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Abstract of report on water supply sewerage and sewage treatment for the city of Lancaster, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16356
Corporate Author
The J. N. Chester Engineers, firm
Date of Publication
1931.
Call Number
352.6 L246a
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Corporate Author
The J. N. Chester Engineers, firm
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
16 p. , 28 cm.
Subjects
Water supply - Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Sewage - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). City Council.
Lancaster (Pa.). Public Safety Department.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.6 L246a
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Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dee012c0-76cf-4e78-8dc6-226741452360
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Date Range
1876
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1876
Year
1876
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0008
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Blackburn's Ford
Bonds
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Creeks
Fords
Little Britain Twp.
Octoraro Creek
Place
Little Britain Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Box Number
008
Additional Notes
Location: At Blackburn's Fording in Little Britain Twp.
Document type: Agreement and bond for bridge construction.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Ambrotype

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1bb1f016-2846-463b-90f5-356646507263
Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Object ID
2002.154.54
Date Range
1850-1890
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Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Description
Portrait of young gentleman. Fairly faded out. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) in decorative bronze-colored frame with glass narrow gold-colored braid around edge. All with a red velvet rectangle. On the red velvet lining of the lid/cover: "Addis (?) s Lancaster Gallery/ NE Corner of Centre Square & N. Queen St." Black container has decorative motifs on front and back.
Date Range
1850-1890
Year Range From
1850
Year Range To
1890
Creator
Addis's Lancaster Gallery
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 20
Storage Container
Box 0615
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Height (in)
0.625
Length (in)
3.75
Width (in)
3.25
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2018-09-21
Condition Notes
Fabric hinge torn: ambrotype and cover are separated.
Image somewhat faded. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) Wear on outside where black has rubbed off
Object ID
2002.154.54
Accession Number
2002.154
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Ambrotype

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c273df6d-a02a-4345-9398-613222312892
Collection
History Collection: Genealogical
Title
Rosina Etta (Hubley) Herr
Object ID
2006.035.2
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Collection
History Collection: Genealogical
Title
Rosina Etta (Hubley) Herr
Description
Encased ambrotype, circa 1865, of Rosine Etta (Hubley) Herr (1850-1889). Seated in plaid dress by a column, in a composition case with gold trim and lined with red velvet.
Year Range From
1860
Year Range To
1870
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 01
Storage Drawer
Drawer 11
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Height (in)
3
Width (in)
2.6
Condition
Good
Object ID
2006.035.2
Notes
fading, discolored on right side of photograph
Accession Number
2006.035
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The American printer : a manual of typography, containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices ; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2767
Author
MacKellar, Thomas,
Edition
Twelfth edition, revised and enlarged.
Date of Publication
1879 [c1878]
Call Number
655.2 M154
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Responsibility
by Thomas MacKellar.
Author
MacKellar, Thomas,
Edition
Twelfth edition, revised and enlarged.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan,
Date of Publication
1879 [c1878]
Physical Description
384, [6] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Edition statement from verso of t.-p.
Includes index.
T.-p. in red and black.
Advertisements on p. [1]-[6] at end.
Original pictorial maroon cloth.
Subjects
Printing, Practical.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
655.2 M154
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The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2985
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
was made from a species of grass never before used for that purpose. Soon women, and a great number of children at the public school in the city, mastered the art of plaiting the straw. The grass from which the hat was made grew abundantly, at that time, in Lancaster county. Joel Lightner, Jr., was
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
110-113 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 5
Subjects
American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestice Manufactures and National Industry (Lancaster, Pa.)
Manufactures - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society Volume 34, number 5 (1930), p. 110-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
Documents
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The American work of Benjamin West

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5424
Author
Sawitzky, William,
Date of Publication
1938]
Call Number
759.1393 S271
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Responsibility
by William Sawitzky.
Author
Sawitzky, William,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Date of Publication
1938]
Physical Description
p. 433-462. plates, ports. 25 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"Offprint from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, October, 1938."
Bibliographical references in the text.
Subjects
West, Benjamin, - 1738-1820.
Painting, American.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1393 S271
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Appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d51e559a-7a9c-4764-ad9d-694224410209
Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F014 S
Date Range
1912
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Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Description
Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
Date Range
1912
Date of Accumulation
1849-1913
Year
1912
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Sollenberger, Elizabeth K.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Collateral appraisement
East Earl Twp.
Collateral statement
Place
East Earl Twp.
Extent
16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
Object Name
Appraisal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F014 S
Box Number
015
Additional Notes
Only: collateral statement.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 03-00 0312
Description Level
Item
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Appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a0194db2-6f45-40ea-be68-605144351000
Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F015 S
Date Range
1912
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Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Description
Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
Date Range
1912
Date of Accumulation
1849-1913
Year
1912
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Stauffer, Mary A.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Collateral appraisement
East Earl Twp.
Place
East Earl Twp.
Extent
16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
Object Name
Appraisal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F015 S
Box Number
015
Additional Notes
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 03-00 0312
Description Level
Item
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Appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6078fdd1-3dde-4084-b689-108288925670
Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F016 S
Date Range
1912
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Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Description
Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
Date Range
1912
Date of Accumulation
1849-1913
Year
1912
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Steinman, Susan S.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Collateral appraisement
Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Extent
16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
Object Name
Appraisal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F016 S
Box Number
015
Additional Notes
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 03-00 0312
Description Level
Item
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