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Specification

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone A

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I004

Date Range: 1919

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone A

Description: Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone A.; 1. Conewago No. 3; Conoy Twp. and [Dauphin County]; Location: Over Conewago Creek, 1 mile above Falmouth, Conoy Twp.; 2. Conoy No. 1; Conoy Twp.; Location: Over Conoy Creek, 2 miles south of [Lobata], Conoy Twp.; 3. Conoy No. 2; Location: Over Conoy Creek, at [Lobato], Conoy Twp.; 4. Little Chickies No. 1; [Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Little Chickies Creek, south of Milton Grove, Mount Joy Twp.; 5. Little Chickies No. 3; Location: Over Little Chickies Creek at Horst's Mill.; 6. Little Chickies No. 5; Location: Over Little Chickies Creek near southeast corner of Mount Joy.; 7. Little Chickies No. 7; [East Donegal Twp. Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Little Chickies Creek near junction with Chickies Creek.; 8. Chickies No. 9; [Rapho Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek on road from Lancaster and Marietta to Drytown, Rapho Twp.; 9. Chickies no. 7.5; Location: Over Chickies Creek at Moor's Mill.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1919

Year: 1919

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Chickies Bridge; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Conewago Bridge; Conewago Creek; Conoy Bridge; Conoy Creek; Conoy Twp.; Creeks; Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Drytown, Rapho Twp.; East Donegal Twp.; Falmouth, Conoy Twp.; Horst's Mill; Lancaster; Little Chickies Bridge; Little Chiques Bridge; Little Chickies Creek; Little Chiques Creek; Lobata, Conoy Twp.; Marietta; Mills; Milton Grove, Mount Joy Twp.; Moore's Mill; Mount Joy; Mount Joy Twp.; Rapho Twp.; Specifications; West Hempfield Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 6 pieces

Object Name: Specification

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I004

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1908 F002 Z

Date Range: 1908

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: 1908

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1908

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0016

People: Zimmerman, George W.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Falmouth, Conoy Twp.

Place: Falmouth, Conoy Twp.

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1908 F002 Z

Box Number: 016

Additional Notes: 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Object ID: D-11-04-11

Date Range: 1915/11/19

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Description: J. C. Leaman Grocery Store with clerks and customers outside of store, 102 South Queen Street, Lancaster. Customer: J. C. Leaman.

Date Range: 1915/11/19

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Leaman, Jacob C.

Studio: Darmstaetter's

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: J. C. Leaman Company; Grocery stores; Produce; Food; Bicycles; South Queen Street

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 10 x 8 inches

Print Size: 10 x 8 inches

Object ID: D-11-04-11

Negative Number: yes glass

Other Number: 248-1468

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-10-01-77

Date Range: 1916

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Elise Zimmerman Bernhardt waits on customer in general store at Manor and Fifth Streets.

Date Range: 1916

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Bernhardt, Elsie Zimmerman

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Grocery stores; Cabbage Hill

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-10-01-77

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-419

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Archive

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Object ID: MG0365

Date Range: 1919-1956

, Sylvester Zerphy Pickel, Elwood Pickel, Mary Worrell, L. Bruce Zahm, Edward J. Subject Headings: Business records Hardware stores Minutes (Records) Radio stations Stockholders Search Terms: Brunswick Hotel Business records By-laws Camp Kaul Tea House Colonial Golf Course Conventions Financial records

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Description: The Sarah Moore Breneman Papers contain documents from the Steinman Hardware Company, the Kirk Johnson Company, and the Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc. The collection includes minutes of stockholders meetings and board of director meetings, financial reports, the election of officers, letters to stockholders, presidents' reports, company by-laws and minutes of the meetings organizing the companies.

Date Range: 1919-1956

Year Range From: 1919

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1919-1956

Creator: Breneman, Sarah Moore, 1932-2005

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Atlee, Benjamin Champneys; Baker, Scott; Hess, Norman B.; Manning, Harry H.; Mease, Lorena Watson; Miller, Harry E.; Moore, Adam Zerphy; Moore, Ruth Johnson; Moore, Sylvester Zerphy; Pickel, Elwood; Pickel, Mary; Worrell, L. Bruce; Zahm, Edward J.

Other Creators: Moore, Adam Zerphy, 1895-1957

Subjects: Business records; Hardware stores; Minutes (Records); Radio stations; Stockholders

Search Terms: Brunswick Hotel; Business records; By-laws; Camp Kaul Tea House; Colonial Golf Course; Conventions; Financial records; Finding aids; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Glen Moore, Manheim Twp.; Hardware stores; Inventories; Kendig Bros.; Kirk Johnson & Co.; Korean War; Lancaster Broadcasting Company; Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc.; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster General Hospital; Lancaster Symphony Orchestra; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Mortgages; North Pine Street; Obituaries; Prince Street; Radio Corporation of America; RCA; Reports; Robinson-Patman Act; Specialty Advertising Company; Sprenger Food Company; St. George Hotel; Steinman Hardware; Stevens House; Stockholders; WEST (radio station); West King Street; WGAL (radio station); WKJC (radio station)

Extent: 1 box, 14 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0365

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See the Photograph Collection:; Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-01-01); Staff of WKJC (SH-01-01-02); Steinman Hardware Company truck (SH-01-01-03); 200 Year Anniversary of Steinman Hardware Co. (SH-01-01-04); View of south side of East King Street (SH-01-01-05); View of south side of West King Street (SH-01-01-06); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-01); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-02); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-03); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-04); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-05); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-06); Framed receipt (SH-01-03-01); Image of account book (SH-01-03-02); Image of a print of the old courthouse (SH-01-03-03); Image of a print of East King Street (SH-01-03-04); Image of account book (SH-01-03-05); Map of Lancaster (SH-01-03-06); Five men in front of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-07); Man looking at account book (SH-01-03-08); Close-up of Steinman Hardware Co. sign (SH-01-03-09); First block of East King Street (SH-01-03-10); Man examining shotgun shells (SH-01-03-11); Conestoga wagon jacks (SH-01-03-12); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-13); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-14); Archery equipment at Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-15); Man taking inventory of horseshoes (SH-01-03-16); See the Curatorial Collection:; Commemorative saw, "Two Hundred Years of Hardware Service 1744-1944, The Steinman Hardware Company Lancaster PA" (2005.006.1); Eyeglasses and case with label on one side "Steiman Hardware Company Lancaster PA", other side marked with printing "Arundel Tinted, Edw. J. Zahm, Jeweler, Zahm's Corner, Lancaster PA" (2005.006.2)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents 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.

Accession Number: 2005.MG0365

Other Numbers: MG-365

Classification: MG0365

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 20 February 2022.

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Object ID: MG0153

Date Range: 1862-1987

and Content Note: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Description: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.

Date Range: 1862-1987

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1987

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bogle, George; Bortzfield, Jere; Butler, Smedley D.; Correll, Clint; Eberly, Jay M.; Evans, Melvern R,; Frueauff, W. Herman T.; Hawbaker, Gary; Houck, Leo; Huss, Arlene Rider; Jackson, J. T.; Jenner, Edward; Kelly, P. B.; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Lynch, Charles O.; Manning, Peggy Sheets; Martin, John W.; Miller, Charles F.; Musser, Andrew J.; Miller, J. R.; Rohrer, Willis; Ross, Betsy; Schuneman, Ray; Skiles, John D.; Slaymaker, R. M.; Smith, Lynn A.; Smith, Marjorie A.; Stauffer, Sarah Ann; Stumpf, Ed; Suydam, Henry; Tobias, Richard J.; Yecker, Paul C.; Rowe, Ceylon; Landes, Lizzie; Stehman, Henry L.

Subjects: Advertising; Ephemera; Advertising fliers; Fliers (Ephemera)

Search Terms: A&P; A. F. Huber Food Store; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising fliers; Announcements; Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Aunt Betty's Playhouse; Big Boy Restaurants; Boston Insurance Company; Brochures; Brownstown, West Earl Twp.; Business; Christmas carols; Clarion Steam Printing House; Clipper Magazine; Colonial Theatre; Columbia; Columbia Flour Mills; Columbia Herald Job Printing Office; Columbian Printing Company; Cope Brothers; Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap; Drawings; E. H. Gochnauer and Sons; East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Ed Stumpf's Service Stations; Engle and Hambright; Ephemera; Express Steam Printers; Finding aids; Finks Baked Products; Flyers; Gardner and Craver; Gates Dental Company, Inc.; Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard; Grandview Heights; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Harrison Brothers and Company; Heinitsh Furniture Company; Hershey and Groff; Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland); Invitations; John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing; John Herr's Mill; Kelly Cadillac; Kunkel and Brother; L. B. Herr & Son; Lakeland Stabling Company; Lancaster; Lancaster Advertiser's Club; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Chemical Company; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Heritage Magazine; Lancaster Dispensing Company; Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company; Lime Spring Farm; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections; Manuscript groups; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort; Mills; Moderne Manor; Musselman and Slaymaker; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream; Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company; Pennsylvania Salt Company; Pequea Lime; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Place Marie; Restaurants; Restore 'N More; Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.; Russo Answer-Phone Service; Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton; Steinman Hardware; Stockyard Inn; Stores; Sunday News; Trivers Clothes; Trout and Shank; F. W. Woolworth Co.; H. L. Stehman and Co.; Heitshu's Drug Store

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0153

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182); Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), 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-153

Other Number: MG-153

Classification: MG0153

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Collection: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Title: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Object ID: MG0021

Date Range: 1891-1960

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Collection: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Title: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Description: The J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records collection contains records of the hardware and farm machinery business of J. U. Neuhauser & Sons, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. The items include product inventories, records of sales and customers, territory lists and salesmen, financial records, and tax records.

Admin/Biographical History: Neuhauser Brothers was established in 1891. In 1901, brothers Isaac U. Neuhauser and Jonas U. Neuhauser bought land from Levi Rhoads at 2701 Old Philadelphia Pike in Bird-in-Hand. The transaction included buildings that the Neuhausers had been using since 1890. Jonas bought out Isaac's share in 1921 and the business name was later changed to J. U. Neuhauser & Sons. Jonas' sons sold the store to Abram E. Keener in 1958 who continued the hardware business, but did not deal in farm machinery.; The business was located on property formerly owned by the Bird-in-Hand Hotel, was The Old Village Store for many years, and is presently the Bird-in-Hand Village Antique Market (2008).; Employees in 1958 were Irvin Denlinger (shop), Aaron L. Hershey (store clerk), Miriam G. Neuhauser (bookkeeper), Aaron P. Miller (store clerk), Henry K. Blank (shop), Michael L. Fisher (shop).; Reference: Bird-in-Hand, 1734-1984: A History of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. 1984.

Date Range: 1891-1960

Year Range From: 1891

Year Range To: 1960

Date of Accumulation: 1891-1960

Creator: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons (Bird-in-Hand, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Blank, Henry K.; Denlinger, Irvin; Erb, Henry; Fisher, Levi J.; Fisher, Michael L.; Hershey, Aaron L.; Hess, Leon; High, Christ; Hoopes, Sloan H.; Keener, Abram E.; Keener, Claribel A. McEvoy; Lapp, Samuel S.; Miller, Aaron P.; Mylin, C. S.; Neuhauser, Benjamin Franklin; Neuhauser, Homer Gladstone; Neuhauser, Isaac Umble; Neuhauser, Jonas Umble; Neuhauser, Miriam Miller Groff; Neuhauser, Robert G.; Rhoads, Levi; Snyder, Richard A.; Weaver, Frank L.

Other Creators: Neuhauser, Robert G.

Subjects: Business records; Electric apparatus and appliances; Farm equipment; Gas appliances; Hardware; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: Appliances; Atwater Kent; Automobile dealers; Automobiles; Cars; Car dealers; Business records; Chalmers Motor Company; Cockshutt Farm Equipment; Coleman Company; Columbia Cool Range; Eastern Pennsylvania Farm Equipment Dealers' Association; Farm equipment; Finding aids; First National Bank of Intercourse; General Electric; Gibson Appliance; Hardware; Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; Heatrola; High Welding Company; J. U. Neuhauser & Sons; John Deere; Kitchen Kook; L. B. Herr & Son; Manuscript groups; Maxwell Motor Company; Mercantile Credit Association; Neuhauser Brothers; NRFEA Insurance Service Inc.; Old Village Store; P. A. and S. Small Company, Inc.; Refrigerators; Stores; Stoves; Studebaker Corporation; Tappan; Wiley and Rutt Agency; Wincroft; Wisconsin Engines

Extent: 2 boxes, 12 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Notes: Binding is worn and in poor condition.

Object ID: MG0021

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records (MG0021), Box #, Folder #,; Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; The source is unknown for the bulk of the collection. Record book of automobiles, farm machinery, and major appliances, 1922-1959 in Folder 12 was a gift of Robert G. Neuhauser, December 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 13 is restricted.

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-21

Classification: MG0021

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged prior to 1997; Folder 12 was added by HST in 2007. Added to database 29 July 2021.

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0840 I001

Date Range: 1913

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1913

Year: 1913

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conoy Creek; Conoy Twp.; Creeks; Gishe's Mill; Mills; Reports; Stackstown, Conoy Twp.

Place: Conoy Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0840 I001

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Document type: Condition of bridge reports.; [Conoy Twp.]; 1. Bridge No. 1; Location: Near Gishe's Mill.; 2. Bridge No. 2; Location: Near Stackstown, Conoy Twp.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Title Company of Philadelphia Correspondence Deeds Department stores DUSCO Property Management, Inc. East Hempfield Twp. Employees Ephemera Escalators Mortgages Finding aids Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers Gift certificates Ground-rent Hager and Bro., Inc. Hager Realty Corporation Employee

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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: Condition of bridge reports

Object ID: Bridge F0830 I003

Date Range: 1916

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Condition of bridge reports

Description: Document type: Condition of bridge reports.; 1. Bridge No. 3; Nissley's Mill Bridge; [Conoy Twp. and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County]; 2. Bridge No. 4; Ale[x]ander Bridge; [West Donegal Twp. and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County]; 3. Bridge No. 5; Mt. Vernon Pike Bridge; 4. Bridge No. 6; Beverly Bridge; [Mount Joy Twp. and Dauphin County]; 5. Bridge No. 7; Bellair[e] Bridge; [Mount Joy Twp. and Conewago Twp., Dauphin County]

Admin/Biographical History: 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.

Date Range: 1916

Year: 1916

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Alexander Bridge; Bellaire Bridge; Beverly Bridge; Bridges; Conewago Creek; Conewago Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Conoy Twp.; Creeks; Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County; Mills; Mount Joy Twp.; Mount Vernon Pike Bridge; Nissley's Mill; Nissley's Mill Bridge; Reports; Roads; Turnpikes; West Donegal Twp.

Extent: 5 items, 5 pieces

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0830 I003

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f8aa496f-acc3-454b-95fa-514129035827

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Three young women standing on the platform at the Elizabethtown train station.

Object ID: 1-06-03-40

Date Range: c. 1915

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Three young women standing on the platform at the Elizabethtown train station.

Description: Three young women standing on the platform at the Elizabethtown train station.

Date Range: c. 1915

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroad stations; Train stations; Railroads

Place: Elizabethtown

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Condition: Good

Condition Date: Photograph is glued to black paper photo album page. Image 1-06-03-41 is on other side.

Object ID: 1-06-03-40

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/583d7391-bb73-4197-bd82-539055794220

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Three young women standing on the platform at the Elizabethtown train station.

Object ID: 1-06-03-41

Date Range: c. 1915

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Three young women standing on the platform at the Elizabethtown train station.

Description: Three young women standing on the platform at the Elizabethtown train station.

Date Range: c. 1915

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroad stations; Train stations; Railroads

Place: Elizabethtown

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Condition: Good

Condition Date: Photograph is glued to black paper photo album page. Image 1-06-03-40 is on other side.

Object ID: 1-06-03-41

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/61362a60-b20d-48b1-8ce5-898686421693

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-16-03-93

Date Range: c. 1910

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Scene at Pennsylvania Railroad station at Columbia, Front and Walnut Streets, about 1910. Shows two Conestoga Traction Company open cars, and one closed car; the "Columbia Belt" car. Other oopen car is the Marietta line car. Closed ca in rear is the Lancaster car.

Date Range: c. 1910

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroads; Trolleys; Railroad stations; Train stations

Place: Columbia

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 5 inches

Object ID: 1-16-03-93

Images

Report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d8c483da-3784-43c4-a363-120128058616

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0830 I001

Date Range: 1913

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1913

Year: 1913

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conewago Creek; Conoy Twp.; Creeks; Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Reports; West Donegal Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0830 I001

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Document type: Condition of bridge report.; 1. Bridge No. 1; [Conoy Twp. and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County]; 2. Bridge No. 2; 3. Bridge No. 3; 4. Bridge No. 4; [West Donegal Twp. and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County]; 4 items, 4 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0151c9a3-9e76-4d72-b76d-978947101055

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Condition of bridge reports

Object ID: Bridge F0845 I004

Date Range: 1916

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Condition of bridge reports

Description: Document type: Condition of bridge reports.; 1. Bridge No. 7; Pumping Station Bridge; Lancaster County and Chester County; 2. Bridge No. 7.5; Harkness Fording Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]; 3. Bridge No. 8; Kirk's Fording Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp., Chester County]; 4. Bridge No. 9; Blackburn's Fording Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Chester County]; 5. Bridge No. 9.5; Greist's Fording Bridge; 6. Bridge No. 10; Carter's Fording Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp.], Chester County; 7. Bridge No. 11; Kin[s]eyville Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and Chester County]

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1916

Year: 1916

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Blackburn's Ford; Blackburn's Fording Bridge; Bridges; Carter's Ford; Carter's Fording Bridge; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Greist's Ford; Greist's Fording Bridge; Harkness Ford; Harkness Fording Bridge; Kinseyville Bridge; Kirk's Ford; Kirk's Fording Bridge; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Little Britain Twp.; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Octoraro Water Company; Pumping Station Bridge; Pumping stations; Reports; West Nottingham Twp., Chester County

Extent: 7 items, 7 pieces

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0845 I004

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7e11d3c0-1124-40aa-bf7b-944860434236

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-20-07-46

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show arriving at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at North Queen and Chestnut Streets

Provenance: Gift of Pauline Fusa

Year Range From: 1900

Year Range To: 1910

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Search Terms: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; Train stations; Railroad stations; Camels

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Object ID: 1-20-07-46

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0ec9fd77-f1b5-4d5c-9335-069216701304

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-20-07-51

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show arriving at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at North Queen and Chestnut Streets. Elephants parading by.

Provenance: Gift of Pauline Fusa

Year Range From: 1900

Year Range To: 1910

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Search Terms: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; Train stations; Railroad stations; Elephants

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 3.5 inches

Object ID: 1-20-07-51

Images

Report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/938f4800-54d5-466a-865f-220587623250

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0830 I002

Date Range: 1914

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1914

Year: 1914

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conewago Creek; Conoy Twp.; Creeks; Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Reports

Place: Conoy Twp. and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0830 I002

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Document type: Condition of bridge reports.; [Conoy Twp. and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County]; 1. No number; 2. Bridge No. 0; 3. Bridge No. 2.5; 3 items, 3 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ce43d919-1afd-473b-abe9-528914776827

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-23-06-04

Date Range: February 1913

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Employees in the office at Lancaster Gas, Light and Fuel Company. Man at left is Norm Adams.

Provenance: Gift of Elwood Cauler

Date Range: February 1913

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Adams, Norm

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Utilities; Employees; Offices

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2-23-06-04

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c11c6a0a-c175-4aa3-a7a5-144382250526

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Object ID: D-10-04-64

Date Range: 1915/07/01

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Description: Conestoga Traction Company, 9-17 East Orange Street, Lancaster. Edison Electric Light Company and Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company. First floor, east side, contained converters for supplying direct current power to trolley lines and downtown elevators. Customer: Conestoga Traction Company.

Date Range: 1915/07/01

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Studio: Darmstaetter's

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Conestoga Traction Company; Edison Electric Light Company; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Utilities; Transportation; Buildings

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 8 x 10 inches

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: D-10-04-64

Negative Number: yes glass

Other Number: 228B 1276n

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