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Collection
Invoice and Receipt Collection
Title
Invoice and Receipt Collection
Object ID
MG0253
Date Range
1852-1956
business, date of purchase, and date of payment. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) System of Arrangement: Arranged by subject. Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research
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Collection
Invoice and Receipt Collection
Title
Invoice and Receipt Collection
Description
The Invoice and Receipt Collection contains billheads for purchases from Lancaster County businesses or by residents of the county. These invoices and receipts show some or all of the following information: the name of the customer, item(s) purchased, cost, location and description of business, date of purchase, and date of payment.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Date Range
1852-1956
Year Range From
1852
Year Range To
1956
Date of Accumulation
1852-1956
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Brinton, Susana
Brunner, A.
Crosley, T. T.
Donnelly, Mary T.
Griel, H. M.
Hale, Joseph P.
Hauck, Samuel M.
Heinekamp, William
Leib, J. C.
Miller, Bert
Miller, Edward F.
Miller, John Brubaker
Packer, Roy
Rengier, Charles F., Jr.
Renno, David
Root, Harvey Shimp
Rutter, Eugene M.
Scott, E. S.
Scott, S. H.
Shaibley, C. W.
Shaub, Percy H.
Shindle, B. S.
Shortlage, Helen
Simon, Lewis
Stuckenholz, Justus
Trout, A. S.
Trout, A. W.
Wild, James F.
Subjects
Billheads
Invoices
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Billheads
Clarion Printing House
Columbia Wagon Company
E. M. Rutter and Company
Edison Electric Company
Finding aids
Freed, Ward and Freed
Heinitsh Paint Company
Hoffmeier Brothers
Invoices
J. Bowman and Sons
J. C. Budding Company
J. C. Leib and Company
Keystone Metal Weather Strip Company
Lancaster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company
Long and Davidson
Maennerchor Hotel
Manuscript groups
Mary T. Donnelly Suit Shop
Metzger Brothers and Company
Musselman Bros.
New Holland Water Department
Overly and Good
Philip Schum, Son and Company
Piersol Carpet Company
Receipts
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Stauffer Home Improvements, Inc.
Steam Cracker and Biscuit Bakery
Steinman Hardware
Sylvan View Dairy
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, .15 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0253
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Business and Industry Collection (MG0107)
Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)
Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182)
Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
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-253
Classification
MG0253
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The Invoice and Receipt Collection was formerly called the Bills of Sale Collection. The title of the collection was changed on 25 August 2021 to reflect the items in the collection.
This collection was originally cataloged prior to 1997 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.
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Assigned estate of Chas. Steigerwalt, Esq. of Lancaster, Pa. ... : valuable collection of autograph letters and historical documents ... to be sold ... January 31, 1911

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15277
Corporate Author
Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)
Date of Publication
1911]
Call Number
017.7 S818
Responsibility
catalogue compiled and sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels.
Corporate Author
Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Stan. V. Henkels,
Date of Publication
1911]
Physical Description
74 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : facsims. ; 26 cm.
Series
Catalogue / Stan. V. Henkels ; no. 1023
Subjects
Steigerwalt, Charles.
Autographs - Collections.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
017.7 S818
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Collection
History Collection
Title
Ball Bearing Used in Court Case, Marked F&S, 1904
Object ID
1999.002
Date Range
May 1904
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Collection
History Collection
Title
Ball Bearing Used in Court Case, Marked F&S, 1904
Description
Bearing assembly. Tag reads "The Star Ball Retainer Co." and accompanying information from the donor found in the object file.
Use in a 1913 district court case: Hess-Bright Mfg. vs Fichtel & Sachs. This ball bearing was "defendents' exhibit brought to the U.S. by Ernst Sachs in 1904." Owned by Jack L. Straub.
Date Range
May 1904
Made By
Bearings Company of America
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 06
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Bearing
Material
Stainless Steel
Diameter (in)
2.325
Object ID
1999.002
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Accession Number
1999.002
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The birth of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4241
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908
writes from England to Logan: "I hereby order thee to dissolve the Susquehanna pur- chase " (Logan Correspondence, Vol. 2, p. 234). To this Penn adds one last lament, September 11, 1708, as to his whole Susquehanna project: "Be careful that no sales be hereafter made of my estate like the Sasquehan- nagh
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[5]-39 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 1
Summary
A journal article that reviews the history of the area from prehistoric time through the occupation by Europeans. It details the growth of the area as part of Chester County and the successful effort to have the area recognized as a separate county.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - To 1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 1 (1908), p. 5-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
Documents

vol12no1pp5_39_915545.pdf

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.021.1
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Collection
General Collection
Description
Neck and upper bottle decorated in glass with a fluted collar that ends with a scalloped edge. On the side, enclosed in an oval, "Ideal Milk Products co. Lancaster, PA." On the other side "One pint liquid." On the base "A.B.C. 2 - Registered" On bottom, in big letters "LMP"
Provenance
Donor states that on Jan. 1, 1929, York Sanitary Milk Co., Lancaster Sanitary Milk Co. and Ideal Milk Products Co. combined to form Penn Dairies.
Year Range From
1915
Year Range To
1928
Collector
Mr. Krantz
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 08
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Dairies
Bottles
Object Name
Bottle, Milk
Material
Glass
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.021.1
Accession Number
2002.021
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
P.97.16.1
Date Range
Late 19th c.
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Broadside commercially printed on wove paper in Pa. German script. Geometric border surrounds text block of 4 long paragraphs. Modern frame.
Title is "Kraftiges Gebet, / Wodurch man sich vor Kugel und Degen, vor sichtbarlichen und un- / sichtbarlichen Feinden, so wie vor allem moglichen / Uebel beschutzen und bewahren konne."
Place of origin is unknown.
Seller's translation: "A Powerful Prayer whereby one can protect himself from shot and sword, of a visible or invisible enemy, just as from all other possible wounds that one need protect against."
Rows of letters at bottom with more text with a title "Vor die fallende Sucht, oder Gicht," which seems to mean "For those who've come down with an ailment (addiction?), or gout."
Provenance
Unknown
Date Range
Late 19th c.
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
1900
Made By
Unknown
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 43
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Broadside
Material
Paper, Ink
Height (in)
14.125
Width (in)
7.375
Dimension Details
Frame is H: 17.75" W: 11"
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-04-29
Condition Notes
Two horizontal creases where folded in thirds. Stain in upper right corner. Some age darkening.
Framed by Lancaster Galleries
Object ID
P.97.16.1
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
P.97.16
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Object ID
2004.039.14
Date Range
October 9, 1916
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Description
Broadside, Boxing
Monday October, 9 1916
Tim Droney vs Geo. Meehan
Dave Shank vs Jack McCabe
Johnny Houck vs Young Waumpler
Young Russell vs Harry White
Dick Gotwalt vs Allan Putt
Date Range
October 9, 1916
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1916
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Broadside
Object ID
2004.039.14
Accession Number
2004.039
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Object ID
2004.039.20
Date Range
January 5, 1905
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Description
Broadside, Boxing
Thursday, Jan. 5, 1905
Jack Clancey vs Fred Douglass
Sam Bolen vs Steve Crosby
Tommy Coleman vs Kid Fredericks
Date Range
January 5, 1905
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Broadside
Object ID
2004.039.20
Accession Number
2004.039
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Object ID
2004.039.31
Date Range
September 27, 1912
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Description
Broadside, Boxing
Friday, Sept. 27, 1912
Billy Papke vs Leo Houck
Date Range
September 27, 1912
Year Range From
1912
Year Range To
1912
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Broadside
Object ID
2004.039.31
Accession Number
2004.039
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Object ID
2004.039.34
Date Range
November 11, 1910
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Description
Broadside, Boxing
Friday, Nov. 11, 1910
Frank Mantell vs Leo Houck
A. J. Duffy vs Young Papke
Young McGovern vs Johnny Gallant
Young Miller vs Eddie Connors
Date Range
November 11, 1910
Year Range From
1910
Year Range To
1910
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Broadside
Object ID
2004.039.34
Accession Number
2004.039
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