In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley , v.26 (2 vols)
Includes index.
Summary
Transcription of the diary of Adamstown resident, Ida Stohler Trostle (1874-1967). The diary was written during the years that Ida's husband Lewis Trostle was the proprietor of Adamstown's "Lancaster County House"; it illustrates the day-to-day interaction of Ida with her family, friends and church community. The diary is footnoted and indexed.
Left was liquor store, right was Dr. Shear's office, pharmacy and soda fountain. 601 - 605 Manor Street at Dorwart Street. Later Luckee's Elbow Room.
Provenance
Photo album entitled "My Cabbage Hill" compiled by Francis X. Schaller, Jr., of photos of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster. Photographs were taken in 2008, but Mr. Schaller's memories of the neighborhood from 1935 to 1948, from the age of 5 to the age of 18, are included. Mr. Schaller is an Armstrong retiree and grew up in the Cabbage Hill neighborhood.
Textiles in America, 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchant's papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth
xviii, 412 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Notes
"A Winterthur/Barra book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-412).
Contents
Furnishing practices in England and America -- Bed hangings -- Window curtains -- Upholstery -- Textiles for the period room in America -- Dictionary: Introduction to the dictionary; The entries; The plates.
Summary
The most-imported commodity, and a highly valued one, textiles were used for bedding, bed curtains, clothing, household linens, window curtains, upholstery, and floor covering. This book illustrates samples from collections around the world, as well as drawings and engravings of the time. Its dictionary-style entries depict the myriad household uses for textiles in the period. --from publisher description
