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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
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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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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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/86858a99-635d-4fd1-bec7-437660750520
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Griest Building, Penn (Center) Square and partial view of Central Market and City Hall.
Object ID
D-07-03-22
Date Range
1925/04/20
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Griest Building, Penn (Center) Square and partial view of Central Market and City Hall.
Description
Griest Building, Penn (Center) Square and partial view of Central Market and City Hall, large sign "Groff and Wolf." 1 extra print, also on oversized mount for exhibit (see 3-17-01-12)
Date Range
1925/04/20
Year Range From
1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Business & Commerce
Trolley cars
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
7 x 11 inches
Print Size
7 x 11 inches
Object ID
D-07-03-22
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
633-558
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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Griest Building and Penn Square, with trolley, cars, and pedestrians around monument.
Object ID
D-07-03-23
Date Range
1926/07/01
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Griest Building and Penn Square, with trolley, cars, and pedestrians around monument.
Description
Griest Building and Penn Square, with trolley, cars, and pedestrians around monument. U. S. flags decorating building. Customer: Conestoga Traction Co. 1 extra print
Date Range
1926/07/01
Year Range From
1926
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Business & Commerce
Trolley cars
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
7 x 11 inches; 4 x 5 inches
Print Size
7 x 11 inches
Object ID
D-07-03-23
Negative Number
yes, 2
Other Number
653-806
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Scrapbook

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e0b9e3b3-d9fb-487a-9b50-745619188360
Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Corporate Lancaster
Object ID
MG0434_Box030
Date Range
1890-1927
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Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Corporate Lancaster
Description
Corporate Lancaster encompasses a large variety of businesses throughout the county. Many of these businesses are power companies including electric, water and coal. Some of the major companies mentioned include Atglen Water Company, Susquehanna Canal Water and Power Company, Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, Lititz Water Works, Edison Electric Illuminating Company, and Holtwood Coal Company. These comprise the majority of the scrapbook, however, many retail, savings and insurance companies are also mentioned. Recognizable names are F. W. Woolworth and Company, City Savings and Trust, Lancaster Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Steinman Hardware Store, and the Hager Store. Information about taxes, population, censuses and stocks are featured in some of the newspaper clippings. Many modes of transportation were written about, such as trolley lines, railroads and canals. The materials available in this book include an account book, newspaper clippings, photographs, advertisements, and postcards.
Date Range
1890-1927
Creation Date
1890-1927
Year Range From
1890
Year Range To
1927
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 22
Subjects
Account books
Advertisements
Cadastral maps
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Electric industries
Energy industries
Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local
Lancaster County (Pa.)--Population
Local taxation
Manufacturing industries
Maps
Photographs
Postcards
Scrapbooks
Service industries
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Bangor Episcopal Church
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Columbia
Lancaster
Newspaper clippings
Scrapbooks
Extent
1 volume
Object Name
Scrapbook
Language
English
Object ID
MG0434_Box030
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please request this item by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.
Copyright
This item 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-434
Other Number
MG-434, Box 30
Classification
MG0434
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 23 October 2023.
Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 171
This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.
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