Garfield and Arthur presidential pennant. Blue border with white stars. "Garfield and Arthur" in red with white background. Paint on cotton fabric. Tapered shape with one end in 2 points, like a bird tail. 1-sided.
Portfolio of medium brown leather, book form opening to inside with two expandable side pouches for holding papers. Interior is lined with a very dark brown leather. Front and back covers decorated with foliate designs witin lined borders created with wire stitching over a filler of heavy paper or leather. Designs are further embellished with tooled lines throughout. Top and bottom edges of folio are stitched.
Porfolio was owned and used by Blanche Nevin (1841-1925), Lancaster poet and sculptor.
Generally sound condition with considerable wear with some losses of decoration, ink stains scattered mostly on back and leather worn with some breaking at edges and fold. Darkened areas from handling.
Object ID
2014.020
Credit
Gift of Sarah Nevin Schindler, Collection of LancasterHistory.org
White ribbon. In center in black is a profile of James A. Garfield on left and a front facial image of Chester A. Arthur. Above these images is "Garfield/ and/ Arthur." Below is: "Veterans,/ -of-/ Columbia, PA." and in smaller print: "With malice toward none, with/ charity for all, with firmness in the/ right, let us finish the work we are in./ Abraham Lincoln."
Wooden cigar mold box for making cigar "crooks." From the factory of Albert Hunsberger Loose (1869-1905) in Clay Twp. Open, 3-sided box with pegged construction consist of a base with 2 shallow curved grooves for the mold surrounded by three sides and a corresponding, unattached lid.
Heat sensitive fire alarm invented by Anthony Iske (1831-1920). Patented by Iske on Aug. 19,1890.
Inside the wooden case, on alarm mechanism/movement, printed in black ink: "J.A. Neiss, Sr." There is also the key to wind the alarm, loose on the floor of the holder.
Anthony Iske was born in France and immigrated to the U.S. in 1847. He moved to Lancaster in 1853 and became an American citizen in 1858. Along with his son, Albert, he held over 200 patents. Most notable of his inventions was the first meat-slicing machine, a model of which is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.
The Heat Motor was designed to turn the energy held by heated water into rotational movement. Heating the water in the trough would cause the air in the submerged cylinders to rise. As the engine began to turn, the cylinders would rise above the water, the air inside would cool, and the cylinders would fall on the opposing side, adding to the circular motion of the engine.
medallion for marksmanship(?). Gold circle with two gold rifles intersecting in X behind blue and yellow target in medal's center. Reads: "Penna. State Champion / 1924 / Class B" awarded to John E. Schroll
Tapered mahogany wooden cane with smooth dark finish. One and three quarter inch long golden brass cap/band at top of cane is engraved with a man's profile, President G. Cleveland, on top. 2.125 inch wide brass ferrule on bottom above .75 inch steel tip.
On side written longitudinally: Carried and presented to the L.C.H.S. by George W. Hensel, Jr. 1943.
Engraved horizontally: From Grover Cleveland to W.U. Hensel Easter Time 1893.
Engraving from Hensel to LCHS was a later engraving.
