One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This soup bowl has a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band with a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This soup bowl has a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band with a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This soup bowl has a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band with a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
A soup bowl that is part of the Parisian Pink china purchased by James Buchanan while serving as the U.S. Secretary of State from the French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
John Herr's Mill. In bygone days this scene was very common as farmers brought grain to the John Herr Mill in wagons pulled by horses. The grain wa shoisted to the upper floor by rope and pulley.
Amish market stand, possibly at Central Market, Lancaster. Farmer's Markets are found throughout the Amish area. This young Amish girl is "Tending Market" where produce from the farm is offered to the public at reasonable prices.
Pennsylvania Dutch Country. One of many Amish farmer's market stands in the Lancaster markets. Amish children sell many items of local produce throughout the growing season.
642 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster. Written on front: "Bertha Cochran on step at right." Written on back: "642 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pa. Bertha L. Cocharan on step and David Cochran at window 2nd floor. 640 - Mrs. John B. Bissinger and son, John B. Bissinger, Jr. Summer of 1910." Real photo postcard.
Written on front: "642 W. Chestnut St. Lancaster, home of David Cochran and John Bissinger. Bertha Cochran (Landis) sitting on chair (to the right)." Real photo postcard.
Wheatland, home of James Buchanan, Lancaster, Pa. Interior of master bedroom. Restored home of James Buchanan, Pennsylvania's only President. The Master Bedroom, like all the rooms in Wheatland is furnished with authentic pieces. The oriental silk dressing robe was a gift to Buchanan from the chinese Ambassador, over one hundred years ago.
Wheatland, Lancaster, Pa. The Harriet Lane Room. Buchanan was the nations's only bachelor President. His lovely niece, Harriet Lane, served as mistress of Wheatland.
Pennsylvania Dutch Country - An Amish family with their horse and buggy on a Sunday afternoon. A drive through the Amish country is like a trip backward through time, for here we find no modern methods. Living "By The Book," the Amish have retained the customs and beliefs of their ancestors. Family in an open horse and buggy.
The municipal building at Third and Locust Streets is located in the center of the business district. It houses the Borough Offices and Police Department
