Pencil drawing of South East corner of Church and Lime St, - Home of Charles Waitz and Bloomingdale Milk Depot pictured. Bottom right signed: B. Hackett 1880
reverse- unfinished pencil sketch of street w/building details and labels.
3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of man with handlebar mustache, double breasted coat. Back (in pencil): "My father - Zachariah T. Hayes" (1849-1901).
NOTE: Zachariah's son was Paul G. Hayes (1890-1988), F&M graduate, Methodist minister and missionary who has an extensive archive at the Yale School of Divinity.
Heavy with liquid stains along top left edge, across top and from upper right corner, stain angle toward lower left across man's face, neck to his right shoulder. Cut, top center, with some pieces of paper broken off along top edge.
3/4 profile bust portrait of woman with round face and high bun. Amulet clasp on front neck of dress depicts another bust of another woman (outline visible). Puff sleeves in fabric with a sheen. 6 buttons visible on front of bodice.
Back (in pencil): "My mother Emma Goodman Hayes" The mother of Rev. Paul G. Hayes (1890-1988), Emma Amelia (Goodman) Hayes, (1857-1919 ) was the wife of Zachariah Hayes (1849-1901).
3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of man facing viewer. He is wearing a dark jacket with wide lapels with trimmed edges; a white shirt with stand-up collar and a bow tie.
Back: "Jacob Gruel / Confectioner / N. Queen St near Chestnut / for 60 years / at N. N. Queen St. entrance to / the Colonial Theater / grandparents of Mrs. Edgar Fahs Smith / provost of U. of P."
Written on back:" 576-P" and number "18."
Note: Jacob J. Gruel (1809-1882) married Jacobina Swartz (1811-1892).
3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of woman wearing amulet clasp at center of neckline with white collar. Four buttons are visible down front of her bodice. Her hair is parted in the center. There appear to be ribbon/folds over her left ear with hint of fabric on top of her head and along right side like a bonnet or hair-covering on back of her head. She is looking left, eyes skyward. Back: "Mrs. Jacobina Gruel" written cursively in pencil on back.
Drawing, attached to cardboard, is brown overall. Lighter border from frame that has been removed.
(Note: Jacob J. Gruel (1809-1882) married Jacobina Swartz (1811-1892)
Image of Trinity Lutheran Church. 1800's. New brick facade, wrought iron grate/fence surrounding building's sides. Steeple now integrated with building's face.
The stoneware mug's body is predominantly white surmounted with a wide green band that is outlined with narrow gilt bands. The handle is also white and outlined with similar gilt bands.
J.W. Pankhurst & Company, Charles St. & Old Hall St
This frog doorstop serves as an iconic symbol of James Buchanan's attachment to his favorite spring at his Wheatland farm, and was donated because it was an appropriate piece.
Lignum vitas wood caster with round, bowl-like top, pierced for shaking out pounce. Base is ring-turned tapers smaller to broad top, flat bottom. Small, shallow dotted pattern in two bands near bottom. Lip at top has thin groove. Top screws onto base that would be filled with pounce, which is a fine powder made from powdered cuttlefish bone. Pounce was used both to dry ink and to sprinkle on a rough writing surface to make it smooth enough for writing.
Esther 'Hetty' Parker, James Buchanan's housekeeper, chose this among several other household items that Buchanan noted she was to be allowed to choose after his death. Miss Hetty gave this to the daughter of her neighbor. Miss Steckman donated this to the Wheatland collection in 1938.
