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Collection
History Collection
Object ID
HC95.36.01
Date Range
c. 1935
Collection
History Collection
Description
Duck decoy of carved wood, head joined to body with slight angle to duck's right; crudely painted body is white, black, and deep mahogany. Glass eyes.
Remnants of metal tag with nails attached on bottom.
Note: Donor states decoy was made by J
Provenance
9/07/2012 - Transferred from HC Collections; 12/28/95 - from Mr. & Mrs. Lamar Libhart 4016 Green Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Date Range
c. 1935
Made By
Libhart, John M., 1899-1972
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Decoy, Waterfowl
Dimension Details
Height: 8 1/2; Width: 6"; Length: 15 1/4"; Depth; Diameter:
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Paint cracked overall; body cracked and chipped, especially on bottom; nail holes on bottom; moderate soiling and overall wear
Object ID
HC95.36.01
Place of Origin
Lancaster County
Accession Number
2012.999
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Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Object ID
RWG-01-12-11
Date Range
1939
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Description
Chengtu: Inside courtyard of dormitory occupied by faculty of Central Univeristy Medical and Dental Schools cooperating with West China Union University, after bomb had struck tree twenty feet from tower. Building in the heart of British and American owned univeristy campus.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-129 The Rebecca W. Greist Collection
Date Range
1939
Creator
Fenn, William Purviance
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Place
China
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.75 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
RWG-01-12-11
Images
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Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Object ID
RWG-01-12-12
Date Range
1939
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Description
Chengtu: Scene on campus of West China Union University, where bomb struck a tree and demolished part of a facutly dormitory. The forece of the bomb wrecked classrooms of the Univeristy of nanking just beyond the dormitory and broke hundres of windows in the nwly erected Union Hospital seen to the right.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-129 The Rebecca W. Greist Collection
Date Range
1939
Creator
Fenn, William Purviance
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Place
China
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.75 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
RWG-01-12-12
Images
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Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Object ID
RWG-01-12-13
Date Range
1939
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Description
Chengtu: The tree which was struck by a bomb, showing the corner of the dormitory which was demolished as a result, Wet China Union Univeristy Campus.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-129 The Rebecca W. Greist Collection
Date Range
1939
Creator
Fenn, William Purviance
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Place
China
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.75 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
RWG-01-12-13
Images
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Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Object ID
RWG-01-12-14
Date Range
1939
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Description
Chengtu: Destruction done to classrooms of the University of Nanking by bomb which struck a tree fifty yards to the left.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-129 The Rebecca W. Greist Collection
Date Range
1939
Creator
Fenn, William Purviance
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Place
China
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.75 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
RWG-01-12-14
Images
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Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Object ID
RWG-01-12-15
Date Range
1939
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Description
Chengtu: Medical School of West China Union University, showing windows and doors blown out by bomb during raid of June 11, 1939.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-129 The Rebecca W. Greist Collection
Date Range
1939
Creator
Fenn, William Purviance
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Place
China
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.75 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
RWG-01-12-15
Images
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Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Object ID
RWG-01-12-16
Date Range
1939
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Description
Chengtu: Home of Dr. and Mrs. Chen, who, with their family of five adults and five children narrowly escaped death when a bomb struck the river bank just to the right of the picture. Dr. Chen is president of the Univeristy of Nanking, an American mission institution now refugeeing in Chengtu.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-129 The Rebecca W. Greist Collection
Date Range
1939
Creator
Fenn, William Purviance
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Place
China
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.75 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
RWG-01-12-16
Images
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Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Object ID
RWG-01-12-17
Date Range
1939
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Rebecca Walton Griest Photograph Collection
Description
Chengtu: Remains of house occupied by Miss hu, instructor in West China Union University, and her mother. Bomb landed on river bank ten yards away. One Cheeloo Univeristy girl student killed while running from this building; another seriously injured. Home of Dr. and Mrs. Liljestrand of American Methodist Mission, also badly damaged, in background. Mrs. Liljestrand wounded by flying glass.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-129 The Rebecca W. Greist Collection
Date Range
1939
Creator
Fenn, William Purviance
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Need to Pick Sub-Category
Place
China
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 4.75 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
RWG-01-12-17
Images
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