Leather multi-compartment Wallet. Some remnants of a red printed logo on interior flap. Contained the Civil War discharge papers of William Sweigart, Private, 195th Regiment.
Part of a four-piece dress. Jacket: Short sleeves with cuffs. Dark blue velvet fully-lined in cream-colored silk with batting between two fabrics. 2 small leather-lined pockets on left inside. Hand-stiched strip on linging at lower edge right front. 3 hooks and thread-covered eyes at waist front. Parallel lines of sticthing on body at sleeve openings and at waist and on 3 bands around neck as well as front and silk at opening. Blue velvet strips have buttons in back and at tabbed ends on front. 4 tabbed front closure peices have buttons. Machine and hand-stitching.
Button from the 1967 Lancaster County Firemen's Convention. Emblem for Quarryville fire Company 1 in center with "Q F C 1" on it. In white letters on red background: "Quarryville Fire Co. June 3 1967 Quarryville, PA." On red ribbon (1.625in w x 4.875in L) in silver letters: 47th Annual Convention Lancaster County Firemen's Assn. Quarryville, PA."
Badge for the Lancaster COunty Firemen's Association convention. White button rimmed in red with red fire engine pictured in center. In blue letters: "Denver Fire Co. No. 1 June 4 1966 Denver, Pa." On 1.625in wide red ribbon in white letters: "46th Annual Convention Lancaster County Firemen's Association Denver, Penna."
Badge from the Lancaster COunty FIremen's Association convention. White button rimmed in red with red fire truck pictured in center. In blue letters: "Shawnee Fire Co. Marching Unit June 5, 1965 Columbia, Pa." On 1.625in wdie red ribbon in gold letters: "45th Annual Convention Lancaster County Firemen's Association Columbia., Penna."
Badge from the Lancaster County Firemen's Associaton convention. White button rimmed in red with red fire engine pictured in center. In blue letters around edge; "Friendship Fire and Hose Co. No.1 June 1. 1963." On 1.625in wide red ribbon in white letters: "43rd Annual Convention Lancaster County Firemen's Association Elizabethtwon, PA."
Badge from the Lancaster County Firemen's Association convention. White button rimmed in red with red fire engine pictured in center. Red star above and below. In blue letters around edge: "Columbia Fire Department June 6, 1964." On 1.625in wide blue ribbon in gold letters: "44th Annual Convention Lancaster County Firemen's Association Columbia, Penna."
Badge from the Lancaster County FIremen's Association annual convention. 1.75in button, white background. Red fire engine with 1812-1962 in red letters. In black letters around edge "Hope Fire Engine and Hose Company No. 1." On 1.5in wide red ribbon in gold letters "42nd Annual Convention Lancaster COunty FIremen's Association Manheim, Penna. June 2, 1962."
Wooden handled hammer. Label on side reads, "Hammer taken from the Confederate White House by a Union soldier, H.Stephens, Benj. G. Leachey in the 203rd Regiment."
This refers to Benjamin G. Laechey of company A.
Label in Archives claims hammer was originally propery of Alexander Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy and was found in his office desk in Richmond, VA.
