The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.
The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.
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"Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."
John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.
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Other Numbers
MG-184
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Black and white photo of Old City Hall, with adjoining Masonic Lodge building.
City Hall is a three-story, five-bay, Georgian brick building and the Masonic Lodge to the west is a 2-story brick building with six shuttered windows above open arcades (old market stalls) at ground level. Open-air market sheds are seen at the rear (north).
There are three entrance doors into City Hall at this time. A pedimented entrance door is centered on the south wall and is flanked by shuttered windows, two on each side. A sign that says in part "READING ROOM" hangs from a window on the third floor. There is also a lamp attached to the side of the building next to this sign. There are two window dormers projecting from the roof and a deck with balustrade on the roof top.
The gable end of the building faces east (to the right) and at street level, has two doors flanking a central shuttered window. The left door is surmounted with a sign: "POST OFFICE". Above the 3-bay fenestration is a rosette window.
There is iron fencing along the west side of building and both sides are lined with nine tree sapling with protective enclosures. Projecting into W. King St.. perhaps from the building opposite the Masonic Lodge, is a roofed, open air market stall or ??. A vertical sign at its corner reads: "SADDLES."
The photo is mounted in an oak frame with a carved foliate patterns around the perimeter.
This photo is also pictured in Jack Loose's book The Heritage of Lancaster on pages 57 & 88. He dates the photo circa 1860, after the courthouse on the square was razed (in 1853) and the newer market sheds of 1854 near the rear of the building.
Small marks overall, including several short scratches along the bottom that may have occurred during development. The dark areas of the photo take on a silvery-blue-gold hue when looked at from a certain angle.
Some pieces of the frame are missing, at the upper and lower right corners, and about 2.5 inches up from the lower right corner.