Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock is kneeling at front and center.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock is making the first half of a sand mold. Sand molds must be made in two halves in order to separate them and remove the pattern.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock is pouring 1500 degree molten metal into the sand molds. Special knowledge of how to pour molds is extremely important.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock dumps his molds after solidification of the Aremtale. Time for solidification depands on the size of casting but usually is a matter of minutes.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock checks his castings - but he never makes mistakes!
Three magazine and bulletin excerpts about James Buchanan and Wheatland
Description
Three magazine and bulletin excerpts about James Buchanan and Wheatland:
Cover of the Lancaster Motorist Magazine with a picture of Wheatland and a caption under it that says, “Wheatland – the President James Buchanan Shrine in Lancaster”. Lancaster.
An article from the Internal Affairs Monthly Bulletin, vol. 29, no. 6 titled, “Homes of Presidents in Pennsylvania,” about James Buchanan’s Wheatland and the home of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife.
A bulletin from the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. It contains several images of the restored Wheatland, has captions explaining each image and an article on Wheatland. Lancaster. February 1937, June 1961, November 1970.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
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May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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MG-0096, Folder 058, Insert 03
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Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
