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Collection
Ephemera Collection: Business & Industry
Object ID
2015.016.1
Collection
Ephemera Collection: Business & Industry
Description
6 items advertising various businesses:
a. Appel Jeweler memo book: Two metal pieces with 2 paper 'pages' between them. A corner grommet keeps book together and by swiveling, pages are revealed. (Penciled notes appear on 3 sides.) Top cover has raised floral corner designs on 2 corners with engraved: "Compliments of/ Appel Jeweler/ Lanc. PA./ ? 1901"
b..Raub Supply Co. pencil: Painted yellow with red at one end. In red letters: "Quality Service for 52 years;" in center, in green letters: "Raub Supply Co./ Distributors/ Plumber, Tinners, Heating,/ Electrical & Industrial Supplies/ Lancaster, PA Williamsport, PA/ Harrisburg, PA Winchester, VA."
c. Edith Stubb's Dress Shop "Handy-Mender Needle & Thread Case." Opens like a matchbook to reveal a stapled cardboard piece with threads of white,brown, black and apricot wrapped around it. One side of cover shows exotic birds and flowers in red and blue. On the other side: "Edith M./ Stubbs/ Dresses, Coats/ Cosmetics and/ Hosiery/ 136 N. Duke St./ Lancaster, Pa./ PHONE 2-2169."
d. Coble's Tire Service Air Gauge Key Case (Box, Blue plastic guage and envelope containing pin, washer and screws for attaching keys to case along with directions..
e. Coble's Tire Service pencil, shaped like a long painted silver nail. In blue letters on pencil: "Seiberling Tires/ When you pick up a nail/ Dial 6284 Coble's Tire Service/ Lancaster, PA."
f.: "Edith M. Stubbs/Lancaster, PA" stitched in white on black satiny ribbon garment label.Two labels on once piece.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Container
Box 0231: Business & Industry
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Ephemera
Dimension Details
a.: Appel booklet is 3.75 inches x 2.25 inches
b.: Raub pencil is 7 inches long with diameter of .375 inch
c.: Stubbs kite is 1.5 inches wide x 2 inches long
d. Air gauge key case box is 2.75 inches wide x 1.375 inches long x .5 inches high
e. Nail pencil is 7 inches long. Nail cap has .625-inch diameter
f. Edith M. Stubbs garment label is 5.875 inches wide and 1.5 inches long
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2018-08-08
Condition Notes
a.:Appel booklet, Good
b.: Raub Pencil, Good. Some marks. Not sharpened
c.: Stubbs mender, Good.
d: Air gauge key case, Good.
e. Sieberling Tire nail pencil, Good. Pencil is sharpened.
f. Edith Stubbs label, Good. 4 puncture marks at one end, Rust marks and some staining.
Object ID
2015.016.1
Credit
Gift of Roberta Spiese Frey, In Memory of her Grandparents
Accession Number
2015.016
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Object ID
2006.011
Date Range
2005
Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Description
Collection of objects related to the Lancaster Barnstormer's first season.
-Closet Lamp
-Commemorative tickets for opening night
-Ticket, May 11, 2005
-Box, "Rally Roni"
-Plastic Tub, "Cylo", Lancaster Barnstormers
Date Range
2005
Year Range From
2005
Year Range To
2005
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum North
Storage Wall
East Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 07
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Ephemera
Condition
Good
Object ID
2006.011
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