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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Subject Headings: 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 Blueprints
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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
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Cars, trains, buggies & planes : transportation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15474
Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
380.5 C321
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ISBN
0974016225
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
vi,136 p. : ill. ; 23 x 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Foreward by Thomas R. Ryan --Introduction by Thomas R. Winpenny -- Horsing around by Marianne Heckles -- All aboard by John Ward Willson Loose -- Two wheelers by Barry R. Rauhauser -- Clang, Clang, Clang by John Ward Willson Loose -- Barnstormers and grass strips by William E. Krantz -- Messing around in boats y Barry R. Rauhauser -- The horseless carriage by Tamsin Wolff --Fill 'er up! by Tansin Wolff -- Billboards on wheels by Marianne Heckles
Subjects
Transportation, Automotive
Railroads
Horse-drawn vehicles - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Airplanes - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Boats and boating - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Advertising - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Trolley buses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Bicycles - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
380.5 C321
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Era of the trolley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10152
Author
Adams, Joan
Call Number
905.748 SM
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Author
Adams, Joan
Physical Description
18-21 p.
Notes
In : Susquehanna Magazine (Oct. 1980).
Subjects
Trolley buses.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM
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Garden Spot trolleys : an illustrated history of the electric street railway in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2870
Author
Cummings, Luther P.
Date of Publication
c1977.
Call Number
388.4 C971
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Responsibility
by Luther P. Cummings and Benson W. Rohrbeck.
Author
Cummings, Luther P.
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
B. Rohrbeck Traction Publications,
Date of Publication
c1977.
Physical Description
170 p. : ill., maps (1 fold. in pocket) ; 23 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania traction series
Subjects
Conestoga Traction Company.
Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company.
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway Company.
Lancaster and Southern Street Railway Company.
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Trolley buses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Rohrbeck, Benson W.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
388.4 C971
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The Lancaster Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and the Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, the first 65 years (1933-1998)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6965
Author
Davis, Dick.
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
367.9 D261
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Alternate Title
The Lancaster Railway and Locomotive Historical Society and the Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, the first sixty five years (1933-1998).
Responsibility
[written by Dick Davis].
Author
Davis, Dick.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
734 p. : ill., ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes photographs of railway and trolley cars used in Lancaster County.
Includes photographic reproductions of society newsletters, bulletins, press releases and excursion information.
Subjects
The Lancaster Railway & Locomotive Historical Society - History-Chronology.
Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society - History-Chronology.
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Trolley cars - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367.9 D261
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/30a78840-1c55-4b8d-92b1-642146545239
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Aerial view of Penn Square showing 1 trolley car.
Object ID
D-07-03-44
Date Range
1926/08/02
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Aerial view of Penn Square showing 1 trolley car.
Description
Aerial view of Penn Square showing 1 trolley car. 1 print only
Date Range
1926/08/02
Year Range From
1926
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Aerials
Trolley cars
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-07-03-44
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
654-833
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Negative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ad8c813f-5dc3-43eb-9a8e-843591934614
Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
BF-01-07-24
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Description
Brick rowhouses with trolley tracks out front (From envelope labled "Leah's Negatives")
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
trolley tracks
house
Place
Salisbury Twp.
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
BF-01-07-24
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The Pequea scenic route

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo67
Author
Denney, John D.
Date of Publication
1997.
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Responsibility
by John D. Denney, Jr.
Author
Denney, John D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1997.
Physical Description
2-12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.99, no. 1
Subjects
Trolley cars - Pennsylvania - Pequea (Township)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 99, number 1 (1997), p. 2-12Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.99
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/083af2fb-6fb1-4330-9ad9-924043088314
Collection
Lancaster Magazine Photograph Collection
Object ID
LM-01-03-88
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster Magazine Photograph Collection
Description
Old trolley carused as a chicken house. From September 1955 issue, page 19.
Provenance
Donated by Lancaster Magazine
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Trolley cars
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7 x 2.75 inches
Object ID
LM-01-03-88
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8a50d00d-1ff6-4941-a7ba-737497589726
Collection
Lancaster Magazine Photograph Collection
Object ID
LM-01-03-95
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster Magazine Photograph Collection
Description
Trolley car #30 after it stopped operating. From April 1957 issue, page 17.
Provenance
Donated by Lancaster Magazine
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Trolley cars
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.5 x 3.75 inches
Object ID
LM-01-03-95
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