher
N.p.],
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
[45] p. : map ; 16 cm.
Subjects
Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1946
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Anthony's History of the battle of Hanover (York county, Pennsylvania) Tuesday, June 30, 1863

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Author
Anthony, William,
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
973.734 P962
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Responsibility
compiled from writings of George R. Prowell and others by William Anthony, editor, printer and publisher.
Author
Anthony, William,
Place of Publication
Hanover, Pa
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
4 p. ø., 160 p. incl. front., illus., pl., ports. 24 cm.
Contents
Chapters: 1. The Battle of Hanover / 2. Newspaper reports,illustrations, etc / 3. Newspaper reports furnished by the HanoverPublic Library / 4. Dedications and reminiscences.
Summary
"This is the second of three battles fought on Pennsylvania soil from the time of the American Revolution...material for this book was selected from the historical writings of George R. Powell...,from others who have made available material from family records, and from researches made at the Public Library from old newspapers" [from the forward]
Subjects
Hanover, Pa., Battle of, 1863.
Hanover (York County, Pa.)
Additional Author
Prowell, George Reeser,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.734 P962
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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
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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
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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
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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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The Story of Lancaster Chapter American Red Cross : World War II 1946

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Date of Publication
April 1946.
Call Number
361.7634 A615s
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.]
Date of Publication
April 1946.
Physical Description
32 p. : ports., 23 cm.
Subjects
American Red Cross - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Chapter - History.
World War II, 1939-1945.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
361.7634 A615s
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A history of the Octoraro Farmers Club, 1856-1946, prepared as a tribute to those men and women of yesterday, the charter members, in appreciation of their contribution to American rural life

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Author
McComsey, Sanders P.,
Date of Publication
1948]
Call Number
974.815 SOLA 100
974.80065 M129
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Author
McComsey, Sanders P.,
Place of Publication
[Christiana? Pa
Date of Publication
1948]
Physical Description
227 p. plates, ports., fold. map. 23 cm.
Subjects
Octoraro Farmers Club.
Agriculture
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 SOLA 100
974.80065 M129
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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1940
, Stiegel named the township for his wife. See the Names of the Townships, by Joseph H. Dubbs, Vol. I, No. 3, Lancaster County Historical Society. F. A. God- charles, in his Pennsylvania History, says the township was named for Queen Elizabeth. 2 The Horseshoe Pike, which was laid out from Downingtown to
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Responsibility
by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2
Subjects
Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
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