Photo album with marbelized cover and 40 plastic sleeves. 12 contain photos and notes related to Lancaster's Bicentennial celebration. Handwritten on card on first page: "June 10, 1992/ These documents from the City Safe were taken to The Conservation Centre for Art, Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia for restoration and preservation. Here are before and after pictures of
a. The Lancaster Corporation Book, 1742
b. The Charter of the City of Lancaster, 1742
c. The Plot Plan of the City of Lancaster, (?)
...Jarvis "(signature)
On page 14, handwritten on a card: "This was the metal box in which the Charter was stored until someone framed it and exposed it to the light."
On page 19: "This is the Plot Plan which needs to be studied. It has the drawing of gentleman X on the reverse side. Who drew this?"
Chapters: THE OLD COUNTRY - homeland,Germans from Russia // GOING TO AMERICA - the decision to leave, leaving home, the voyage // PORTS OF ENTRY - Germans in colonial America, landing, finding a place to live, first impressions // A NEW LIFE - farming and homesteading, adventures in the west, artisans and laborers, factories and mines, women's work, the union movement // PUTTING DOWN ROOTS - communities, family, religion, schools, the world wars // PART OF AMERICA - German americans today, preserving the heritage, the Mair family // GERMAN AMERICAN TIMELINE
Summary
The German American Family Album traces the growth of that community from the first German to reach the New World in the year 1000 (his name was Tyrker and he was a companion of the Scandinavian seafarer Leif Eriksson) to the 7 million German Americans in this country today. In their own words--from diary entries, letters, interviews, and personal reflections--and with photographs and clippings culled from family archives and the press of the day, we learn of their life in the old country, of the decision to leave home, the often wretched trip to America, and the new life they found once they got here. Their three-centuries-long history of achievement in the United States is a moving and inspirational story. To see it and hear it through the eyes of the immigrant is an experience that makes history personal and immediate. [from Amazon.com]
Autograph album of Lizzie H. Shenk, Safe Harbor. Maroon velvet cover. The album includes poetry, messages, and signatures of friends and family.
Admin/Biographical History
Elizabeth Herr Shenk (1869-1934) married Leroy Frey Mayer (1868-1958). Their daughter Kathryn M. Mayer Lichty (1901-1972) and her husband Charles Fouse Lichty (1899-1983) moved to Howell County, Missouri between 1940 and 1950.
Autograph Album Collection (MG0118) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/50c0771f-6469-4d22-b49b-952840687660
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2022.012
Other Numbers
MG-118
Classification
MG0118
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
This album was part of a donation to the State Historical Society of Missouri; the items in the donation had no provenance.
1st series. Statesmen, military officers, journalists, educators, and prominent persons recently deceased. 1888.--2d series. State officials, judges, lawyers, physicians, artists, etc. 1889.--3d series. Financiers, railroad officials, merchants, manufacturers, inventors, publishers, and other practical men of affairs. 1890.
1888 photograph of Lancaster laundry owner, Do You
Description
Black and white framed photographs, showing an Asian man sitting in a corner chair, wearing a traditional Chinese hat, shirt and slippers, and holding a fan. A drapery and painting of water fowl are on the walls behind him. Below the photo is indicated that the subject is Do You, a laundry owner in Lancaster in 1888.
The name and address of the photo studio are below the photo: "Saylor/ 42 & 44 West King Street/ Lancaster, PA."
The matting is in gold trim under a green overlay, and the frame is painted gold, brown, and black.
Do You's laundry was located at No. 3 and 5 North Duke Street, Lancaster. He is also shown in P.95.17.01.
Date Range
1888
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 43
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Drawer
Bin 2-K
Object Name
Photograph
Height (cm)
27.305
Height (ft)
0.8958333333
Height (in)
10.75
Width (cm)
22.06498
Width (ft)
0.7239166667
Width (in)
8.687
Depth (cm)
2.8575
Depth (ft)
0.09375
Depth (in)
1.125
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2001-01-12
Condition Notes
Photo is in apparent excellent condition. A brown mark appears in the lower left, above the studio name, and the subject's name is smudged. The told paint on the frame has numerous black marks, and the frame overall has several scratches.
Painting: Framed under glass, charcoal enhanced photograph, laid down on cotton stretcher, Poor/Fair condition, water stained throughout, surface loss at corners, insect damage.
Painting conservation needs: Remove from frame, surface clean, reback with acid free materials, refit with spacer using UVF glass.
Frame: Poor/Fair, compo. loss throughout, 3" ornate gold.
Photograph of Annie E. Welsh by William Bailey, 86 North Third Stree, Columbia.
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.