LancasterHistory Research Collections

Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Boy Scouts at Hamilton Theater for "Elsie Janis".
Object ID
1-18-02-84
Date Range
February 9, 1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Boy Scouts at Hamilton Theater for "Elsie Janis".
Description
Boy Scouts at Hamilton Theater for "Elsie Janis".
Date Range
February 9, 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Hamilton Theater
Theaters
Boy Scouts
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Object ID
1-18-02-84
Negative Number
3 x 5
Other Number
474-10054
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Boy Scouts at Hamilton Theater for "Elsie Janis".
Object ID
1-18-02-85
Date Range
February 9, 1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Boy Scouts at Hamilton Theater for "Elsie Janis".
Description
Boy Scouts at Hamilton Theater for "Elsie Janis".
Date Range
February 9, 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Hamilton Theater
Theaters
Boy Scouts
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Object ID
1-18-02-85
Negative Number
3 x 5
Other Number
474-10054
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-19-01-10
Date Range
circa 1960
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Various County officials lined up to shake hands with a man and woman. Ben Weaver, Commissioner, Brenda Swingler, Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Paul Paes, Register of Wills are the only identifiable officials.
Date Range
circa 1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Weaver, Ben
Swingler, Brenda
Paes, Paul
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Register of Wills (Lancaster County)
Commissioners
Clerk of Quarter Sessions
Quarter Sessions
Wills
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-19-01-10
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-20-02-12
Date Range
July 2, 1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
"The Fifth Annual Picnic of the M.T. Garvin & Co at Hersheypark, July 2nd 1920" with women in white garments and several men in suit coats and ties. There are probably over 100 people in the picture with none of them identified.
Date Range
July 2, 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hersheypark
M. T. Garvin and Co.
Picnics
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
2-20-02-12
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Offices of the Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Object ID
1-06-04-24
Date Range
July 28, 1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Offices of the Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Description
Offices of the Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Date Range
July 28, 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Offices
Bearings Company of America
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-04-24
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Object ID
1-06-04-25
Date Range
1920
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Description
Sterling Plant - Bearings Company of America
Date Range
1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bearings Company of America
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-06-04-25
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-13-06-06
Date Range
June 26, 1963
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Ingenious space age electronic components - pretty Donna Loar exhibits some of the Space Age electron Tubes made at RCA's manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Pa. The company has just announced a $11.6 million expansion program for this plant. Some of these conversion tubes shown help outer space vehicles "see" and make complex measurements of distant planets. Others are used in military equipment and TV cameras as well as specialized industrial and scientific instruments. Miss Loar holds an osillograph tube which is widely used in electronic test equipment.
Date Range
June 26, 1963
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Loar, Donna
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
RCA
Radio Corporation of America
Picture tubes
Osillograph tubes
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
2008-02-13
Object ID
2-13-06-06
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-13-06-10
Date Range
June 26, 1963
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
RCA Executives - left to right: W. W. Watts, C. E. "Tex" Burnett, William Scranton (Governor of Pennsylvania), J. B. Farese, and D. Y. Smith.
Date Range
June 26, 1963
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Burnett, C. E. "Tex"
Farese, John B.
Scranton, William Warren
Smith, Douglas Y.
Watts, W. W.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Governors
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
2008-02-13
Object ID
2-13-06-10
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Demolition of Lancaster County Almshouse
Object ID
5-04-10-01
Date Range
1967
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
General Collection
Title
Demolition of Lancaster County Almshouse
Description
Demolition of Lancaster County Hospital, formerly the Lancaster County Almshouse, 900 East King Street, Lancaster.
Date Range
1967
Creator
Bowman, Robert W.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subject
Slides (Photography)
Classification
5-04-10-01
Search Terms
Demolition
Lancaster County Hospital
Lancaster County Almshouse
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Original or Copy
Original
Object ID
5-04-10-01
Credit
Courtesy LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2022.015
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Demolition of Lancaster County Almshouse
Object ID
5-04-10-02
Date Range
1967
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
General Collection
Title
Demolition of Lancaster County Almshouse
Description
Demolition of Lancaster County Hospital, formerly the Lancaster County Almshouse, 900 East King Street, Lancaster.
Date Range
1967
Creator
Bowman, Robert W.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subject
Slides (Photography)
Classification
5-04-10-02
Search Terms
Demolition
Lancaster County Hospital
Lancaster County Almshouse
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Original or Copy
Original
Object ID
5-04-10-02
Credit
Courtesy LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2022.015
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