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Antiques : how to identify, buy, sell, refinish, and care for them

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3236
Author
Cole, Ann Kilborn.
Date of Publication
c1957.
Call Number
645 C689
Responsibility
by Ann Kilborn Cole ; illustrated by Cynthia Rockmore.
Author
Cole, Ann Kilborn.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
D. McKay,
Date of Publication
c1957.
Physical Description
x, 246 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliography (p. 232-240) and index.
Subjects
Art objects
Antiques.
Decorative arts - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
645 C689
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Dictionary of American biography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18216
Date of Publication
1957-1958.
Call Number
019.920 D554
Responsibility
edited by Allen Johnson.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Scribner's,
Date of Publication
1957-1958.
Physical Description
11 v. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Vol. 11 contains Supplements 1 & 2.
Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Originally published 1928-36 as a 20 volume work.
Subjects
United States - Biography - Dictionaries.
Additional Author
Johnson, Allen,
Additional Corporate Author
American Council of Learned Societies.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
019.920 D554
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Victorian, the Cinderella of antiques

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2405
Author
Drepperd, Carl William,
Date of Publication
1950
Call Number
708 D772
Responsibility
Carl W. Drepperd
Author
Drepperd, Carl William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Doubleday
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
xxi, 260 p. ill. 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies
Subjects
Collectors and collecting.
Furniture - United States.
Art objects
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
708 D772
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Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution : records of their marriages and baptisms of their children, in America, performed by the Rev. G.C. Coster, 1776-1783, chaplain of two Hessian regiments

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2093
Author
Coster, G. C.
Date of Publication
1959.
Call Number
973.342 D547
Responsibility
translated and abstracted from the German by Marie Dickore.
Author
Coster, G. C.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
The C.J. Krehbiel Co.,
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
25 p. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
German Americans.
United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries - Registers.
Additional Author
Dickore, Marie Paula.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 D547
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Colonial and Revolutionary lineages of America : a collection of genealogical studies completely documented, and appropriately illustrated, bearing upon notable early American lines and their collateral connections

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6294
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
929.3 A512 Oversize
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Historical Company,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
683 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Subjects
United States - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 A512 Oversize
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The Index of American Design

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9005
Author
Christensen, Erwin Ottomar,
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
745 C554 Oversize
Responsibility
Introd. by Holger Cahill.
Author
Christensen, Erwin Ottomar,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Macmillan,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
xviii, 229 p. 378 illus. (part col.) 31 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 219-221.
Subjects
Index of American Design.
Decoration and ornament.
Art, American.
Decorative arts - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745 C554 Oversize
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The American heritage book of great historic places

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13346
Author
Ketchum, Richard M.,
Date of Publication
[1957]
Call Number
911.07 A512
Responsibility
by the editors of American heritage. Narrative by Richard M. Ketchum. Introd. by Bruce Catton.
Author
Ketchum, Richard M.,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Heritage Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1957]
Physical Description
376 p. illus. (part col.) ports. (part col.) col. maps. 29 cm.
Contents
Chapters: New England - Atlantic gateway - Appalachian frontier - The old South - The great river - Lakes and prairie - The great plains - The Spanish southwest - The farthest frontier.
Summary
"A pictorial history of America in terms of the places where history was made--places that you can visit today. The book is divided into nine geographic sections, each abundantly illustrated with rare photographs, eyewitness paintings, drawings, engravings, and sketches." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Historic sites - United States.
Historic buildings - United States.
United States - History.
Additional Title
American heritage.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
911.07 A512
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York county's historical heritage as the capital of the United States, 1777-1778 : including reproductions of the William Wagner collection of early American drawings and the Lewis Miller collection of early American folk art

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15269
Date of Publication
1959]
Call Number
974.841 Y61yh
Place of Publication
[York, Pa
Publisher
York Gazette Co.,
Date of Publication
1959]
Physical Description
39 [9] p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Cover title: York county's heritage, rich in early American art and history.
Subjects
York County (Pa.) - History.
United States - Capital and capitol - Pennsylvania - York - 1777-1778.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 Y61yh
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Appeal to arms; a military history of the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1079
Author
Wallace, Willard Mosher,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1951]
Call Number
973.3 W195
Author
Wallace, Willard Mosher,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper
Date of Publication
[1951]
Physical Description
viii, 308 p. illus., maps, facsims. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 275-300)
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Campaigns.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 W195
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A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate, 1750-1771

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13947
Author
Krebs, Friedrich
Date of Publication
1951, c1953.
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v. 16
Responsibility
edited by Friedrich Krebs ; with an introduction by Don Yoder.
Author
Krebs, Friedrich
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society,
Date of Publication
1951, c1953.
Physical Description
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951), p. [171]-183)
Notes
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-155) -- Pennsylvania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies 1734-1752 (p. 185-198) -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
Subjects
Germans - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v. 16
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