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Collection
John H. Hook Collection
Title
John H. Hook Collection
Object ID
MG0089
Date Range
1906, 1913
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Collection
John H. Hook Collection
Title
John H. Hook Collection
Description
Collection contains personal and business papers of John H. Hook. His 1906 diary is a record of his family and social life, business meetings, local baseball games, weather and Lancaster businesses, such as Long's Park, the Stevens Industrial School, Ann Street School and Federal Cigar Co. The billhead is an example of purchases made by his customers.
Admin/Biographical History
Copied from Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pa., 1903 by J. H. Beers & Co., page 746-747:
JOHN H. HOOK, who is a prominent citizen of Lancaster, Pa., and one who has long been identified with the material improvement and growth of the city, was born April 5, 1858, in Lancaster, a son of John and Catherine (Klaus) Hook, natives of Greiss, Gross-Gerau, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, although they met and were married in Lancaster, Pa. John Hook emigrated to America in 1831, while the date of his wife's emigration was one year later. They have their pleasant home in Lancaster, where he is employed as a stone-mason and stonecutter. He was born in October, 1823, a son of Jacob and Christiana Hook, natives of Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, the former of whom was born on April 14, 1804, came to America in 1831, and died March 2, 1871. Mrs. Christiana Hook died in Germany, in 1850, aged fifty-six years, four months and twenty days. Mrs. Catherine (Klaus) Hook was a daughter of Ernest and Margaret Klaus, of Dreiburg, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, who came to Lancaster county, in 1834, where he died, and was buried at Strasburg, Pa. John and Catherine (Klaus) Hook are members of the German Lutheran Church. In politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party. They had born to them these children: John H.; Elizabeth, who married Frank Witmer, of Lancaster; Henry, who resides at home, unmarried; Adam P., who died of yellow fever in Havana; Catherine, who married William Zercher, a tobacco merchant of Lancaster; Frederick, who is a barber; and William F., unmarried, who lives at home.
John H. Hook was reared in a home where he was early taught the value of industry. Until he was thirteen years of age, he attended school and then became water boy on the railroad, retaining his connection with railroad work, from 1871, when he made this humble beginning, until 1898, when he quit the road. From 1884 to 1889 he was master stone-mason for the Frederick Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. In October, 1889, he made his beginning in contracting with J. F. Kellar and until his health failed, in June, 1898, he continued at that work. During that time Mr. Hook was engaged in building and contracting on a large scale, in Lancaster City, and in 1898, in association with Dr. M. L. Davis, began the building of garbage crematories, and in 1898 built a 100-ton crematory for the United States Government at Havana. Cuba. It would be a task to name all the work which has been completed by Mr. Hook in the building line, but a few of the notable constructions are: No. 13 bridge over the Juniata River, near Altoona, Pa., containing 10,700 cubic yards of masonry, built at a cost of $107,000, on the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and for the same, a bridge over Stone Creek, at Huntingdon, Pa., containing 4,000 cubic yards of masonry; also a bridge for the same over Shaver's Creek, at Petersburg, Huntingdon Co., Pa., containing 3,500 yards of masonry. It was at this point that Mr. Hook was stricken with paralysis, the heavy demands made upon his physical strength being more that he could endure. His present business includes contracting and grading, and probably there is no more competent man in his line in Lancaster county.
In September, 1884, Mr. Hook was united in marriage with Mary E. Boud, who was born at Barren Hill, Montgomery Co., Pa., a daughter of James and Sarah ( Fisher) Boud, natives of that county. The former was a son of James and Elizabeth Boud, natives of New Jersey. Mrs. Hook's father was a contractor and builder, and he died in 1879, at the age of sixty-seven years. Her grandfather was a cooper. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hook were George and Elizabeth Fisher, farming people of Montgomery county. Mrs. Hook's mother was born in January, 1821, and now resides at Audubon, Pa. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Boud were: William H., who keeps a hotel at Audubon; Kate F., who married Clinton Caster, and lives at Audubon, where he is engaged in brick manufacturing; Mary E., who became Mrs. Hook; and Margaret, who died unmarried. The children born to Mr. Hook and wife were: Adam, deceased; Henry B.; Irene M.; Josephine; Mary F. L.; John F.; and Paul R.
Mr. Hook has led too busy a life to have taken a very active part in politics, although no citizen of this locality is better qualified. For six years he consented to be judge of elections, but finally resigned the office. Until the silver question agitated the Democratic party, he had always adhered to its principles, but since that time, has been identified with the Republican party. For the past twenty-three years he has been an Odd Fellow, and also be longs to the order of Seven Wise Men. Mr. Hook was reared in the Lutheran Church, and is a most liberal contributor to its support, his family being regular attendants on its services and active in its work.
Although somewhat hampered by ill-health, Mr. Hook has retained in a very remarkable degree his energy, and still is the active and intelligent head of his business. It is to Mr. Hook that the city is indebted for the very satisfactory electric plant, erected at Slack Water, which supplies Lancaster with its light. He is also president of the South Mountain Kaolin Co., capitalized at $250,000, and president of the Cline Stock Car Co., capitalized at $100,000. Mr. Hook is one of the reliable, energetic and progressive citizens, who leave worthy monuments behind them, when called from life, and who can be but illy spared. He enjoys the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and also has a large circle of personal friends.
Date Range
1906, 1913
Year Range From
1906
Year Range To
1913
Date of Accumulation
1906, 1913
Creator
Hook, John H.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Eisenberger, W. V.
Hook, John H.
Subjects
Diaries
Business records
Weather
Billheads
Search Terms
Billheads
Business records
Diaries
Federal Cigar Company
Finding aids
Green Pool Rooms
Gunzenhauser Bakery
Long's Park
Manuscript groups
Safety Buggy Company
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Weather
Extent
1 box, 2 folders, .1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0089
Location of Originals
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.
Other Numbers
MG-89
Classification
MG0089
Description Level
Fonds
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Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Dodge Family Papers
Object ID
MG0836
Date Range
1879-2003
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Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Dodge Family Papers
Description
The Dodge Family Papers collection consists of materials related to the Dodge family and their various business and personal concerns. The contents of the collection include a variety of materials, including personal papers, historical memorabilia, objects, ledgers, albums, patents, and Safety Buggy Company records.
Box 1
Legal papers, Richard K. Dodge (1914-1996) & Nancy Howle Dodge (1918-2003)
Box 2
Papers of Byron G. Dodge
Box 3
Box 4
Papers of Byron G. Dodge & Arthur B. Dodge, Sr.
Box 5
Papers of the Dodge Cork Company
Box 6
Box 7
Objects Produced by and for the Dodge Cork Company
Box 8
Plaque and Account Books, G.W. Dodge & Sons, Byron G. Dodge
Box 9
Account Books and Ledgers: The Safety Buggy Company and Dodge Cork Company
Date Range
1879-2003
Creation Date
1879-2003
Year Range From
1879
Year Range To
2003
Creator
Dodge, Clifford H.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Dodge, Arthur Byron, Sr.
Dodge, Byron Griswold
Dodge, George Washington
Dodge, Nancy Howle
Dodge, Richard Keller
Subjects
Business records
Search Terms
Business records
Cork
Dodge Cork Company
G. W. Dodge and Sons
Manuscript groups
Safety Buggy Company
Extent
9 boxes
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0836
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2021.019
Other Numbers
MG0836
Description Level
Fonds
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2e425d94-6619-4fa0-8300-925461056595
Collection
Newcomer Collection
Title
Newcomer Collection
Object ID
MG0334
Date Range
1895-1901
& McGinnis Lowell Harness and Collar Co. Manhattan Paint and Color Co. Manuscript groups Miller & Hartman New Era Printing Company Safety Buggy Company Shaub & Vondersmith Wanamaker & Brown and George H. Strickler Watt & Shand Processing History: This collection has been documented, preserved and managed
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Collection
Newcomer Collection
Title
Newcomer Collection
Description
The Newcomer Collection contains billheads of Lancaster businesses for purchases made by the Harry S. Newcomer family of Mount Joy. Also includes a notice for a mercantile license.
Date Range
1895-1901
Year Range From
1895
Year Range To
1901
Date of Accumulation
1895-1901
Creator
Mount Joy Area Historical Society (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Best, John
Newcomer, Harry Snyder
Snyder, Henry N.
Sollenberger, John Y.
Strickler, George H.
Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"
Tucker, Charles H.
Weaver, Ezra J.
Subjects
Billheads
Invoices
Search Terms
Billheads
Finding aids
Hager and Bro., Inc.
Invoices
Isaac Diller and Sons
J. B. Martin and Company
Keogh and McGinnis
Lowell Harness and Collar Company
Manhattan Paint and Color Company
Manuscript groups
Miller and Hartman
New Era Printing Company
Safety Buggy Company
Shaub and Vondersmith
Wanamaker and Brown
Watt and Shand
Extent
1 box, 1 folder
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0334
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Newcomer Collection (MG0334), 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.
Other Numbers
MG-334
Classification
MG0334
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Bill of Sale

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Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Bill of Sale Transferring Ownership of The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster to Byron G. Dodge for $60,000
Object ID
MG0836_F022_In02
Date Range
September 15, 1899
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Dodge Family Papers
Title
Bill of Sale Transferring Ownership of The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster to Byron G. Dodge for $60,000
Description
Bill of Sale transferring ownership of The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster to Byron G. Dodge in consideration of the sum of $60,000. Includes goods and chattels, buggies, carriages, vehicle parts, and machinery. Dated September 15, 1899.
Witnessed by President A.G. Reinoehl, President and Leon G. Dodge, Secretary.
G.W. Dodge & Son was founded in Berlin, New York in 1871 and relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1876. In 1885, G.W. Dodge's eldest son, Byron G. Dodge, became president of the company. The company eventually merged with the Lancaster Cork Works and the American Cork Company and by 1895 was known as the Lancaster Cork Company. The company combined with several other cork companies in 1895 (including Armstrong) and became the site of the Closure Plant for the Armstrong Cork Company.
Date Range
September 15, 1899
Creator
Clifford Dodge
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Reinoehl, A. G.
Dodge, Leon G.
Dodge, Byron Griswold
Search Terms
Bills of sale
Safety Buggy Company
Object Name
Bill of Sale
Object ID
MG0836_F022_In02
Copyright
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Check, Bank

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Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Check Payable to The Safety Buggy Company
Object ID
MG0836_F021_In05
Date Range
May 11, 1905
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Dodge Family Papers
Title
Check Payable to The Safety Buggy Company
Description
Check issued in duplicate drawn on the London & South Western Bank, Limited in the amount of $148.68 payable to The Safety Buggy Company for the account of J. Kennedy Tod & Co., New York.
Reverse of check is stamped Lancaster Trust Co., The Safety Buggy Co., B. G. Dodge, Prop.
Date Range
May 11, 1905
Creator
Clifford Dodge
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Dodge, Byron Griswold
Search Terms
Checks
J. Kennedy Tod & Co., New York
Lancaster Trust Company
London & South Western Bank, Limited
Safety Buggy Company
Object Name
Check, Bank
Object ID
MG0836_F021_In05
Copyright
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Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f4b9abe6-5cd3-434c-9bc5-258893340810
Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Letter Acknowledging the Transfer of Patent Assignments to Byron G. Dodge, Owner of The Safety Buggy Company
Object ID
MG0836_F021_In04
Date Range
November 1, 1899
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Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Letter Acknowledging the Transfer of Patent Assignments to Byron G. Dodge, Owner of The Safety Buggy Company
Description
Letter acknowledging the transfer of patent assignments from The Safety Buggy Company and from Alfred H. Worrest to Byron G. Dodge. Signed by William R. Gerhart, Solicitor of Patents, Lancaster, PA, November 1, 1899.
Date Range
November 1, 1899
Creator
Clifford Dodge
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Gerhart, William R.
Worrest, Alfred H.
Dodge, Byron Griswold
Subjects
Letters
Search Terms
Correspondence
Letters
Patents
Safety Buggy Company
Object Name
Letter
Object ID
MG0836_F021_In04
Copyright
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Mortgage

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Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Mortgage in the Amount of $10,000 Between The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster, Pa and John W. Hiemenz
Object ID
MG0836_F022_In01
Date Range
December 4, 1894
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Dodge Family Papers
Title
Mortgage in the Amount of $10,000 Between The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster, Pa and John W. Hiemenz
Description
Mortgage in the amount of $10,000 between The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster, Pa. and John W. Hiemenz. Dated December 4, 1894. Collateral offered is the land, premises, and buildings of The Safety Buggy Company originally deeded to the Safety Buggy Company, September 13, 1894.
Witnessed by M. L. Herr, President and H. L. Mellinger, Secretary
Mortgage transferred to The Peoples Trust Savings and Deposit Company of Lancaster, December 17, 1894.
Bond and Warrant satisfied May 1, 1896.
G.W. Dodge & Son was founded in Berlin, New York in 1871 and relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1876. In 1885, G.W. Dodge's eldest son, Byron G. Dodge, became president of the company. The company eventually merged with the Lancaster Cork Works and the American Cork Company and by 1895 was known as the Lancaster Cork Company. The company combined with several other cork companies in 1895 (including Armstrong) and became the site of the Closure Plant for the Armstrong Cork Company.
Date Range
December 4, 1894
Creator
Clifford Dodge
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Hiemenz, John W.
Herr, M. L.
Mellinger, H. L.
Search Terms
Bonds
Mortgages
Peoples Trust Savings and Deposit Company
Safety Buggy Company
Object Name
Mortgage
Object ID
MG0836_F022_In01
Copyright
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Patent, Letters

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/02554bb2-1649-4495-97b0-255470454874
Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Record of Patent Transfers from Alfred H. Worrest to The Safety Buggy Company
Object ID
MG0836_F021_in01
Date Range
October 6, 1894
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Dodge Family Papers
Title
Record of Patent Transfers from Alfred H. Worrest to The Safety Buggy Company
Description
Patent Transfer Document: Record of Patent transfer for the following:
Patent No. 428,835: One half part of patent from Paris Erb to Alfred H. Worrest by Deed of Assignment, May 14 1894; Alfred H. Worrest to The Safety Buggy Company in consideration of the sum of $1000, September 22, 1894. Recorded in the U.S. Patent Office, October 6, 1894. Very fragile.
Patent No. 488,237: Alfred H. Worrest to The Safety Buggy Company in consideration of the sum of $9000, September 22, 1894. Recorded in the U.S. Patent Office, October 6, 1894. Very fragile.
Date Range
October 6, 1894
Creator
Clifford Dodge
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Erb, Paris
Worrest, Alfred H.
Search Terms
Patents
Safety Buggy Company
Object Name
Patent, Letters
Object ID
MG0836_F021_in01
Copyright
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Patent, Letters

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/58ccf337-8c57-467c-9217-174732500159
Collection
Dodge Family Papers
Title
Record of Patent Transfer from Alfred H. Worrest to The Safety Buggy Company
Object ID
MG0836_F021_In02
Date Range
August 6, 1895
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Dodge Family Papers
Title
Record of Patent Transfer from Alfred H. Worrest to The Safety Buggy Company
Description
Patent Transfer Document: Record of Patent transfer for the following:
Patent No. 542,671: Alfred H. Worrest to The Safety Buggy Company in consideration of the sum of $1, July 30, 1895. Recorded in the U.S. Patent Office, August 6, 1895. Very fragile
Date Range
August 6, 1895
Creator
Clifford Dodge
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Worrest, Alfred H.
Search Terms
Patents
Safety Buggy Company
Object Name
Patent, Letters
Object ID
MG0836_F021_In02
Copyright
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ac7bb447-b130-4c77-abb7-528737902361
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-06-03-10
Date Range
1903
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Safety Buggy Company, Elizabeth Avenue and North Plum Street, Smith Department. First automobile in Lancaster built here. Horace Zecher and Charles E. Zecher identified. Also pictured are Leon Dodge, manager of Safety Buggy Works, and his brother Arthur Dodge.
Date Range
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Zecher, Horace
Zecher, Charles E.
Dodge, Leon
Dodge, Arthur
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Safety Buggy Company
Automobiles
Cars
Carriages
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
5 x 4 inches
Print Size
8 x 5 inches
Object ID
2-06-03-10
Negative Number
yes
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