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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-07-56
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Counterfeit cigar stamps printed in Lancaster
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Cigars
Tobacco
Counterfeiting
Object Name
Negative
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
1-10-07-56
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1969.006
Date Range
1883-1898
Collection
General Collection
Description
Framed cigar tax stamps circa 1898. Blue paper with black engraved design. Top stamp is a counterfeit (1898). Bottom is believed to be authentic stamp circa 1883 and is marked "Engraved and Printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing"
Made famous in the Jacobs - Kendig counterfeiting case.
Date Range
1883-1898
Year Range From
1883
Year Range To
1898
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 08
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
People
Jacobs, William M.
Kendig, William L.
Subcategory
Exchange Medium
Search Terms
Counterfeiters
Counterfeiting
Object Name
Stamp, Tax
Material
Paper
Height (in)
5.75
Length (in)
15.25
Depth (in)
0.5
Object ID
1969.006
Accession Number
1969.006
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-13-06-02
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Naturalization petition of Jacob Dickert of Lancaster County filed September 24, 1765.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Dickert, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Documents
Naturalization papers
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
2008-02-13
Object ID
2-13-06-02
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-14-06-39
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Petition to the Courts of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions from citizens of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, to have a new road laid out so that they may get to their post office without having to pay a turnpike toll.
The original of this document is in Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, MG-268, Series 2, Box 3, Folder 46.
Provenance
From the Slaymaker Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Court records
Negatives
Petitions
Quarter Sessions
Roads
Salisbury Twp.
Tolls
Turnpikes
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-14-06-39
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-14-06-41
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Petition of citizens of Salisbury Township to build a church and school on a lot on Newport Road presented by Amos Slaymaker.
Provenance
From the Slaymaker Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Slaymaker, Amos
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Churches
Negatives
Newport Road
Petitions
Salisbury Twp.
Schools
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-14-06-41
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Collection
General Collection
Title
1st Communion Certificate
Object ID
2000.001
Date Range
June 1916
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Collection
General Collection
Title
1st Communion Certificate
Description
Half-tone print, "Remembrance of the First Holy Communion" of "John Tragesser / Holy Trinity Church, Columbia, Pa , 11 June 1916." Signed in ink by the pastor (faded and unable to read).
Picture of Jesus Christ holding a glowing circular medallion with a cross and IHS. Distributed by "The Diederich-Schaefer Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (No. 2022); and "Printed in Germany."
gift of Gary Baer
Date Range
June 1916
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1916
Made By
Diederich-Schaefer Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0037
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Holy Trinity Church
Churches
Communions
Object Name
Certificate, First Communion
Material
Paper, Wood
Height (in)
20.75
Width (in)
14.5
Depth (in)
0.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-04-10
Condition Notes
Some small spots and browned along outer edges.
Object ID
2000.001
Place of Origin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Accession Number
2000.001
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.079.3
Date Range
April 23, 1960
Collection
General Collection
Description
Commemorative plate, Masonic Lodge #43, Lancaster, PA April 23, 1960. Blue transfer printed image of the first Masonic Lodge Hall on E. King Street.
Date Range
April 23, 1960
Year Range From
1960
Year Range To
1960
Made By
Homer Laughlin
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 10
Storage Shelf
Shelf 8
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Plates
Freemasons
Freemasonry
Object Name
Plate, Commemorative
Material
Clay
Height (in)
0.5
Diameter (in)
10
Object ID
2002.079.3
Place of Origin
USA
Accession Number
2002.079
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.085
Date Range
June 3, 1972
Collection
General Collection
Description
Commemorative Plate for the 52nd Annual Lancaster County Firemen's Convention, June 3, 1972, Ephrata, PA.
Date Range
June 3, 1972
Year Range From
1972
Year Range To
1972
Made By
Mount Clemens Pottery
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 10
Storage Shelf
Shelf 8
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Fires
Object Name
Plate, Commemorative
Material
Clay
Diameter (in)
10.25
Object ID
2002.085
Accession Number
2002.085
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- View of the Susquehanna River from Chickies Rock.
Object ID
1-04-01-65
Date Range
December 26, 1955
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- View of the Susquehanna River from Chickies Rock.
Description
View of the Susquehanna River from Chickies Rock.
Date Range
December 26, 1955
Creator
Heisey, Martin Luther
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Chickies Rock
Place
East Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 3.5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-04-01-65
Notes
Two copies
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Last train over the Quarryvile branch of the Narrow Gauge Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway which ran in southern Lancaster County. Photo taken at the Quarryville Railroad Station. Railway also called the Little, Old and Slow.
Object ID
1-04-01-67
Date Range
1914
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Last train over the Quarryvile branch of the Narrow Gauge Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway which ran in southern Lancaster County. Photo taken at the Quarryville Railroad Station. Railway also called the Little, Old and Slow.
Description
Last train over the Quarryvile branch of the Narrow Gauge Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway which ran in southern Lancaster County. Photo taken at the Quarryville Railroad Station. Railway also called the Little, Old and Slow.
Date Range
1914
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Locomotives
Trains
Transportation
Place
Quarryville
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-04-01-67
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