Woven jacquard coverlet with red roses, blue 9-petaled flowers, 8-point stars, red birds, and blue rose trees.
Center field: alternate stripes of blocks of red roses with blue 9-petaled flowers encircled by small 8-point stars with 2 larger stars between flowers.
Outer border: Alternate redbirds and blue rose treets on 3 sides.
Head edge: Bound with commercial red twill tape.
Center seam: Self fringe on 3 edges. Side wool fringes are looped.
Corner blocks: "Made by J. Witmer Manor Township for Hennah Sauder 1839"
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.
Fashion print of lady's blue ball dress engraved for the Improved Series of Ladies Magazines . Woman wears white gloves, a white fur collar and hold a draped fur boa. In upper right, a view of lady's hairdo from the back of the head.
Two fashionably dressed women, one in blue opera dress standing and facing forward. The second woman in pink is seated with her back to the viewer. Mode de Paris appears at top of page.. Entire description below is in French. In pencil below: "10 Feb 1832."
Broadside: Goods bought from a Philadelphia wholesaler by Henry F. Slaymaker who built a "railroad hotel" by the tracks of the Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad in Gap, 1832.
Broadside (mounted) Theatre, benefit and last appearence of Mr. Duff, August 30,1830.(note with broadside locates the theatre on site of 36 West Chestnut St. )
Fashion plate print. Black line drawing of three women. 'Fashions for September 1831' at bottom. Picture is hand-watercolored. First woman wears a peach and white dress, off the shoulder, and a white and green hat with plumes. Second woman wears a green
Pennsylvania Coat of Arms once hung over the judge's bench at the old Lancaster county courthouse (1786-1853). Lancaster served as the capitol of of the Commonwealth of PA from 1799 to 1812. Made of oak,
