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Antique advertising : country store signs and products

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18558
Author
Bertoia, Rich.
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
741.67 B545
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Alternate Title
Country store signs and products
Responsibility
Rich Bertoia.
ISBN
0764314505 (paperback)
9780764314506 (paperback)
Author
Bertoia, Rich.
Place of Publication
Atglen, PA
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
160 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
A Schiffer book for collectors
Notes
"With price guide"--Cover.
Subjects
Advertising specialties - United States - Catalogs.
General stores - United States - Catalogs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
741.67 B545
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A country storekeeper in Pennsylvania : creating economic networks in early America, 1790 -1807

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16626
Author
Wenger, Diane E.,
Date of Publication
c2008.
Call Number
381.1 W474
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Responsibility
Diane E. Wenger.
ISBN
9780271034126 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271034122 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Wenger, Diane E.,
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2008.
Physical Description
x, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253) and index.
Contents
Introduction: a country storekeeper and his network of relationships -- Beyond "wild forest people": Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania -- The Rex Store and its local customers -- Feeding the furnaces: the iron community and the Rex Store -- "Orders thankfully received, and carefully executed": Rex and the Philadelphia merchants -- A life of "comparative ease" -- Epilogue: Rex's network and its significance.
Summary
"Examines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid-Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania-German community"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Rex, Samuel, - d.1835.
General stores - Pennsylvania - Schaefferstown
Merchants - Pennsylvania - Schaefferstown
Business networks - Pennsylvania - Schaefferstown
Schaefferstown (Pa.) - Commerce - History - 18th century.
Schaefferstown (Pa.) - Economic conditions - 18th century.
Schaefferstown (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
381.1 W474
Websites
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008017894.html
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Country Stores - Information file

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21876
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Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
General stores - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
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The country store : the general store of yesterday

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Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Date of Publication
c1977.
Call Number
658.874 S646
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Responsibility
by Elmer L. Smith ; photography by Mel Horst.
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts Pub.,
Date of Publication
c1977.
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"First printing."
Includes references to Kauffman's store in New Holland, Joel Miller's General Merchandising Store in Witmer (later known as H.D. Kreider General Merchandise)
Subjects
General stores - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
658.874 S646
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George Sener's store

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12675
Author
Garrett, Mary.
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v. 4, no. 2
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Responsibility
by Mary Garrett.
Author
Garrett, Mary.
Physical Description
2 p.
Notes
Octorara Area Historical Society, v. 4, no. 2.
Subjects
Sener, George.
General stores - Pensylvania - Lancaster County
Atglen (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v. 4, no. 2
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Stock in trade : being an "inventory of the store in Litiz (Pennsylvania), taken from the 4th to 8th May, 1773," and some pertinent remarks regarding service to the American public

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15935
Date of Publication
[ca. 1940]
Call Number
974.815 LITB S864
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Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Home Insurance Co.,
Date of Publication
[ca. 1940]
Physical Description
[20] p. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Facsimile reproduction of the 1773 inventory.
Subjects
General stores - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Inventories - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LITB S864
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The Swan hotel

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11785
Author
Douglas, Hugh.
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.5, no. 1
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Responsibility
by Hugh Douglas.
Author
Douglas, Hugh.
Physical Description
3 p.
Notes
Octorara Area Historical Society, v. 5, no.1.
Subjects
Eavenson, John.
Dickinson, John.
Chamberlain, William.
Swan Store (Atglen, Pa.) - History.
General stores - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Atglen (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.5, no. 1
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The Wallace family and the Wallace store of East Earl

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Author
Seyfert, A. G.
Date of Publication
1925
(Lancaster County, Pa.) Stores, Retail--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. General stores--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. East Earl (Pa. : Township)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 21-39 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical
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Responsibility
by Hon. A. G. Seyfert.
Author
Seyfert, A. G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
21-29 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 2
Notes
Includes information on James Madison aka Black Jim.
Subjects
Wallace family.
Wallace store (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Stores, Retail - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
General stores - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
East Earl (Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Wallace, Robert
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 2 (1924), p. 21-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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