Playing four square at Musser Park. Pictured from left are: Gregroy Xakellis, Warren Lillie (staff member), John Hoffman, Robert Barsumian, Barry Gaugler, Sandra Bowman, Elizabeth Xakellis, Cosette Shenk, Raymond Burkey Jr. (hitting ball), Edward Harmes, and Tommy Yoder.
Kids playing four square on the playground at Musser Park. Pictured left to right are: Gregory Xakellis, John Hoffman, Warren Lillie (staff member), Robert Barsumian, Barry Gaugler, Sandra Bowman, Elizabeth Xakellis, Cosette Shenk, Raymond Burkey Jr. (hitting ball), Edward Harmes and Tommy Yoder.
Playground supervisors. Standing left to right, first row: Joe Hawkins, Stan Wills, Fred Schroeder, Mr Reese, Sally Hill, Mary Lee Angle. Second row: Harry Canter, William Hutchinson, Eric Herr. Sitting, first row: Diana Rampulla, Patsy Hutchinson, Georgine Hensel, Sandy Bealler, Janet Brooks, Joanne Wilson, Allean Stevenson, Marilyn Cool, Priscilla Weaver, Gloria Gershenow, Crit Herr. Sitting, second row: Dorothy Rohrbaugh, Dotty Canter, June Ament, Mary Gochenaur, Jo Knotwell, Judy Geitner, Jean Martin, Judy Shpof, Jane Mosemann, Mary Shaw.
Standing Right ( left to right ) Henry Hoerner, Walt Kreider Jr. , Don Esbenshade , Phil Bomberger, Jim Geist , Stew McMinn, Donald Swope, Jim Rohrer
Round copper vessel, shaped like a teakettle, but without a spout. A shaped strap handle is attached to each side of the opening at shoulder with riveted brackets. The handle widens near the middle, where the maker's mark is stamped: "P & B. SCHAUM"
Body is dovetailed to base, one dovetailed vertical seam, handle attached to flanges held in place by two rivets each. Pot insert is missing. Another insert (S.13) was purchased as a replacement.
Vessel has multiple dents, creating a general distortion overall. Surface is also tarnished and has drip stains running down the sides. The bottom is very worn and has numerous stains. Blueish-white stains on the inside. Polish residue on handle.
Object ID
P.77.61
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Related Item Notes
See broadside for Benjamin Schaum's hardware store, P.91.02
Credit
Heritage Center Collection. Purchased through the generosity of the James Hale Steinman Foundation
Large copper teakettle with rounded body, goose-neck spout and hinged handle having a medium arc, mounted on shaped flanges with three rivets. The domed lid has a small brass mushroom knob (replaced). Dovetailed seams on bottom and vertical seam on side opposite spout. Seamed repair to spout tip.
"F. STEINMAN" is stamped on the handle within a reserve.
Provenance
Transferred from Heritage Center Collection, Dec. 2012
Jack Brubaker, The Steinmans of Lancaster, pp. 11-15.
HJ Kauffman, Early American Copper, Tin & Brass, 1995, pp. 42-43.
HJ Kauffman, American Copper & Brass, 1979, p. 65.
Height (in)
13
Width (in)
16
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2013-11-13
Condition Notes
Many dents and overall wear. HJK says handle slightly shortened (likely done by him). Tip of spout replaced. Plugged hole in bottom. Replaced knob. Stamped name very worn. Tarnished with polish residue where the spout, handle, and lid meet the main body.
Object ID
G.77.14
Notes
When his father died in 1758, John Frederick Steinman, Sr. (1752-1823) moved with his mother to Lititz from his birthplace, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His mother remarried a few years later to John Christophe Heyne, a tinsmith and pewterer from Lancaster. The shop of Heyne and Steinman would become known as Steinman's Hardware Store, the oldest hardware store in America.
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Credit
Heritage Center Collection. Gift of Henry J. Kauffman
