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An airplane in every garage

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Author
Zuck, Daniel R.
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1958]
Call Number
812 Z94
Author
Zuck, Daniel R.
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Vantage Press
Date of Publication
[1958]
Physical Description
192 p. illus. 22 cm.
Summary
A book written in the 1950s by a Pennsylvania native who believed that the personal airplane made sense. He describes how a suitable one could be made.
Subjects
Airplanes, Private.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
812 Z94
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Cars, trains, buggies & planes : transportation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
380.5 C321
ISBN
0974016225
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
vi,136 p. : ill. ; 23 x 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Foreward by Thomas R. Ryan --Introduction by Thomas R. Winpenny -- Horsing around by Marianne Heckles -- All aboard by John Ward Willson Loose -- Two wheelers by Barry R. Rauhauser -- Clang, Clang, Clang by John Ward Willson Loose -- Barnstormers and grass strips by William E. Krantz -- Messing around in boats y Barry R. Rauhauser -- The horseless carriage by Tamsin Wolff --Fill 'er up! by Tansin Wolff -- Billboards on wheels by Marianne Heckles
Subjects
Transportation, Automotive
Railroads
Horse-drawn vehicles - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Airplanes - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Boats and boating - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Advertising - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Trolley buses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Bicycles - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
380.5 C321
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Flying adventures in Lancaster 1924 to 1934

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1837
Author
Terry, Edward J.
Date of Publication
1984
drove a Marmon touring car, and worked for Darmstaetters. He was a photo bug. Armed with his aerial Graflex camera, he spent all his spare time hiring airplanes and taking aerial pictures of farms which he then tried to sell to the farmers to help pay expenses. He used a bombardier's belt, and this
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Responsibility
by Edward J. Terry, Jr.
Author
Terry, Edward J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1984
Physical Description
108-136 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 3
Subjects
Airplanes.
Air pilots - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Gliders (Aeronautics)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 3 (1984), p. 108-136Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88
Documents

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Collection
DeWalt Products Collection
Object ID
DP-01-03-01
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
DeWalt Products Collection
Description
Top: DeWalt Wonder-Worker shown cutting metal in the Swallow Airplane Factory.
Bottom: DeWalt Wonder-Worker specially set up for cutting metal at Travel Air Manufacturing Company, Wichita, Kansas.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Machinery
Machine shops
Tools
Factories
Airplanes
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
DP-01-03-01
Notes
Raymond E. DeWalt founded the DeWalt Products Company in Leola in 1924.
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Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Object ID
LR-03-05-66
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Description
Boys with a model airplane
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Model airplanes
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
LR-03-05-66
Images
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Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Object ID
LR-04-02-89
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Description
Model airplane
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Model airplanes
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
LR-04-02-89
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Lancaster Municipal Airport
Object ID
1-03-02-83
Date Range
November 1940
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Lancaster Municipal Airport
Description
Lancaster Municipal Airport
Date Range
November 1940
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Airplanes
Airports
Transportation
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
1-03-02-83
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-08-05
Date Range
August 1935
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Airplane on ground at Penn Square
Date Range
August 1935
Creator
Lamparter, Arthur E.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Airplanes
Penn Square
Watt and Shand
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-07-08-05
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of crashed aircraft
Object ID
1-02-03-70
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of crashed aircraft
Description
Remains of crashed aircraft
Provenance
Gift of Thomas Giorgio
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Airplanes
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches; 5 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-02-03-70
Notes
Two copies
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-18-06-01
Date Range
c. 1950
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
New Holland Airport. Note from back of photo: An Ercoupe parked in front of the Flight Office. It was designed by Engineering and Research Corp. (ERCO) in 1940 to be a safe airplane and was produced by various manufacturers between 1946 and 1974.
Date Range
c. 1950
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Airports
New Holland Airport
Airplanes
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-18-06-01
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