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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
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Title
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Object ID
MG0331
Date Range
1762-2003
8 Scope and Content Note: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness
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Collection
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Title
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Description
The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.
Admin/Biographical History
Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.
Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.
Date Range
1762-2003
Year Range From
1762
Year Range To
2003
Date of Accumulation
1762-2003
Creator
Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Arnold, Benedict
Baker, W.
Bare, Jacob
Blight, Peter
Boughter, Charles
Breidenhart, George
Brien, Edward
Brown, Luke
Butter, Charles
Cassidy, Edward
Clarke, John
Clendenin, Samuel
Coleman, Edward
Coleman, William
Edwards, Susanna
Ehler, John
Fisher, Sammy
Fox, Sam M.
Frey, John
Gaskill, Edmund
Gay, Edward F.
Getz, John
Givens, John
Graeff, George
Greland, D.
Hahn, B. Christian
Harrison, George
Haverstick, William
Hopkins, A. R.
Hopkins, Ann
Houston, James
Hubley, Frederick
Hubley, Joseph
Hultzheimer, N.
Hyde, Charles
Irving, Robert
Jack, Joshua
Kauffman, Jacob
King, George
Kirkpatrick, William
Kline, Jacob
Lane, John
Leiper, George G.
Lowry, Robert
Lowry, Robert K.
Mayer, George Louis
Metzger, Emanuel
Metzger, George
Metzger, Jacob
Miller, Barbara
Miller, Henry
Miller, Martin
Miller, Philip
Montgomery, William
Morris, John
Mosher, Joseph
Murphy, John Slaughter
Myer, John
Myers, John
Newlin, Nathaniel
Nice, Levi
Nimrod, Maxwell
Ogilby, Joseph
Otto, Jacob S.
Otto, John C.
Pennington, Edward
Peters, Abraham
Phinney, Zina
Price, Joseph
Price, Richard
Reigart, Adam
Reigart, Adam, Jr.
Reigart, Ann
Reigart, Emanuel
Reigart, Henrietta
Reigart, Maria Wager
Reigart, Mary
Reigart, Mary C.
Reigart, Philip Wager
Reigart, Susan
Rimfast, John
Sample, Joseph
Schaubel, Johannis
Sener, Samuel Miller
Sewell, Charles S.
Shaeffer, Jacob
Shenk, Abraham
Shenk, Christian
Shippen, Peggy
Singer, A.
Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
Slaymaker, Mary Steele
Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran
Smith, Ann
Smith, Anthony
Smith, Ralph
Stein, Philip
Steinman, George
Stewart, William
Sullivan, Susannah
Wager, George
Wager, Hannah
Wager, James
Wager, Mary
Wager, Peter
Wager, Philip H.
Wager, Sally
Wager, Sophia
Wager, William
Walsh, Christopher
Wentz, Thomas
Wertz, Christian
Wharton, Charles
Whitaker, George
Whitaker, John
Wimer, Michael
Winroth, Margaret
Witmer, David
Woodmund, William
Yeiser, Philip
Other Creators
Reigart family
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Invoices
Letters
Obituaries
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Adam Reigart and Son
Albums
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Boston, Massachusetts
Brenner and Reed
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cape May, New Jersey
Charles C. and J. Watson
Christ Church Burial Ground
Cincinnati, Ohio
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Delaware
Dixon Walker and Company
Earp and Brothers
Finding aids
Grape Hotel
Greene County, New York
H. Behlen and Company
Illnesses
Invoices
J. Walker and Company
John Warden and Sons
Kentucky
Lancaster
Lancaster County Almshouse
Lancaster Bar Association
Lancaster Intelligencer
Lancaster Journal
Lancaster New Era
Lancaster Sunday News
Lane Slaymaker and Company
Letters
London, England
Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Lowry and Myers
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Manuscript groups
Margaretta Furnace
Marietta Bank
Morning News
Mount Auburn Cemetery
New York, New York
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Ohio
Pennsylvania German Society
Pensacola, Florida
Peter Wager and Company
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pratt and Kintzing
Race Street
Receipts
Reeve's Tavern
South Carolina
Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spain
St. James Episcopal Church
Union Fire Company
Vintners
Wager and Company
Washington Fire Company
West Point Military Academy
William Noyes and Company
Wine merchants
York Springs Boarding House
York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania
York, York County, Pennsylvania
Extent
2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0331
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Gig trunk (2003.078)
Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), 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.
Accession Number
2003.078
Other Numbers
MG-331
Classification
MG0331
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.
Documents
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The back part of Germantown : a reconstruction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12355
Author
Roach, Hannah Benner.
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
974.811 R628
Responsibility
by Hannah Benner Roach, with editorial notes by Jefferson M. Moak.
ISBN
188709914X
Author
Roach, Hannah Benner.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
90 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Series
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania monograph series ;
Notes
"Reprinted from The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine"--T.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 R628
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Finding your way through Philadelphia records : volume 1

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17676
Author
Koelble, Susan S.
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
016.974811 K77f
Responsibility
Susan S. Koelble, Kristin K. Bryson.
Author
Koelble, Susan S.
Place of Publication
Southampton, Pa
Publisher
Bare Roots Publishing,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Author
Bryson, Kristin K.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.974811 K77f
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Immigrant and entrepreneur : the Atlantic world of Caspar Wistar, 1650-1750

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16706
Author
Beiler, Rosalind J.,
Date of Publication
c2008.
Call Number
974.8 B422
  1 website  
Responsibility
Rosalind J. Beiler.
ISBN
9780271033723 (cloth : alk. paper)
027103372X (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Beiler, Rosalind J.,
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2008.
Physical Description
xii, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Max Kade German-American Research Institute series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.
Contents
Men in the middle : foresters and hunters in the early modern Palatinate -- Individual pursuits versus the common good : the constraints of village life in Waldhilsbach -- Contested identities : religious affiliation and diversity in the Palatinate -- Leaving home : the decision to emigrate -- Establishing professional and family connections : new beginnings in Pennsylvania -- Securing a legacy : Wistar's Pennsylvania land speculation -- Webs of influence : transatlantic trade and patronage -- Creative adaptations : the United Glass Company and Wistarburg, New Jersey.
Summary
"Examines the life of 18th century German immigrant and businessman Caspar Wistar. Reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Wistar, Caspar, - 1696-1752.
Germans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region - Biography.
Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region - Biography.
Merchants - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region - Biography.
Immigrants - Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Biography.
Palatinate (Germany) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 B422
Websites
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Memory's daughters : the material culture of remembrance in eighteenth-century America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13822
Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
974.81102 S775
Responsibility
Susan M. Stabile.
ISBN
0801440319 (acidfree paper)
Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Place of Publication
Ithaca
Publisher
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
xiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
This book studies the writings of Elizabeth Fergusson, Hannah Griffitts, Deborah Logan, Annis Stockton, and Susanna Wright.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-276) and index.
Summary
"They wrote and exchanged thousands of poems and maintained elaborate handwritten commonplace books of memorabilia. Through their creativity and celebrated hospitality , they initiated a salon culture in their great country houses in the Delaware Valley .... Susan Sabile shows that these female writers sought to memorialize their lives and aesthetic experience - a purpose that stands in marked contrast to the civic concerns of male authors in the republican era." [from the dust cover]
Subjects
Women - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women poets, American - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Biography.
American poetry
Memory - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Material culture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Commonplace books.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women and literature - United States
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Intellectual life - 18th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.81102 S775
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Military petitions for naturalization filed in the Philadelphia (County) District Court, 1862-1874

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12361
Author
Moak, Jefferson M.
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
929.774811 M687
Alternate Title
Military petitions for naturalization
Responsibility
compiled by Jefferson M. Moak.
ISBN
1887099123
Author
Moak, Jefferson M.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
vii, 56 p. : facsim. ; 23 cm.
Series
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania monograph series ;
Subjects
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Sources.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy - Sources.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. District Court (Philadelphia City and County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.774811 M687
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The Mount Gretna Railroad war of 1887

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15215
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
2007.
Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
p. 136 - 139 : ill ; 23 cm.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 109, no. 3 (Fall 2007).
Subjects
Cornwall Railroad Company (Cornwall, Pa.)
Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad Company (Lebanon, Pa.)
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Mount Gretna Railroad War (1887).
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 3 (2007), p. 136-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 109
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Philadelphia area cemeteries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16854
Author
Heller, Allan M.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
974.811 H477
Responsibility
by Allan M. Heller.
ISBN
0764322222 (pbk.)
Author
Heller, Allan M.
Place of Publication
Atglen, PA
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region
Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - History, Local.
Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Biography.
Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 H477
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Philadelphia empire furniture

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17524
Date of Publication
c2006.
Call Number
749.1 P544 Oversize
Responsibility
Allison Boor ... [et al.] ; [edited by Andrew Steven Harris].
ISBN
0977781607
9780977781607
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa. : Hanover
Publisher
Boor Management LLC ; University Press of New England,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
592 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Notes
Allison Boor, Jonathan A. Boor, Christopher Boor and Peter Boor collaborated with their father John William Boor.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 584-585) and index.
Subjects
Furniture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Decoration and ornament
Additional Author
Boor, Allison.
Boor, John William.
Boor, Jonathan A.
Boor, Peter.
Boor, Christopher.
Harris, Andrew Steven.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
749.1 P544 Oversize
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