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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Transportation Collection, 1819-1977 Object ID: MG0123 2 boxes 32 folders 1 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4 Scope and Content
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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
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Suburban dwelling construction, Jones residence, President Ave.
Object ID
D-08-03-79
Date Range
1922/05/15
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Suburban dwelling construction, Jones residence, President Ave.
Description
Suburban dwelling construction, Jones residence, President Ave. Customer: Lancaster Concrete Tile Co.
Date Range
1922/05/15
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Construction
Dwellings
Houses
Lancaster Concrete Tile Company
North President Avenue
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-08-03-79
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
555
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Corner of Columbia Avenue and President Avenue.
Object ID
1-05-02-41
Date Range
c. 1940
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Corner of Columbia Avenue and President Avenue.
Description
Corner of Columbia Avenue and President Avenue.
Provenance
Donated by Nancy Hager
Date Range
c. 1940
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Columbia Avenue
President Avenue
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-05-02-41
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-02-02-87
Date Range
c. 1927
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Home located at the southeast corner of North President Avenue and West New Street.
Date Range
c. 1927
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
House
North President Avenue
James Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-02-02-87
Images
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Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Object ID
A-34-01-60
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Description
Roslyn, residence of Peter T. Watt, corner of Marietta Avenue and North President Avenue.
Year Range From
1898
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Watt, Peter T.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Mansions
Marietta Avenue
President Avenue
Roslyn
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-34-01-60
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Willson Memorial Building, LancasterHistory
Object ID
1-08-07-48
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Willson Memorial Building, LancasterHistory
Description
230 N. President Avenue. Lancaster County Historical Society
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
North President Avenue
Lancaster County Historical Society
LancasterHistory
Willson Memorial Building
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-08-07-48
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-13-07-33
Date Range
January 13, 1909
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Peter Watt home, Roslyn, at corner of North President and Marietta Avenues, Lancaster. Possibly taken by Paul G. Hayes.
Date Range
January 13, 1909
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Watt, Peter
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
House
Roslyn
North President Avenue
Marietta Avenue
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-13-07-33
Other Number
1995.2.14
Images
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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Large house with portico, side window awnings, and large garage--Jones residence.
Object ID
D-09-03-80
Date Range
1924/07/14
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Large house with portico, side window awnings, and large garage--Jones residence.
Description
Large house with portico, side window awnings, and large garage--Jones residence.
Date Range
1924/07/14
Year Range From
1924
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Dwellings
Search Terms
Dwellings
Houses
North President Avenue
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-09-03-80
Notes
1 print only
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
555 #2
Images
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Collection
C. Emlen Urban Album
Object ID
A-70-01-51
Date Range
2002
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
C. Emlen Urban Album
Description
Roslyn, also known as the P. T. Watt mansion, corner of Marietta and North President Avenues. Built 1896.
Provenance
Album of 35 mm slides of buildings in Lancaster County designed by architecht C. Emlen Urban. Slides taken by Carol Morgan for a lecture for the Torch Club in June 2002.
Date Range
2002
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Watt, Peter T.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Roslyn
Marietta Avenue
North President Avenue
Houses
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
A-70-01-51
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
5-04-02-04
Date Range
1951
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
General Collection
Description
Redbud trees in bloom on North President Avenue
Date Range
1951
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
North President Avenue
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
5-04-02-04
Images
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