Handmade rectangular grater crudely fashioned with tinned sheet iron and having 14 staggered slits of 1.25" width and raised edges for cutting. All four edges are folded to back, but the two long sides are rolled over wire to stiffen length of tool.
Crudely fashioned tin tool has wear and imperfections at blades and back corners. Abrasions and corrosion scattered overall. Peeling paint or corrosion.
Photograph of cased image taken at the Addis Gallery in Lancaster, c. 1852, of the Christian Shenk family: Christian, wife Mary Warfel Shenk and children, left to right, Elizabeth Shenk Fahnestock, Anna Shenk Kendig, Abraham Shenk and Rudolph Shenk. The Shenks were proprietors of the Sorrel Horse Hotel on West King Street in Lancaster.
Photograph of cased image of man in Civil War military uniform. Slip of paper with image stated "taken before I left for Washington ? June 6, 1861". Possibly a member of the Kendig family.
Photograph- Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
Photograph- Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
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Carte de visite. Andrew Gregg Curtin. Written on back: "Thanks from A. G. Curtin, January 25, 1864" and "Photograph of Gov. of Pa., 1861 - 1867."
Hong Neok Woo, a young Chinese immigrant who lived in Lancaster from 1855 to 1864. He was brought here by Dr. John S. Messersmith, naval surgeon on the frigate Susquehanna, flagship of the squadron which had opened the ports of Japan to the world's commerce. Commodore Peary's vessels had stopped at Shanghai during their voyage. Woo lived for a time with Dr. Messersmith at his home, 40 North Lime Street. He learned the printing trade at the Lancaster Examiner and Herald office. There he met Walter Kieffer, a reporter on the paper (and later City Editor), and became a friend of him and of the Kieffer family. On Sept. 22, 1860, Woo became an American citizen, the first Asian to be naturalized in Lancaster. He served briefly as a member of Comapny I, 50th Regiment, PA Volunteers. In 1864, Mr. Woo returned to China and was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in China. While in Lancaster he had been a faithful attendant at the sevices of St. James Episcopal Church. He died on August 18, 1919, and was buried in Westgate Cemetery, the oldest Christian burial ground in Shanghai.
Photograph- Thomas Strawbridge Dickey, b. October 23, 1807, and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey, b. October 31, 1810, d. June 7, 1884, and their children. They were married May 14, 1829. Babe in arms of Letitia is Margaret Andres Dickey, b. Feburary 2, 1850. Babe in arms of Thomas is James Wilson Dickey, b. August 31, 1848. Between parents is Hannah Dickey, b. February 2, 1845. Standing boy is David Dickey, b. November 5, 1842. First row extreme right is Jane Patterson Dickey, b. November 3, 1840. Left to right in back row: Mary Jackson Dickey, b. September 8, 1843; Harriet Dilworth Dickey, b. October 30, 1838; Rebecca Wilson Dickey, b. November 19, 1832; Ann Maffitt Dickey, b. March 16, 1830, named for her grandmother, Ann Maffitt, wife of David Dickey; and Letitia Strawbridge Dickey, b. January 22, 1837.
Photograph- Thomas Strawbridge Dickey, b. October 23, 1807, and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey, b. October 31, 1810, d. June 7, 1884, and their children. They were married May 14, 1829. Babe in arms of Letitia is Margaret Andres Dickey, b. Feburary 2, 1850. Babe in arms of Thomas is James Wilson Dickey, b. August 31, 1848. Between parents is Hannah Dickey, b. February 2, 1845. Standing boy is David Dickey, b. November 5, 1842. First row extreme right is Jane Patterson Dickey, b. November 3, 1840. Left to right in back row: Mary Jackson Dickey, b. September 8, 1843; Harriet Dilworth Dickey, b. October 30, 1838; Rebecca Wilson Dickey, b. November 19, 1832; Ann Maffitt Dickey, b. March 16, 1830, named for her grandmother, Ann Maffitt, wife of David Dickey; and Letitia Strawbridge Dickey, b. January 22, 1837.
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Thomas Strawbridge Dickey, b. October 23, 1807, and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey, b. October 31, 1810, d. June 7, 1884, and their children. They were married May 14, 1829. Babe in arms of Letitia is Margaret Andres Dickey, b. Feburary 2, 1850. Babe in arms of Thomas is James Wilson Dickey, b. August 31, 1848. Between parents is Hannah Dickey, b. February 2, 1845. Standing boy is David Dickey, b. November 5, 1842. First row extreme right is Jane Patterson Dickey, b. November 3, 1840. Left to right in back row: Mary Jackson Dickey, b. September 8, 1843; Harriet Dilworth Dickey, b. October 30, 1838; Rebecca Wilson Dickey, b. November 19, 1832; Ann Maffitt Dickey, b. March 16, 1830, named for her grandmother, Ann Maffitt, wife of David Dickey; and Letitia Strawbridge Dickey, b. January 22, 1837.
