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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Pa 79th Reunion Ribbon, 1905
Object ID
2007.004.1
Date Range
September 12, 1905
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Pa 79th Reunion Ribbon, 1905
Description
Red, white and blue ribbon with a button in the center of the ribbon and an acorn pictured on the button, "Reunion / 79th Regiment / PVV / Lancaster / Penn / September 12, 1905" Attached to bar/pin.
Stamped onto top of folded over portion of ribbon: "Whitehead & Hoag Co./ Newark, New Jersey"
Paper label with addition details glued to ribbon back.
Date Range
September 12, 1905
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0525
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ribbon, Commemorative
Height (in)
6.5
Width (in)
3
Condition Notes
stained, creased
Object ID
2007.004.1
Accession Number
2007.004
Images
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Pa 79th Reunion Ribbon, 1903
Object ID
2007.004.2
Date Range
September 24, 1903
  1 image  
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Pa 79th Reunion Ribbon, 1903
Description
Red, white, and blue ribbons with silver text, "Re-Union 79th / Sept. 24th, 1903 / Regt. Pa Vet. Vols." Ribbons hang from a button with picture of a "U.S." canteen and text, "We drank from the same canteen"
Behind the button: "Reading/ Ribbon Badge Co./ S.E. Cor./ 11th & Spruce St./ Reading, PA.
Date Range
September 24, 1903
Year Range From
1903
Year Range To
1903
Made By
Reading Ribbon and Badge Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0525
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ribbon, Commemorative
Height (in)
5
Width (in)
1.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-09-18
Object ID
2007.004.2
Accession Number
2007.004
Images
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Pa 79th Reunion Ribbon
Object ID
2007.004.4
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Pa 79th Reunion Ribbon
Description
Ribbon, Gold text on blue cloth with gold braid trim and acorn ornament, "Reunion 79th Regiment, P.V.V."
On reverse, top folded over from front, hand-stitched and a pin pinned onto paper at top. Hand-stitching at bottom to attach dangling gold acorn.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0525
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ribbon, Commemorative
Length (cm)
19.05
Length (ft)
0.625
Length (in)
7.5
Width (cm)
5.715
Width (ft)
0.1875
Width (in)
2.25
Dimension Details
Length of ribbon is 6 inches. 7.5 includes that dangling gold acorn.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-09-18
Condition Notes
Fibers separating.
Object ID
2007.004.4
Notes
The 79th Regiment of Pa Volunteers recruited from Lancaster County and this regiment was active in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Accession Number
2007.004
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Object ID
2013.015.2
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Description
"In Memorium wm. Starr. Post, No. 78, Dept. Penna, Grand Army of the Republic"
Black with silver decoration. The GAR was founded for civil war vets and became a very large and politically influential organization.
Made By
Torsch Bros. Manufacturers Badges
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Container
Personal Effects Box
Subcategory
Adornment
Object Name
Ribbon, Commemorative
Length (in)
9
Width (in)
2.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2013-11-25
Object ID
2013.015.2
Place of Origin
Baltimore, Maryland
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2013.015
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Commemorative bronze medal
Object ID
2009.019
Date Range
1989
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Title
Commemorative bronze medal
Description
Double-sided bronze medal struck to commemorate bicentennial of James Buchanan's birth as well as honoring Winfield Scott Stoner. Both were R.W. Grand Masters of Masons.
Obverse is inscribed: "Pennsylvania's only United States President James Buchanan" around a raised image of Buchanan's bust in full profile. It notes he was "Worshipful Master - Lodge No. 43 - District Deputy Grand Master. Reverse has: "Winfield Scott Stoner 1990-1991" and "R.W. Grand Master of Masons - Pennsylvania" At center are Masonic symbols of a sun within a triangle/pyramid.
Inscribed on edge is "copyright Medallic Art Co., Danbury, CT. - Bronze."
Date Range
1989
Made By
Medallic Art Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Bronze
Depth (in)
0.25
Diameter (in)
3
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-03-17
Condition Notes
Minor nicks on edge, both sides. Two small areas of whitish substance on edge above "SCOTT".
Object ID
2009.019
Notes
Stoner was the 100th Right Worshipful Grand Master, 1990-1991. He lived in Lancaster, worked as a CPA and was born July 15, 1939 and died March 1, 2006.
Place of Origin
Danbury, Connecticut
Accession Number
2009.019
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Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Object ID
1933.020.3
Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Description
Liberty Bell pendant medallion with Independence Hall on the back. Outline of bell has contoured image of Liberty Bell with inscription, crack and clapper. Inscription at top reads "OF LEV XXV&X PROCLAIM / IN PHILDA. BY ORDER OF TH--" and below this is "PASS AND STOW / PHILADA. / MDCCLIII."
Back is flat with a raised image of Independence Hall. Extended tab at top has hole with two linked wire rings for hanging.
Year Range From
1876
Year Range To
1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 18
Storage Container
Box 1001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Brass
Height (in)
2.25
Width (in)
1.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-02-26
Condition Notes
Expected dark patina from oxidation and handling. Some wear to raised letters.
Object ID
1933.020.3
Accession Number
1933.020
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Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Title
Postlewaite's 1729
Object ID
1979.006.2
Date Range
1729
Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Title
Postlewaite's 1729
Description
Commemorative badge for Postlethwaite's Tavern, "Postlethwaite's 1729"
1.25-inch diameter button featuring a stucture: "Postlethwaite's 1729." Decorative gold-colored metal frame clamped onto center button.Made by Mason Costume Co., Lancaster, PA
Date Range
1729
Year Range From
1729
Year Range To
1729
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Taverns
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Metal, Tin
Diameter (in)
1.75
Condition
Good
Object ID
1979.006.2
Accession Number
1979.006
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Object ID
2003.143
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Description
Commemorative medal,
Face: decorated with image of red and blue, "The Penna Division L.A.W."
Reverse: maker's mark on reverse, "O'Hara Dial Co., Waltham, Mass."
Face screws into base.
League of American Wheelmen, for bicycle riders
Year Range From
1890
Year Range To
1926
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Bronze
Depth (in)
0.125
Diameter (in)
0.625
Condition
Good
Object ID
2003.143
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Object ID
1909.004
Date Range
1909
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Description
Commemorative Medal
Face: "With Malice Toward None, With Charity for All / 1809, 1909"
Reverse: "This Medal was Struck for the Grand Army of the Republic in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln"
Provenance
Gift is noted in minutes of Journal, 7 Dec. 1909.
Date Range
1909
Year Range From
1909
Year Range To
1909
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
People
Lincoln, Abraham
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Grand Army of the Republic
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Metal, Bronze
Depth (in)
0.25
Diameter (in)
3
Condition
Good
Object ID
1909.004
Accession Number
1909.004
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Object ID
2003.119
Date Range
1989
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Description
Commemorative Medal
Face: "BPOE" image of animal and clock with Roman numerals
Reverse: "B.P.O.E. 134, Lancaster, PA, Chartered August 1, 1889, 10th Anniversary, (1889 - 1989)
Date Range
1989
Year Range From
1989
Year Range To
1989
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Copper
Depth (in)
0.25
Diameter (in)
1.5
Condition
Good
Object ID
2003.119
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