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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Booklets Brochures Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County Center Square Road Station Chestnut Street Christiana Coatesville, Chester County Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
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-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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Collection
Heleine Family Collection
Title
Heleine Family Collection
Object ID
MG0322
Date Range
1882-1888
Visiting cards Water Street West Chestnut Street Williamson and Foster York, Pennsylvania Related Materials: Processing History: This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated using DACS conventions. �230 North
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Collection
Heleine Family Collection
Title
Heleine Family Collection
Description
The Heleine Family Collection consists primarily of letters received by William B. Heleine and Rebecca Jane (Jacoby) Heleine during their youth and reflect the perennial concerns of that age group: friendship, courtship, and finding employment. Many of the letters are from William B. Heleine's cousin William F. Lebzelter, son of J. Philip Lebzelter founder of the Eagle Wheel and Bending Works (later P. Lebzelter & Son Co. then Lebzelter's) in Lancaster.
Date Range
1882-1888
Year Range From
1882
Year Range To
1888
Date of Accumulation
1882-1888
Creator
Heleine family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Balmer, Addison
Beaver, John H.
Bergman, Annie M.
Blickenderfer, William
Brenneman, C. H.
Daiz, William C.
Diller, Ed
Feagley, John
Fehl, Jacob C.
Gable, Hiram
Gardner, Ellen
Heleine, Rebecca Jane Jacoby
Heleine, William B.
Landis, J. H.
Lebzelter, William F.
Loeb, William
Quickel, Samuel S.
Taylor, W. H.
Subjects
Invitation cards
Letters
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
American Hotel
Calling cards
Columbus Wheel and Bending Company
Columbus, Ohio
Correspondence
Dew House
Diaz Grocery
East King Street
East York, York County, Pennsylvania
Eastman College
Ephrata
F. A. Ferris and Company
Finding aids
Invitations
Iskam House
Keystone House
Lancaster Junction
Letters
Manuscript groups
McClellan and Gotwalt
Mr. Rudy's Store
New Emmitt House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Receipts
South Queen Street
Visiting cards
Water Street
West Chestnut Street
Williamson and Foster
York, York County, Pennsylvania
Extent
1 box, 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0322
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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
1967.019
Other Numbers
MG-322
Classification
MG0322
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 3 January 2022.
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Collection
DeWalt Products Collection
Object ID
DP-01-02-04
Date Range
December 26, 1922
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
DeWalt Products Collection
Description
West Chestnut Street showing Landis Art Press, Eastern Seed Company and Wheatland Auto. Freight train in foreground.
Date Range
December 26, 1922
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
West Chestnut Street
Landis Art Press
Railroads
Eastern Seed Company
Wheatland Auto
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
7 x 11 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
DP-01-02-04
Notes
Raymond E. DeWalt founded the DeWalt Products Company in Leola in 1924.
Other Number
571-263
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-02-03
Date Range
c. 1965
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Imperial Bar at the corner of North Queen and Chestnut Streets, looking west on Chestnut Street.
Date Range
c. 1965
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Imperial Bar
Chestnut Street
North Queen Street
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
3.75 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-17-02-03
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-02-04
Date Range
c. 1940's
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Negative image of Intersection of Queen and Chestnut, Esso Gas Station, Earle Hotel
Date Range
c. 1940's
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
North Queen Street
West Chestnut Street
Earle Hotel
Esso
Gas stations
Brunswick Hotel
Imperial Bar
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
3.75 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-17-02-04
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-02-05
Date Range
c. 1940's
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Negative image of Intersection of Queen and Chestnut
Date Range
c. 1940's
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
North Queen Street
West Chestnut Street
Earle Hotel
Esso
Gas stations
Brunswick Hotel
Imperial Bar
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
3.75 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-17-02-05
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-02-06
Date Range
c. 1940's
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Negative image of Intersection of Queen and Chestnut, Esso Gas Station, Earle Hotel, Brunswick Hotel
Date Range
c. 1940's
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
North Queen Street
West Chestnut Street
Earle Hotel
Esso
Gas stations
Brunswick Hotel
Imperial Bar
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
3.75 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-17-02-06
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Queen Street train station, Lancaster.
Object ID
1-18-01-68
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Queen Street train station, Lancaster.
Description
Queen Street train station, Lancaster.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroad stations
North Queen Street
East Chestnut Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Object ID
1-18-01-68
Negative Number
3 1/2" x 6
Other Number
295-1877
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Queen Street train station, Lancaster.
Object ID
1-18-01-69
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Queen Street train station, Lancaster.
Description
Queen Street train station, Lancaster.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Train stations
North Queen Street
East Chestnut Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Object ID
1-18-01-69
Negative Number
3 1/2" x 6
Other Number
295-1877
Images
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Collection
Bowman Technical School Photograph Collection
Object ID
B-03-11-05
Date Range
1935
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
Bowman Technical School Photograph Collection
Description
View of construction along Chestnut Street near Duke Street, possibly for installation of gas lines or sewer pipes.
Date Range
1935
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
East Chestnut Street
North Duke Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 4 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
B-03-11-05
Notes
The Bowman Technical School was founded by watchmaker Ezra F. Bowman in 1887 to teach the trade of watchmaking and engraving. During World War I, the Bowman Technical School trained soldiers to repair delicate aviation and naval instruments.
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