Wooden stocking shared forms .5" deep, to hang child's stockings to dry. 1" from the top and in the center, a .25" hole has been placed so a string can be attached for hanging the form while stocking dries.
Pressed glass with a bluish tint on the bottom. Seam visible on both sides of jar. Words"Whitney Patd 1858" create a circle around the word "Mason." Multiplw areas show where there are bubble in the glass.
Lid is charcoal gray and light gray underneath. 4 rings are visible on the underside with the letter H in the center of the smallest ring. "Boyd's genuine porcelain lined 6 cap" words around outermost ring.
Handmade rectangular grater crudely fashioned with tinned sheet iron and having 14 staggered slits of 1.25" width and raised edges for cutting. All four edges are folded to back, but the two long sides are rolled over wire to stiffen length of tool.
Crudely fashioned tin tool has wear and imperfections at blades and back corners. Abrasions and corrosion scattered overall. Peeling paint or corrosion.
Yellow ribbon pinned behind a gold-colored metal pin as if hanging behind a relief curtain rod and valance. In black letters on ribbon: "BUSINESS/ MEN'S/ CLUB/ - / McKINLEY/ AND/ ROOSEVELT./ -/ 1900."
Paper sticker on back of ribbon: "Erisman,/ Badges, Banners, Flags/ Lodge Supplies/ Manufacturer's Agent,/ Lancaster, Pa."
Small hardened steel padlock with set of 2 keys. Keys are marked, "Reese Padlock Co. Lancaster, PA USA" Body of padlock marked "REESE" and "U" arm marked "HARDENED" and "AMERICAN MADE".
Chalkware/ Plaster-of-paris statue of Robert Fulton sitting in chair holding a model of a boat.
--Was on loan to the Lancaster Heritage Center - 1997
This statue is a copy of the life-sized statue of Fulton by Howard Roberts that sits in the U.S. Capitol Building.
Innovations in boat technology made shipping on rivers and canals faster and more cost-effective than traditional ground transportation. In 1807, Lancaster County native Robert Fulton buil the first steamboat, Clermont, which greatly increased the speed of boats on rivers and canals.
Glass jar with gold-colored metal lid. Paper label reads, "Lancaster county / Pure / Apple Butter / Prepared from Evaporated Apples / with added Spices / H. Kellogg & Sons / DISTRIBUTORS / Philadelphia, Pa."
One of a series of "Annual Community Fair" ribbons from 1937 and 1938 for Millersville, Manor Twp., West Lampeter, and Columbia. This yellow ribbon is a 'third premium' ribbon" with information printed in gold letters and an ornate gold border at the bottom.. The top 1/2-inch is folded over with a stiff paper label on the back, "Erisman/Lancaster, Pa.', attached by a grommet with a yellow string through it.
One of a series of community fair ribbons from 1937 and 1938 for Millersville, Manor Twp., West Lampeter, and Columbia.
This blue ribbon is a 'first premium' ribbon" with information printed in gold letters. The gold seat of "Vocational Agriculture FFA" appears in the center with "West/ Lampeter/ Community/ Fair/ Lampeter/ Pennsylvania" below it.
The top corners are folded over to form a peak.A stiff paper label on the back with spaces to fill in exhibit, class, name and judge is attached by a grommet with a blue string through it.
