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Collection: Keppel & Bro. Collection

Title: Keppel & Bro. Collection

Object ID: MG0368

Date Range: 1926-1965

, Willis L. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Account books Business records Preferred stocks Stockholders Search Terms: Account books Business records Employees Finding aids Keppel & Bro. Keppel and Ruof, Inc. Keppels

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Collection: Keppel & Bro. Collection

Title: Keppel & Bro. Collection

Description: The volumes in the Keppel & Bro. Collection span forty years of corporate history for R. F. Keppel & Bro.; Keppel & Ruof, Inc.; and Keppels, Inc. The payroll book shows how this company reacted during the early years of the depression.

Date Range: 1926-1965

Year Range From: 1926

Year Range To: 1965

Date of Accumulation: 1926-1965

Creator: Keppel & Bro. (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Aierstock, Harry F.; Binz, George A.; Boettger, Maud P.; Botzfield, Clarence G.; Bowman, Charles Ezra; Bricker, O. P.; Buchheil, Edward A.; Buckwalter, O. E.; Calnan, Thomas J.; Chadman, Elizabeth L.; Clark, Ada E.; Clark, John A.; Clark, Linnie S.; Denlinger, Jacob; Denlinger, John M.; Denlinger, Lizzie M.; Denlinger, Mae E.; Denlinger, Norman J.; Denlinger, Simon; Denlinger, Susanna; Denlinger, Willis B.; Diller, Adam; Eby, J. S.; Fenninger, E. S.; Fenninger, Lena; Effrig, Walter A.; Eshleman, Mary Edna; Fulmer, M. Frances; Fulmer, Mary F.; Groff, Celia; Hershey, Amos W.; Hess, Ara G.; Hess, Elvin; Hess, John; Hess, John F.; Hess, Milo H.; Horner, Ellis; Hostetter, A. Mary; Houser, Nellie E.; Keppel, P. H.; Keppel, Robert F.; Kirchner, Edward A.; Kirchner, Catherine Anna; Knobb, George L.; Knobb, Mabel F.; Kreider, Elmer; Kreider, Mary E.; Kurtz, Ellis D.; Kurtz, Martin D.; Leinart, Anna Mae; McManus, Estella; Mehaffey, Alice; Mentzer, Isaac C.; Miller, James B.; Miller, James M.; Miller, Laura E.; Mowery, Jacob B.; Myers, E. Nora; Nolt, J. C.; Ressel, L. B.; Reynolds, George K.; Rodkey, Frederick; Ruof, Anna Marie Sener; Ruof, Leo A.; Shank, Carrie N.; Shirk, Mary R.; Spigelmyer, Mary; Weaver, Aaron; Welch, Elizabeth; Wissler, Emma E.; Ziegler, George L.; Ziegler, Marie C.; Zimmerman, Ella Merle; Zimmerman, Enos L.; Zimmerman, Maurice L.; Zimmerman, Violetta B.; Zimmerman, Willis L.

Subjects: Account books; Business records; Stocks; Stockholders

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Employees; Finding aids; Keppel & Bro.; Keppel and Ruof, Inc.; Keppels, Inc.; Lancaster; Manuscript groups; R. F. Keppel and Brother, Inc.; Stockholders; Stocks

Extent: 4 volumes, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0368

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: 2005.MG0368

Other Numbers: MG-368

Classification: MG0368

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 December 2021.

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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: RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant) Records

Title: RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant) Records

Object ID: MG0398

Date Range: 1942-1997

, employee policies and programs, personnel directories and organizational charts, 1980 information on the color picture tube, and correspondence and information about the Zero Defects program. The newsletters contain a wealth of information about, and pictures of, employees of the Lancaster plant, as well

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Collection: RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant) Records

Title: RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant) Records

Description: The RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant) Records contain items from Radio Corporation of America and Thomson Consumer Electronics. The collection includes histories of the facility, publicity, corporate and local plant newsletters, employee policies and programs, personnel directories and organizational charts, 1980 information on the color picture tube, and correspondence and information about the Zero Defects program. The newsletters contain a wealth of information about, and pictures of, employees of the Lancaster plant, as well as the activities of the company.

Admin/Biographical History: A 90-acre cornfield purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1942 led to the most modern electron tube plant in the world. The U.S. Navy produced radar tubes in Lancaster during World War II. Radio Corporation of America purchased the plant in 1946 and converted it over to television tube production. The Lancaster plant primarily manufactured color picture tubes until 1972. The following years were devoted to support other facilities. Thomson Consumer Electronics, a French company, bought the rights to RCA's consumer electronics in 1986 and closed the Lancaster plant in 2006.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into three series based on the donors.; Series 1 RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant) Records; Series 2 RCA History and Newsletters; Series 3 Zero-Defects Program, George A. DeLong Papers

Date Range: 1942-1997

Year Range From: 1942

Year Range To: 1997

Date of Accumulation: 1942-1997

Creator: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: DeLong, George A.

Other Creators: Bechtold, Keith; DeLong, George A., 1922-2002

Subjects: Brochures; Employees; General Electric Company; Letters; Newsletters; Radio Corporation of America; Television picture tubes; Television--Receivers and reception

Search Terms: Brochures; Consumer Electronics News; Correspondence; Employees; Finding aids; Focus in Lancaster; General Electric Company; Letters; LTEC News; Manuscript groups; Newsletters; Radio Corporation of America; RCA; RCA, Picture Tube Division; Television picture tubes; Televisions; Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.; Zero-Defects Program

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0398

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Conestoga Television Association Records (MG0400)

Notes: Series 1 Gift of RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant), 10 April 2010; Series 2 Gift of Keith Bechtold, 5 April 2006; Series 3 Gift of Jeanne S. DeLong, in memory of George A. DeLong, 20 November 2008.; Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), RCA, Thomson Consumer Electronics (Lancaster Plant) Records (MG0398), Series #, 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. 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-398

Classification: MG0398

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by WP.; Added to database 21 February 2022.

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Collection: George M. Ross Pennsylvania Railroad Passes

Title: George M. Ross Pennsylvania Railroad Passes

Object ID: MG0469

Date Range: 1894-1915

M. Ross, Mary Eisenberger Kline Sheppard, Frank L. Wallis, John M. Subject Headings: Railroad passes Railroads--Employees Search Terms: Conestoga Traction Company Pennsylvania Railroad Company Finding aids Manuscript groups Railroad passes Railroad employees Related Materials: Carte de visite of

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Collection: George M. Ross Pennsylvania Railroad Passes

Title: George M. Ross Pennsylvania Railroad Passes

Description: This collection contains employee and veteran passes for the Pennsylvania Railroad that were issued to George M. Ross from 1894-1915.

Date Range: 1894-1915

Year Range From: 1894

Year Range To: 1915

Date of Accumulation: 1894-1915

Creator: Miller, Mary Louise

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Creighton, George W.; Heston, Thomas Z.; Long, S. C.; Ross, George M.; Ross, Mary Eisenberger Kline; Sheppard, Frank L.; Wallis, John M.

Subjects: Railroad passes; Railroads--Employees

Search Terms: Conestoga Traction Company; Pennsylvania Railroad; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Railroad passes; Railroad employees

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0469

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Carte de visite of Mary Eisenberger Kline Ross (1-10-04-10); Photograph of Mary Eisenberger Kline Ross (1-10-04-11); Photograph of Mary Eisenberger Kline Ross (1-10-04-12); Cabinet card of Mary Eisenberger Kline Ross (1-10-04-13); George W. Ross and three men in front of a shed (1-10-04-14); Cabinet card of George W. Ross (1-10-04-15); Photograph of George W. Ross and Mary Eisenberger Kline Ross (2-17-01-01)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), George M. Ross Pennsylvania Railroad Passes (MG0469), 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.

Accession Number: 2007.MG0469

Other Numbers: MG-469

Classification: MG0469

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 February 2022.

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Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Object ID: MG0982

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Description: Deeds, patents, letters, family papers of the Warfel, Bachman, Hess, Herr, Haverstick families of Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp., c. 1751 to 1860s:; 11 deeds, deed polls, patents, property records - ten are for property in Conestoga Twp., most at Slackwater; one is for land in Manor Twp.; Land drafts; Property records; Probate records: Estate inventory for Abraham Warfel, 1851; Administrators' account for Abraham Warfel, 1853; Personal papers of Jacob Warfel, 1833-1852; Abraham Warfel correspondence (Ohio and Iowa), 1846-1862; Martin B. Warfel correspondence (Indiana), 1856-1864; Lewis A. and Rachel Warfel Geiger correspondence (Pennsylvania and Texas), 1850s, 1862, 1869; J. Warfel correspondence (Illinois), 1860; Aaron Goode Bachman correspondence (Kansas), 1862; Benjamin R. Bachman correspondence (Tennessee), 1866; Hiram W. Bachman correspondence (Texas), 1865; John Bachman correspondence (Conestoga), 1842; David Bair correspondence (Ohio), 1840; J. C. Geiger correspondence (Texas), 1858; Samuel Hess correspondence (Salunga), 1869; John and Margaret Good, birthdates of their children, 1818-1842; Agreement for Conestoga Schoolhouse, 1828; Advertising for Thomas W. Evans & Co., Philadelphia, no date; Store account for Miss E. C. [Hess] from Fondersmith & [Son], Lancaster, 1851; Some Warfel and Haverstick genealogy, mostly copied from published sources with annotations; "Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, of the National Finance," 20 January 1863

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1751-1869

Creator: Warfel family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Bachman, Aaron Goode; Bachman, Benjamin; Bachman, Benjamin R.; Bachman, Hiram W.; Bachman, John; Bachman, Susan A. Barton; Bair, David; Breneman, Adam; Buchanan, James; Charles, Henry; Charles, Jacob; Dayton, William Lewis; Dunkle, George; Fillmore, Millard; Fremont, John Charles; Geiger, John C.; Geiger, Lewis A.; Geiger, Rachel H. Warfel; Good, Adam; Good, Catharine; Good, Christian; Good, Elizabeth; Good, Fanny; Good, Jacob B.; Good, John E.; Good, Margaret; Good, Margaret Brunner; Good, Valentine; Gramer, Peter; Harnish, Martin; Haverstick, Anna B. Miller; Haverstick, Charles Arthur; Haverstick, Clara May; Haverstick, Elvina C. Warfel; Haverstick, Florence Ray; Haverstick, Harry Hoyt; Haverstick, John M.; Haverstick, Levi H.; Hess, Christian; Hess, Elizabeth; Hess, John; Hess, Joseph; Hess, Samuel; Hess, Susan Good; House, John; Kaigey, Henry; McClelland, William Bloomfield; Mennert, Frederick; Mennert, Jacob; Morgan, John; Musser, John; Puterbaugh, Elizabeth Warfel Bachman Mennert "Lizzie"; Ross, Indiana McClelland Warfel; Schoch, Jacob; Shank, Michael; Shenk, John; Stauffer, Abraham; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stoner, Christian; Sweigart, Jacob H.; Taylor, Zachary; Warfel, Abraham; Warfel, George W.; Warfel, Jacob; Warfel, John Brenneman; Warfel, Leah Good; Warfel, Martin B.; Warfel, Mary B. Good; Wissler, Jacob; Worley, Caleb

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans--History; Deeds; Family archives; Letters; Real property; Slavery; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Accounts; Agriculture; Cedar Grove, Kaufman County, Texas; Civil War; Clermont, Marion County, Indiana; Conestoga Schoolhouse; Conestoga Twp.; Correspondence; Crops; Deeds; El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; Elections; Family archives; Finding aids; Galveston, Texas; Genealogy; Ice; Iowa; Land drafts; Letters; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Martic Twp.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; Mexico; Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad; Ohio; Persons of color; Politics; Postal service employees; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Real estate; Real property surveys; Rocky Mountains; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; Tennessee; Texas; Thomas W. Evans and Company; Washington County, Iowa; Wayne County, Ohio; Wayne Twp., Marion County, Indiana; Weather; Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana

Extent: 66 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0982

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; This collection was given in memory of the donor's maternal grandparents, David S. Warfel and Clara Haverstick Warfel.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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: 2023.053

Other Numbers: MG-982

Classification: MG0982

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Title: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Object ID: MG0565

Date Range: 1922-1965

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Collection: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Title: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Description: This collection contains catalogs and price lists of the items made by the Hubley Manufacturing Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The primary products were toys and decorated repeating cap guns, rifles and holsters. The first miniature toys were made of cast iron; later, plastic became the prominent material. In its earlier years, the company made a line of "metal art goods," which included lamps, tables, bookends, doorstops and knockers.

Admin/Biographical History: "The Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one of the oldest and largest makers of toys in the United States, was founded in 1894 by John E. Hubley to manufacture equipment and accessories for electric trains. Financial difficulties forced Mr. Hubley to sell the entire stock in 1909. At this time the electric train business was discontinued and the cast iron toy business started. Among the first toys produced were a coal range, circus wagons and mechanical banks, all collector's items today.; Included in the 68,000 square feet of floor space in the Hubley plant were a die-cast room, warehouse, tool room, paint room and all the special assembly machinery. Besides making their cast iron toys, the company made castings for other companies in Lancaster which were without foundry equipment.; By 1940 increased freight costs and foreign competition forced the company to look for other materials. During World War II scarcity of metal forced the company out of the toy business and into war-related items. After the Korean conflict ended and regulations on metal were suspended, cast iron toy production resumed.; Following common manufacturing methods of the time, Hubley toys of the 1890s, and for a time thereafter, were cast in sand molds in two parts which were then riveted together to form the toy. All toys were designed by John Hubley, who had remained deeply interested in children's playthings since the time he first made his own children's wooden toys.; In 1936 Hubley started casting in multiple cavity steel dies. Die castings were broken off, trimmed, and tumbled in revolving cylindrical machines. They were then taken to the paint department where they were given baked enamel or lacquer, air-dried paint finishes in various colors. At one time, a dozen girls were employed in the paint department. Portions of the earlier toys were handpainted and some were dipped.; Each different toy was started on its own moving assembly line where parts were added, details sprayed on, oiling and inspection took place and the assembly completed. For example, a fire engine took shape on one line. It started as a red chassis. The rubber-tired wheels were added, followed by the spraying on of the radiator, bumpers and headlights. The driver was added, and the ladder, fire axes and other accessories followed. Near the end of the line, the toy was individually boxed and packed in a corrugated container. In 1949, due to union disputes, the foundry was closed. This was a difficult decision for the firm, since Hubley was one of the first companies to devote their entire factory to die casting.; The Hubley Company maintained a designing department where ideas were conceived and developed for model forms. Design engineers kept up-to-date on the models and style changes by attending automobile shows and studying advertisements. Their designs changed when the larger counterparts changed. After items were conceived and models developed, the toys were analyzed for pricing. The more play features a model had, the more expensive it was.; Hubley is now a division of Gabriel Industries, Inc. of New York City and is still making die-cast metal vehicles." 1; 1 Bland, Ann S. "Automotive Cast Iron Toys." Old And Sold Antiques Auction & Marketplace. http://www.oldandsold.com/articles/article184.shtml (accessed October 21, 2011)

Date Range: 1922-1965

Year Range From: 1922

Year Range To: 1965

Date of Accumulation: 1922-1965

Creator: Hubley Manufacturing Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bannan, William Henry; Booth, Herbert M.; Booth, John E.; Breneman, Joseph T., II; Brenner, Elmer; Burket, Laura Hartranft; Ervin, Lynn; Gardner, Joseph L.; Gardner, Mary Ellen; Gigi, William A.; Glackin, John; Harper, Forrest; Harrison, Edna; Hartman, Howard Henry; Hobday, Richard; Holden, John E.; Hostetter, Jacob Weaver; Houghton, Lee Roy; Johnson, Errel; Kane, George; Keller, Horace; Lefever, Doris M.; Linkletter, Art; Long, Philip Adam; Murray, Kermit; Murray, Ralph; Nauman, Samuel William; Phenegar, Frank; Schick, Leland W.; Shelley, Loretta B.; Singer, Victor Rutter; Souders, Elmer Lloyd; Spangler, Eugene M.; Stauffer, Howard E.; Watson, John Herman; Weaver, Ben; Work, Clarence

Subjects: Hubley Manufacturing Company; Toys; Manufacturing industries; Art metal-work

Search Terms: Art metal-work; Business records; Catalogs; Employees; Hubley Manufacturing Company; Manufacturing industries; Newsletters; Price lists; Toys; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 2 boxes, 42 folders, 75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0565

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)

Related Item Notes: MG-565 Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

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-565

Other Number: MG-565

Classification: MG0565

Description Level: Fonds

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1942

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1942

Physical Description: [45]-82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3

Subjects: Cookson, Thomas, - 1709-1753.; Graff, Sebastian, - 1711-1763.; Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Officials and employees.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Hamilton lots (Lancaster, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 45-82Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46

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Children stolen : maidens pressed

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Author: Nicholson, Mary Ann

Call Number: 905.29 GSP v.35

Responsibility: by Mary Ann Nicholson.

Author: Nicholson, Mary Ann

Physical Description: 187-190 p.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, v.35 (1988)

Summary: This article discusses the practice of sending children from Britain to America to be indentured servants. It cites court records in the late 17th century that document the indenture process required of the persons who purchased the children in America. " It was a common practice to ship young children to America where servants were in demand. Overseers of orphanages and workhouses and poor parents were thus relieved of the expense of a child's maintenance. Some children were simply kidnapped....Procuring or stealing children to sell as servants seems Dickensian to us now, but it was an acceptable and prevalent practice for many centuries."

Subjects: Women household employees - Pennsylvania.; Slavery - Pennsylvania.; Orphans.; Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.29 GSP v.35

Comforter

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Collection: Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles

Object ID: 2014.026

Collection: Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles

Description: Star-patterned, pieced-wool bed cover, created by Martha Lutz Walter from her husband William Walter's Reading Railroad uniforms. Alternate black wool blocks are decorated with multicolored wool plushwork stars w/ raised, sculpted appearance. Remaining alternate wool blocks are secured with wool yarn ties. Seams of pieced blocks have green and red feather stitching. Binding stitch secures edges. Backing is blue and orange, striped, pilled cotton flannel.

Provenance: Made by donor's mother. William Walter was a station agent for the Reading Railroad in Denver, PA.; Plushwork decoration was popular in the early 20th century.

Year Range From: 1910

Year Range To: 1930

Made By: Walter, Martha Lutz

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 3

Storage Cabinet: Unit 15

People: Walter, Martha Lutz; Walter, William

Subcategory: Bedding

Subject: Railroads--Employees; Reading Company

Search Terms: Comforters; Railroad employees; Reading Railroad; Uniforms

Object Name: Comforter

Material: Cotton, Wool

Length (in): 76

Width (in): 78

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2015-01-03

Object ID: 2014.026

Notes: See Trish Herr's Amish Arts of Lancaster Co.1998 for other examples of plushwork and a description of this decoration on page 44. See page 45 for photos demonstrating this technique. See also pp. 90-91 for another example of a plushwork bed cover.

Place of Origin: Denver, East Cocalico Twp.

Accession Number: 2014.026

Directory of Lancaster County public officials

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Call Number: 352 D554

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Planning Commission

Physical Description: v. (loose-leaf) : maps ; 29 cm.

Dates of Publication: 1st-

Notes: Library has: 1974, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 & 1989.

Subjects: Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Officials and employees.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County Planning Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352 D554

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