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Tankard

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.00.42.3

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Tankard, lidded barrel form. Copper body with brass handle, shell thumb piece and four bands encircling body. Interior is tinned. Engraved on opposite side from handle, "COMPLIMENTS/ OF/ JOHN G. SCHAUM/ TO/ FRANK J. RIEKER." One of a pair with P00.42.2.; Believed to be a presentation piece given by Schaum in appreciation for all the work he was given in Rieker's brewery. Schaum did copper, tin and sheet iron work and was the son and one-time partner of plumber/ coppersmith John P. Schaum.

Provenance: Collection of J. Harlan Miller sold at Conestoga Auction Oct. 21, 2000.; Transferred from Heritage Center, December 2012.

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 1920

Made By: Schaum, John G.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 33

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

People: Schaum, John G.; Rieker, Frank J.

Classification: Decorative Arts; Business & Commerce

Subcategory: Food Service T&E

Search Terms: Copper

Object Name: Tankard

Material: Copper

Height (in): 9

Length (in): 7

Width (in): 4.5

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2013-11-13

Object ID: P.00.42.3

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Credit: Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number: P.00.42

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Tankard

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.00.42.2

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Tankard, lidded barrel form. Copper body with brass handle, shell thumb piece and four bands encircling body. Interior is tinned. Engraved on opposite side from handle, "COMPLIMENTS/ OF/ JOHN G. SCHAUM/ TO/ JOSEPH HAEFNER." One of a pair with P00.42.3.; Believed to be a presentation piece given by Schaum in appreciation for all the work he was given in Haefner's brewery. Schaum did copper, tin and sheet iron work and was the son and one-time partner of plumber/ coppersmith John P. Schaum.

Provenance: Collection of J. Harlan Miller sold at Conestoga Auction Oct. 21, 2000. Transferred from Heritage Center Dec. 2012.

Year Range From: 1890

Year Range To: 1920

Made By: Schaum, John G.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 33

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

People: Schaum, John G.; Haefner, Joseph

Classification: Decorative Arts; Business & Commerce

Subcategory: Food Service T&E

Search Terms: Copper

Object Name: Tankard

Material: Copper, Brass

Height (in): 9

Width (in): 7

Diameter (in): 4.5

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2013-11-13

Condition Notes: Heavy tarnish overall. Moderate scratching. Slightly dented in center of and below engraving. Small nicks on rim of lid. Minor corrosion where handle and thumb piece connect to body and on bottom. Some polish residue in crevices.

Object ID: P.00.42.2

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Credit: Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number: P.00.42

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The Gap copper mine

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Author: Houston, R. J.

Date of Publication: 1897

THE GAP COPPER MINES, Through the kindness of Dr. Wm. H. Egle, State Librarian, which I thankfully acknowledge, I am enabled to give from the official records in the Land Department at Harrisburg the earliest ownership of the land constituting the Gap mines property. The first paper is endorsed "An

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Responsibility: by R. J. Houston.

Author: Houston, R. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [283]-298 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 7

Subjects: Gap Mining Company.; Copper mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 7 (1897), p. 283-298Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Warfel Family Photograph Collection

Object ID: WF-01-06-05

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Warfel Family Photograph Collection

Description: John Girvin Warfel, born 1860, died 1923. Two copies.

Provenance: Gift of Christopher J. Bachler

Year Range From: 1894

Year Range To: 1900

Creator: Simenhoff, Morris B.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Warfel, John Girvin

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 5 x 8 inches

Object ID: WF-01-06-05

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-01-02-01

Date Range: c. 1894

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Lancaster High School c. 1894 237-239 West Orange St. showing First class, names of students listed on back of photo but students are not identified by name. Names listed are: Arthur H. Ball, Harry C. Bolenius, Ralph W. Coho, George W. Cornelius, Harold F. Diffenderfer, Leon G. Dodge, William W. Eichler, James R. Elliott, Frederick Gasser, Eugene A. Heim, John P. Herr, Guy H. Killian, William H. Kready, George E. Kulhman, Walter S. Mellinger, Donald G. McCaskey, Robert Bruce McGaw, Harry J. Nolty, William P. Ostermayer, W. F. Satchell, Oliver J. Smith, Harry J. Stauffer, Charles A. Steckman, William H. Thompson. Also shown is John P. McCaskey.