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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Object ID
MG0237
Date Range
1880-2003
Street from Jacob M. Long, trustee to Gabriel Hirsh. Jacob M. Long was to receive $200 for the extinguishment and would receive rent from Gabriel Hirsh which was set at forty-five shillings. Attached to the document is a note by Jacob M. Long to Gabriel Hirsh noting that Long had received Hirsh’s payment
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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Description
The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.
Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.
Admin/Biographical History
On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged by series.
Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory
Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners
Date Range
1880-2003
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
2003
Date of Accumulation
1880-2003
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Ammon, Cora Mae Fox
Ammon, John M.
Appel, Eva Rengier
Appel, Percy L.
Baker, Miriam Rengier
Bell, Louise Price
Berger, R. R.
Blatchley, Charles A.
Breyers, C. J.
Buchanan, James
Drukenbrod, Lee Roy
Fehl, J. Herbert
Frantz, I. E.
Fritz, C. C.
Goodhart, E. C.
Groff, Alpheaus S.
Groff, Ella L.
Hermansader, T. F.
Hirsh, Bertha
Hirsh, Gabriel
Hostetter, D. B.
Lively, Henry
Long, Jacob M.
Loss, Natalie M.
Loss, Nathan
Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.
Marshall, Elizabeth Weber
Marshall, George A.
Marshall, George W.
Marshall, Maria L. Good
May, Jennie H.
Miller, E. N.
Myers, Harry
Myers, Maria
Myers, Patricia Marshall
Myrtetus, George B.
Noonan, Ella O.
Noonan, Raymond Smith
Prangley, James
Reed, George R.
Reichley, Jacob Christian
Reifsnyder, Arden P.
Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman
Rengier, Charles F.
Rengier, John S.
Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen
Rohrer, George Redsecker
Rohrer, Jeremiah
Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker
Roth, George R.
Rupert, L. H.
Schaller, Kimberly
Shand, James
Shand, Thomas Marshall
Sherrill, Anita B.
Sherrill, S. Edward
Short, Edwin P.
Skyllas, Drossos A.
Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert
Stiles, H. A.
Stirk, Isaac
Stirk, Sarah C.
Swarr, Donald
Urban, Cassius Emlen
Watt, Laura Louise Geiger
Watt, Peter T.
Weber, May H.
Wisegarver, Harry P.
Witmer, Albert F.
Other Creators
Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)
Subjects
Advertising
Architectural drawings
Blueprints
Building leases
Calendars
Catalogs
Deeds
Department stores
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Letters
Menus
Newsletters
Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.)
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Search Terms
A and S Realty and Investment Corporation
A. B. Rote & Co.
Advertising
Agreements
Air conditioning
American Blower Corporation
Appel & Weber
Architectural plans
Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America
Awards
Blueprints
Bon-Ton
Bon-Ton Beauty Salon
Booklets
C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.
Calendars
Catalogs
Central Automatic Sprinkler Company
Certificates
Columbia
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia
Correspondence
Deeds
Department stores
DUSCO Property Management, Inc.
East Hempfield Twp.
Employee handbooks
Employees
Ephemera
Escalators
Finding aids
Fire sprinklers
Floorplans
Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers
Gift certificates
Ground-rent
Hager and Bro., Inc.
Hager Realty Corporation
Heating and ventilation systems
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Job descriptions
Kroll Electric Company, Inc.
Lancaster
Lancaster Parking Authority
Lancaster Trust Company
Leases
Letters
Manuscript groups
Menus
Mortgages
Newsletters
Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.
Park City Mall
Penn Square
Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Permits
Poetry
PPL
Price lists
Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
Reynolds and Reynolds Company
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Total Energy Leasing Corporation
Trion, Inc.
Watt and Shand
Workers' Compensation Act
York Corporation
Extent
4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0237
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-237
Classification
MG0237
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.
The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0805 I011
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Description
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Year
1921
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Creeks
Mill Creek
West Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster
New Providence, Providence Twp.
Orders
Reports
Inspections
Bridges
Place
West Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0805 I011
Box Number
013
Additional Notes
Court term: July 1921.
Location: On public road from Lancaster to New Providence, Providence Twp.
Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-09-05-83
Date Range
c. 1925
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
The Long Home - Marietta and West End Avenues, Lancaster.
Date Range
c. 1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Long Home, The
Marietta Avenue
West End Avenue
Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-09-05-83
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/16f4a8e9-787f-443f-8f20-797124515177
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-09-05-86
Date Range
c. 1925
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Stevens Technical School, East King Street, Lancaster.
Date Range
c. 1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
East King Street
Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-09-05-86
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-09-05-87
Date Range
c. 1925
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Baseball game
Date Range
c. 1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Baseball
Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-09-05-87
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-09-05-91
Date Range
c. 1925
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Horse-drawn carriage on North Queen Street, Lancaster. Darmstaetter's and Dietz's shoe store in background.
Date Range
c. 1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Horses
Carriages
North Queen Street
Lancaster
Darmstaetter's
Dietz's Shoe Store
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-09-05-91
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Map of Lancaster city.
Object ID
1-18-01-17
Date Range
January 3, 1927
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Map of Lancaster city.
Description
Map of Lancaster city. Customer: Intelligencer
Date Range
January 3, 1927
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Maps
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Object ID
1-18-01-17
Negative Number
3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Other Number
646-199
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-18-09-03
Date Range
c. 1920
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
St. Joseph's Hospital, c.1920
Date Range
c. 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
St. Joseph Hospital
College Avenue
Lancaster
Hospitals
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
6.75 x 11.75 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-18-09-03
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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Lady standing on steps of porch decorated with American flags.
Object ID
D-05-03-37
Date Range
February 27, 1927
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Lady standing on steps of porch decorated with American flags.
Description
Lady standing on steps of porch decorated with American flags. Customer: Mrs. Robert Burns, 415 South Queen Street.
Date Range
February 27, 1927
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Burns, Mrs. Robert
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Porches
Flags
South Queen Street
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
8 x 10 inches
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
D-05-03-37
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
660-295
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0ea8cfe9-ef4e-415f-88ac-342032388220
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Sener residence, 225 N. Charlotte St.
Object ID
D-09-01-06
Date Range
1924/03/31
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Sener residence, 225 N. Charlotte St.
Description
Large three story brick dwelling with porch. Sener residence, 225 N. Charlotte St., next to Stevens School. Customer: Wohlsen Planing Mill. 1 extra print
Date Range
1924/03/31
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Houses
Lancaster
North Charlotte Street
Stevens High School
Wohlsen Planing Mill
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-09-01-06
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
608-1355
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