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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Date Range
1778
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1778
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bart Twp.
Bethel Twp.
Brecknock Twp.
Colerain Twp.
Conestoga Twp.
Derry Twp.
Distillers
Enslaved persons
Hanover Twp., Lancaster County
Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County
Hempfield Twp.
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Lebanon Twp., Lancaster County
Little Britain Twp.
Martic Twp.
Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Quarter Sessions
Sadsbury Twp.
Salisbury Twp.
Strasburg Twp.
Taverns
Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Additional Notes
List of tavernkeepers, distillers, and slaves by townships:
Lebanon Twp., Derry Twp., Salsbury Twp., Martic Twp., Hanover Twp., Lancaster Borough, Conestoga Twp., Warwick Twp., Little Britain Twp., Strasburg Twp., Bart Twp., Lancaster Twp., Hempfield Twp., Lampeter Twp., Colerain Twp., Bethel Twp., Brecknock Twp., Sadsbury Twp., Heidelberg Twp., Paxton Twp., Upper Paxton Twp.
21 items, 21 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6d806860-2c10-4dfe-8fdc-134113355047
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-09-01-10
Date Range
December 7, 1929
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Committee to choose a site for the new Municipal Airport included members of Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, American Business Club and Lancaster Aero Club. Pictured left to right are Jesse P. Jones, Sumner L. Brown, George P. Luckey, A.D. Howry, John H. Carter, Charles B. Weise, F.K. Brinkman, W.S. Raub, H.M. Hersh, William D. Grant, S.R. Slaymaker and G.W. Birrell. Photo take December 7, 1929. William Grant, Christiana businessman and president of Lancaster Airways, Inc. was killed in an auto accident three days later.
Provenance
Donated by Jessie Jones Eckhart.
Date Range
December 7, 1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Jones, Jesse P.
Brown, Sumner L.
Luckey, George P.
Howry, A. D.
Carter, John H.
Weise, Charles B.
Brinkman, F. K.
Raub, W. S.
Hersh, H. M.
Grant, William D.
Slaymaker, S. R.
Birrell, G. W.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Airways, Inc.
Lancaster Airport
Airplanes
Lancaster Aero Club
American Business Club
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
10 x 8 inches
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-09-01-10
Negative Number
no
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Report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a2027338-22a0-4ee2-a567-367609064700
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Report of recommended bridges to be replaced
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I011
Date Range
1921
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Report of recommended bridges to be replaced
Description
Document type: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced.
1. Pequea No. 4
[Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]
Location: Over Pequea Creek at Shertz's Mill, near Harristown, Paradise Twp.
2. Conestoga No. 4
[East Earl Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Martin's Mill.
3. Mill Creek No. 2
[East Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over Mill Creek at east end of Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp., on old Philadelphia Road.
4. Bridge over East Branch of Octoraro Creek
Sadsbury Twp. and Chester County
Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.
5. Big Chickies No. 7.5
[Rapho Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek at Moore's old Electric LIght Plant, on road between Salunga, West Hempfield Twp. and Newtown, Rapho Twp.
6. Big Chickies No. 8
Location: Over Chickies Creek.
7. Bridge over [Conestoga Creek]
[Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]
Location: At Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
8. Engleside Bridge
[Lancaster Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]
Location: At Engleside, Lancaster Twp., over Conestoga Creek.
9. Mill Creek No. 6, also known as Eshleman's Mill Bridge
[West Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over Mill Creek.
10. Conestoga No. 14
[Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
11. Pequea No. 18
[Martic Twp. and Pequea Twp.]
Location: Over Pequea Creek at Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp., near Marticville, Martic Twp.
12. Bridge [over Conestoga Creek]
[Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.]
Location: At Wabank, Lancaster Twp.
13. Old Factory Bridge
[Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] near Rocky Springs Park.
14. Cocalico No. 3
[Ephrata Twp.]
Location: Over Cocalico Creek, near Ephrata.
15. White Rock Bridge
[Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.]
Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at White Rock, Little Britain Twp.
16. Spruce Grove Bridge
Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.
17. Bridge No. 1
[Manheim Twp.]
Location : Over Little Conestoga Creek near Long's Park.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1921
Year
1921
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp.
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Cocalico Creek
Colerain Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Conestoga Twp.
Creeks
East Earl Twp.
East Lampeter Twp.
Electric Companies
Engleside Bridge
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephrata
Ephrata Twp.
Eshleman's Mill
Eshleman's Mill Bridge
Factories
Harristown, Paradise Twp.
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Leacock Twp.
Little Britain Twp.
Little Conestoga Creek
Long's Park
Manheim Twp.
Manor Twp.
Martic Twp.
Marticville, Martic Twp.
Martin's Mill
Mill Creek
Moore's Electric LIght Plant
Newtown, Rapho Twp.
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Octoraro Creek, West Branch
Old Factory Bridge
Old Philadelphia Road
Paradise Twp.
Parks
Pequea Creek
Pequea Twp.
Rapho Twp.
Reports
Roads
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Rocky Springs
Sadsbury Twp.
Salunga, West Hempfield Twp.
Shertz's Mill
Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.
Spruce Grove Bridge
Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.
Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.
Upper Leacock Twp.
Wabank, Lancaster Twp.
West Hempfield Twp.
West Lampeter Twp.
White Rock Covered Bridge
White Rock Forge Covered Bridge
White Rock, Little Britain Twp.
Extent
1 item, 3 pieces
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I011
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2bd81b12-bc1d-459e-afa4-968005254769
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-05-01-19
Date Range
c. 1960
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster's southeast quadrant, the seventh ward, shown with members of Lancaster City Council and Redevelopment Authority tour the area to be cleared in the 1960s. Mayor George Coe, with paper in paper in pocket, leads the group. W. Hensel Brown, Jr. is on the sidewalk at left.
Date Range
c. 1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Coe, George
Brown, W. Hensel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Seventh Ward
Lancaster City Council
Urban Renewal
Persons of color
Lancaster Redevelopment Authority
Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-05-01-19
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Negative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/df899621-ae87-4cac-89a3-513081033014
Collection
General Collection
Title
East Orange Street showing First Reformed Church and First Presbyterian Church
Object ID
1-07-03-12
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
East Orange Street showing First Reformed Church and First Presbyterian Church
Description
East Orange Street showing First Reformed Church. Now First United Church of Christ. First Presbyterian Church is in the background.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
East Orange Street
Churches
First Reformed Church, Lancaster
First United Church of Christ, Lancaster
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2.5 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-07-03-12
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c71474a0-1e3f-4244-b759-177240530184
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Object ID
LR-07-07-30
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Description
3 senior citizens participate in a spelling bee among senior centers in 11 Pennsylvania communities.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Community centers
Lancaster Recreation Commission (Lancaster, Pa.)
Older people
Recreation centers
Senior centers
Spelling bees
Search Terms
Community centers
Lancaster Recreation Commission
Recreation centers
Senior centers
Senior citizens
Spelling bees
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
LR-07-07-30
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/246a47d7-fb87-44b1-bed4-700744776289
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Object ID
LR-07-07-31
Date Range
1963
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Description
1963 Spelling Bee winner Stewart Straw of Clearfield, Pa. with another contestant. Contestants came from senior centers in 11 Pennsylvania communities. The Spelling Bee was sponsored by the Happy Hours Club of the Lancaster Recreation Commission.
Date Range
1963
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Straw, Stewart
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Community centers
Lancaster Recreation Commission (Lancaster, Pa.)
Older people
Recreation centers
Senior centers
Spelling bees
Search Terms
Community centers
Happy Hours Club
Lancaster Recreation Commission
Recreation centers
Senior centers
Senior citizens
Spelling bees
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
LR-07-07-31
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/67921122-b319-42cd-9d0b-994532463274
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Chancel of First Reformed Church, East Orange Street.
Object ID
1-03-01-36
Date Range
1896
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Chancel of First Reformed Church, East Orange Street.
Description
Chancel of First Reformed Church, East Orange Street.
Date Range
1896
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Churches
Religion
First Reformed Church, Lancaster
First United Church of Christ, Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-03-01-36
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c9565ffa-e24f-4517-95ab-510326533122
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-03-05-28
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Courthouse, Register of Wills Office. Identified are Christian F. Stoner, B. Frank Musser, Howard Paules, John Redsecker, Charles F. Strickler
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Stoner, Christian F.
Musser, B. Frank
Paules, Howard
Redsecker, John
Strickler, Charles F.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster County Courthouse
Register of Wills (Lancaster County)
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 6 inches
Object ID
2-03-05-28
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Negative, Glass Plate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/239fcd19-3749-4cb1-b83f-499973277644
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-47
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Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Old post office, now Lancaster City Hall.
Provenance
Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster City Hall
North Duke Street
Post offices
Lancaster Post Office
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-47
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