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The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8227
Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
  1 website  
Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Place of Publication
Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
[6] 216 p. : plates, port. ;
Notes
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Subjects
Stoves.
Stove-plates.
Christian art and symbolism.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
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Five and ten; the fabulous life of F. W. Woolworth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5037
Author
Winkler, John K.
Date of Publication
[c1940]
Call Number
923.8 W888w
  1 website  
Responsibility
by John K. Winkler...
Author
Winkler, John K.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
R. M. McBride & Company
Date of Publication
[c1940]
Physical Description
256 p. front.,plates,ports. 25cm.
Summary
"This book, first published in 1940, is the unmissable biography of Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919), the American entrepreneur behind the F. W. Woolworth Company and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes". He was also the first to use self-service display cases, so customers could examine what they wanted to buy without the help of a sales clerk.Woolworth founded an international financial empire with a short lease on a tiny store, a couple of gross of tin cans and a simple but revolutionary idea. Woolworth grew up a poor farm boy who tended his father's cows barefoot, but he followed the great American dream by parlaying native ingenuity, business sense, and understanding of people into a huge fortune and establishing an institution that became a familiar part of America's way of life." [from Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=GtwuDwAAQBAJ]
Go to the following link to see an LNP newspaper article about Woolworth establishing his first successful store in Lancaster: https://goo.gl/f75cLZ
Subjects
Woolworth, Frank Winfield, - 1852-1919
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.8 W888w
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Genealogy of the descendants of Christopher Esh

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1074
Author
Blank, Benjamin L.,
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
929 E74d
  1 website  
Responsibility
compiled by Benjamin L. Blank.
Author
Blank, Benjamin L.,
Place of Publication
[New Holland, Pa
Publisher
Printed by the New Holland Clarion]
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
200 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
Esh family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E74d
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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508
Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
  1 website  
Responsibility
By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1470
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
973.4 B655
  1 website  
Responsibility
Sol Bloom, Director General.
Corporate Author
United States.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
x, 885 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Formation of the Union under the constitution.
Summary
The book was written as part of the National celebration of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
Subjects
United States.
United States - Constitutional history.
United States - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.4 B655
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History of the United States of America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo693
Author
Elson, Henry William,
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
973 E49
  2 websites  
Author
Elson, Henry William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Macmillan company,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
xxv, 1971, lxvl p. maps (1 double) 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Summary
Henry William Elson (1857-1935) was a professor of history at Ohio State University. He states in the preface that he has endeavored to write this history for the general reader . He says that he has tried to include information about the lives of the people and not just politics, government and industry.
Subjects
United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 E49
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Mirror for Americans; likeness of the eastern seaboard, 1810

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo924
Author
Brown, Ralph H.
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
917 B877
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Ralph H. Brown ...
Author
Brown, Ralph H.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Geographical Society,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
xxxii p. [5]-312 p. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 26 x 20 cm.
Series
American Geographical Society. Special publication, no. 27
Notes
An account of the period told as if written by Thomas Pownall Keystone, a fictitious character, presenting, as a composite observer, the contempomary scene.
Bibliography: p. [248]-259. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [260]-298)
Summary
European travel narratives of America. Visitors from Europe seeking to learn about this new and different nation.
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.
Atlantic States - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917 B877
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Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15816
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Call Number
905.748 CHS
  1 website  
ISSN
0002-7790
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Physical Description
109 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23-25 cm.
Publication Frequency
Twice a year, <1998>
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1 (1884-86)-v. 109, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 1998).
Notes
These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".
Library has: Vol. 1 (1884-1886) - Vol. 109, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998)
Vols. 1 (1884-86)-31 (1920). 1 v.; Vols. 32 (1921)-41 (1930). 1 v.
Subjects
Catholic Church - History - Societies, etc. - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - United States - History - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 CHS
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A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4894
Author
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys.
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.8011 T169
  1 website  
Responsibility
[by] Gladys Tantaquidgeon.
Author
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xi, 91 p. 23 cm.
Notes
"Authorities cited": p. 70-73.
Contents
Chapters: Delaware Medical Beliefs and Practices --- Curative practices and herbal remedies --- Witchcraft ---- Dreams ---Natural signs and omens --- Delaware food resources -- Appendices include: Nanticoke folk beliefs -- Weather signs -- Three Oklahoma Delaware myths -- and others
Subjects
Delaware Indians.
Indians of North America
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 T169
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Two centuries of Reading, Pa., 1748-1948; a history of the county seat of Berks County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4731
Author
Albright, Raymond Wolf,
Edition
[Official bicentennial ed.]
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
974.816 R287a
  1 website  
Author
Albright, Raymond Wolf,
Edition
[Official bicentennial ed.]
Place of Publication
Reading
Publisher
Historical Society of Berks County,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
xi, 307 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [299]-301.
Subjects
Reading (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 R287a
Websites
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