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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ce901f72-ad45-410a-98dd-799682428103
Collection
Business and Industry Collection
Title
Business and Industry Collection
Object ID
MG0107
Date Range
1874-present
Nurseries, Inc. Schroyer's Central Floral Depot Sensenich Brothers Small business Southeastern Penna. Artificial Breeding Cooperative Sperry-New Holland Stehli & Co., Inc. Union Stock Yards Utilities Wenger Chiropractic Clinic Wilson Laundry Machinery Co. Zooks Art Studio Related Materials: Processing
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Collection
Business and Industry Collection
Title
Business and Industry Collection
Description
The Business and Industry Collection contains catalogs, newsletters, and ephemera for businesses in Lancaster County.
Date Range
1874-present
Date of Accumulation
1874-1970
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Burri, Eric
Deichler, Albert M.
Garden, William O.
Garman, Lewis
Groff, Isaac M.
Heilbron, Samuel L.
Hess, Conrad Z.
Hoffman, A. H.
Hoffman, Byron
Knox, Willis R.
Livingston, S. H.
Merlier, Franz de
Nissley, J. Richard
Miley, Frank D.
Barto, J. Wilson
Subjects
Advertisements
Business enterprises
Catalogs
Ephemera
Letters
Newsletters
Small business
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A. Buch's Sons Company
A. H. Hoffman, Inc.
Advertisements
American Machine and Foundry Company
Amos Eby and Company
Amsco Music Publishing Company
Bards Gift Shop
Baumgardner Company
Burger's Music House
Business enterprises
Catalogs
Champion Blower and Forge Company
Co-operative Mutual Life Insurance Company
Coble's Tire Service
Columbia Electric Light and Power Company
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
DeWalt, Inc.
Eby Fertilizer
Eichholtz and Bowman's Art Store
Engle and Hambright
Ephemera
Everite Pump and Manufacturing Company
F. A. Erickson and Company
Finding aids
Gundaker's Emporium
H. A. Darrenkamp
Hammond Pretzel Bakery, Inc.
Herr and Schroyer's Gents' Furnishing Store
Hoffman's Farm Seeds
Huth Engineers, Inc.
Independent Telephone Company of Lancaster County
Industries
J. B. Martin and Company
J. O. Cunningham and Company
J. H. Troup's Music House
John S. Gleim and Company
Keystone Hide Company
Kitchen Kettle Foods, Inc.
Lancaster County Seed Company
Lancaster Real Estate Company
Lancaster Stockyards
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
Leisure Miniature Golf Course
Lititz Mutual Insurance Company
Live Stock Commission
Manuscript groups
Mount Joy Fleet of Insurance Companies
New Holland Machine Company
Newsletters
Oblender's Furniture Store
Oblinger Brothers and Company
Permutit Company
Radio Corporation of America
Raub Supply Company
Rohrer's Liquor Store
Root's Nurseries, Inc.
Schroyer's Central Floral Depot
Sensenich Brothers
Small business
Southeastern Penna. Artificial Breeding Cooperative
Sperry New Holland
Stehli and Co., Inc.
Union Stock Yards
Utilities
Wenger Chiropractic Clinic
Wilson Laundry Machinery Company
Zook's Art Studio
Extent
1 box, 28 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0107
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-107
Classification
MG0107
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 19 February 2019.
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Electricity in Lancaster County - Information file

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Call Number
Information file - Electricity in Lancaster County
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Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Electricity in Lancaster County
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Ephrata Diamond Spring Water Company - Information file

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Call Number
Information file - Ephrata Diamond Spring Water Company
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Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Ephrata Diamond Spring Water Company (Ephrata, Pa.)
Water utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Ephrata Diamond Spring Water Company
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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
outstanding characteristic of corporate development in the United States. This is especially true in the growth of public utilities. Practically all the many gas companies, as well as the electric lighting companies, which were formed in Lancaster County be- ginning with the gas industry in 1849, and the
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Legal report on Edison Electric Company, the Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, Conestoga Valley Electric Company, Intercourse Electric Company, Wrightsville Light and Power Company, the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company, (The) Columbia Gas Company, Lititz Gas Company, Conestoga Transmission Company, Lancaster County Railway and Light Company, Wrightsville Water Supply Company, Conestoga Realty Company, Conestoga Terminal Company, Conestoga Transportation Company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17646
Date of Publication
[19--]
Call Number
352.91 L496 Oversize
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
[19--]
Physical Description
[12p.], 347 p. ; 33 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Edison Electric Company.
Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company.
Conestoga Valley Electric Company.
Intercourse Electric Company.
Wrightsville Light and Power Company.
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company.
Columbia Gas Company.
Lititz Gas Company.
Conestoga Transmission Company.
Lancaster County Railway and Light Company.
Wrightsville Water Supply Company.
Conestoga Realty Company.
Conestoga Terminal Company.
Conestoga Transportation Company.
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Water utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.91 L496 Oversize
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Negative

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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Three story brick building, 31 E. Orange St.
Object ID
D-09-03-42
Date Range
1924/01/23
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Three story brick building, 31 E. Orange St.
Description
Three story brick building, 31 E. Orange St. Customer: Bell Telephone
Date Range
1924/01/23
Year Range From
1924
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Communications & Public Utilities
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
7 x 11 inches
Object ID
D-09-03-42
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
614-1599
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Negative, Glass Plate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/20c0db9d-5012-46cf-99bd-866688921514
Collection
General Collection
Title
North Queen Street
Object ID
1-23-01-26
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Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Title
North Queen Street
Description
Stereoview of the construction of the sewer on Water Street, Lancaster
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-23-01-26
Search Terms
Utilities
Water Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-23-01-26
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.034
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Pennsylvania Power & Light Company : a guide to the records

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Corporate Author
Hagley Museum and Library.
Date of Publication
c1985.
Call Number
350.872 N252
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Alternate Title
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Responsibility
by Michael Nash, John Rumm, and Craig Orr.
ISBN
091465022X
Corporate Author
Hagley Museum and Library.
Place of Publication
Wilmington, Del
Publisher
Hagley Museum and Library,
Date of Publication
c1985.
Physical Description
xxiv, 226 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Series
A Hagley collections guide
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. xv.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - Archives - Catalogs.
Hagley Museum and Library - Catalogs.
Public utilities - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Nash, Michael,
Rumm, John.
Orr, Craig.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
350.872 N252
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PP&L : 75 years of powering the future : an illustrated history of Pennsylvania Power & Light Co

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Author
Beck, Bill.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1995.
Call Number
338.761 B393
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Responsibility
by Bill Beck ; [foreword by William F. Hecht].
ISBN
0964591502
Author
Beck, Bill.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
[S.l.] : Eden Prairie, MN
Publisher
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. ; printed by Viking Press,
Date of Publication
c1995.
Physical Description
vii, 448 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company - History.
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
338.761 B393
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8e392faa-8621-435a-83f3-321274504100
Collection
Lancaster Magazine Photograph Collection
Object ID
LM-01-04-06
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster Magazine Photograph Collection
Description
Echo tunnel at Safe Harbor hydro-electric plant. From January 1953 issue, page 14.
Provenance
Donated by Lancaster Magazine
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Classification
Communications & Public Utilities
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5.75 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
LM-01-04-06
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