Dark Brown Leather, Tan Suede, Stitched Seat. Red, Blue, Green, and Cream Woven Girth. Quilted Padding Underneath. Tulip Motif Painted on Saddle in Red, Green and Brown. Maker's Mark - 'H. Pinkerton, Maker, Lancaster'
Marble Fragment from Original Tomb of James Buchanan
Description
Fragment from James Buchanan's tomb in Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, PA. Rectangular base with relief carving of three oak leaves on one short branch with an acorn on top. White marble. On back: paper with handwritten ink: 'a piece of waste marble from (the?) Tomb of Hon. James Buchanan.
Provenance
Found by donor at gravesite. From original tombstone. Gift of Jim McMullin per Pat Clarke 4/5/2023
St. James Episcopal Church, organized 1744. Present structure begun 1820, enlarged in 1870s and 1880s. Photo used as frontispiece, Klein and Diller, History of St. James. Corner of East Orange and North Duke Streets.
An outing at Old Poggy Creek, southeast Lancaster in the 1940's. Far right may be Richard Simms, later policeman. Center row in white trunks may be Mel Stewart of Green Street.
Eagle Parachute Corporation Annual Banquet held at Arcadia Hall, Lancaster,1943. Identified at the head table are, left to right : ?, Rev. Harvey Swanson, Robert E. Knoll, C. J. Follmer, James Van Buskirk and Arthur Lamparter.
Herbert W. Krone, New Era Editor, on the occasion of his completion of 25 years of service, October 15, 1940. He is being presented with a portable radio set by Messrs. Steinman.
