Copper alloy coin with two sides, each having raised lettering and image and background coated with dark antiquing. One side has at center, "BOWMANSVILLE / SESQUI-CENTENNIAL / CELEBRATION / 1820-1970." At top is "OFFICIAL SOUVENIR COIN" and at bottom is "BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP / LANCASTER COUNTY, PA." Opposite side has central scene of 2-story, 4-bay house with sign above door. Trees at left and right with large cloud behind. At top is "BOWMANSVILLE / Sesqui-Centennial" and at bottom is "1820 - 1970 / AUGUST 14, 15, 16, 1970."
Five identical wooden disks printed both sides, each with a different color - red, blue, green, brown or black. One side has head of Native American brave in profile with "WOODEN NICKEL" above, all within a circle. Opposite side reads: "A Souvenir of / BOWMANSVILLE / SESQUI - CENTENNIAL / August - 14 15 16 / 1820-1970 / Brecknock Township / Lancaster County, Pa."
1913 Calendar for J.N. Olweiler, featuring model Leonora
Description
Genuine Colored Photogravure 1913 calendar used as advertizing for J. N. Olweiler "Clothing and Gents Furnishings" Elizabethtown, PA - with a head and shoulders portrait of a young woman in dark red velvet dress & large dark red hat with feathers. Her picture is copyrighted: "J.A. 1910" (James Arthur). A loop of cording through two punched holes at the top for hanging.
6" x 3.5" calendar is at center bottom beneath oval picture of woman. Pages for January through April have been torn off. May through December remain.
Label on the back lists the title of this calendar: "Leonora," from the original by artist James Arthur.
Card with attached silk bag, "Birthday Social of the Ladies Aid Society, Rawlinsville, Pa / May 20th 1924" Handrwitten at bottom, "E. Clayre Winters / Holtwood / RND# 2 PA"
