Rauch, Handwerk & Co., Builders, Jordan, PA - A family's contribution to early transportation and commerce (SOFT COVER BOOK)
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by Sarajane Rauch Williams and Stephen P. Rauch
Rauch, Handwerk & Co., Builders, Jordan, PA is a new book that provides a multifaceted view of mid-19th to mid-20th century family, community and the wagon and early automobile industry in a small Pennsylvania German village in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County.
The book provides:
• Detailed descriptions, photographs and illustrations of Rauch & Handwerk wagons and methods of wagon production
• The history and genealogies of the Rauch and Handwerk families
• The history of Pleasant Corner (Jordan), PA and early businesses
• Accounts of rapid changes in transportation and power generation and the impact on business and the agricultural community
• Video access to “action shots” from the 1930s of Rauch &
Handwerk wagons and scenes from Pleasant Corner
• A directory of other local carriage and wagon manufacturers
• Much more 80 pages, 8.5” x 11, B/W
"...In my quick perusal of the Rauch & Handwerk history, I am truly amazed at the prodigious amount of research you've done in order to accomplish the publication of this work... . Thank you for all this!"
Diana Hill
Lititz, PA
Rauch, Handwerk & Co., Builders, Jordan, PA is a new book that provides a multifaceted view of mid-19th to mid-20th century family, community and the wagon and early automobile industry in a small Pennsylvania German village in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County.
The book provides:
• Detailed descriptions, photographs and illustrations of Rauch & Handwerk wagons and methods of wagon production
• The history and genealogies of the Rauch and Handwerk families
• The history of Pleasant Corner (Jordan), PA and early businesses
• Accounts of rapid changes in transportation and power generation and the impact on business and the agricultural community
• Video access to “action shots” from the 1930s of Rauch &
Handwerk wagons and scenes from Pleasant Corner
• A directory of other local carriage and wagon manufacturers
• Much more 80 pages, 8.5” x 11, B/W
"...In my quick perusal of the Rauch & Handwerk history, I am truly amazed at the prodigious amount of research you've done in order to accomplish the publication of this work... . Thank you for all this!"
Diana Hill
Lititz, PA