Large iron box lock from Conestoga Cotton Mill #3 gate. Very long rectangular box has four screw holes for securing to gate and two very small butt hinges attached with screws to back edge. A projecting hollow key escutcheon is riveted to front of box about 5" from one end. Key would be inserted into lock through escutcheon.
In addition, there is an iron latch plate with L-shaped projection mounted onto face of plate, for receiving a lift latch bar. It has five screw holes for mounting on gate.
Depth or thickness is box lock only. Overall thickness including projecting handle holder is 3".
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2014-10-07
Condition Notes
Expected strong weathering, resulting in surface pitting, rust, white paint residue and 3 significant cracks branching out from one screw hole near latch holder. Latch plate is extremely worn with apparent missing sections. L-shaped projection has lost its original surface due to grinding. Interior of box lock also ground away in sections.
1939 Lancaster Bar Association Photo Membership Plaque
Description
Sheet of 1.75 x 1.25 inch black and white portraits of members of the 1939 Lancaster Bar Association mounted on a wooden plaque. Photos begin upper left with J.W. B. Bausman, 1877, and end R.M. Barley, 1939 in lower right corner. Of the 98, two are women: A.E. Mumma, 1925; and S. H. Worthheimer, 1927.
Baseball with "1931" written on. White leather (now browned from dirt and age) with red and blue stitching. Three signatures on ball, "Dick Siebert," "Al Simmons," and "Cy Perkins." Also a faded blue manufacturer's stamp.
Before the Lincoln Memorial was constructed, the nation memorialized Abraham Lincoln with the Lincoln Highway, which now stretches across Lancaster County as Route 462. Inspired by the Good Roads Movement, the Lincoln Highway was formally dedicated Oct. 31, 1913. The Lincoln Highway became affectionately know as "The Main Street Across America."
Stevens High School Pennant. Maroon and gray felt pennant. Maroon "SHS 1919" machine-sitiched onto gray background along the length of the pennant. 4 gray tie strips attached to top and bottom on vertical edge. Top strips tied in bow.
Black banner with [formerly] white border advertising or commemorating or celebrating some event (MID) taking place between Steven's High School (SHS) and Lancaster High School (LHS).
"SHS MID LHS" in a large pennant dead center, alternating black and white background and inverse lettering. akorn
Mid-year class banner for Lancaster High Schools: Stevens High School and Lancaster High School.
Black and white felt standard/black background with 2-inch border (mitered corners). White "1931" (11-inch high numerals). Central keystone (22" h x 21" at widest). Inside keystone: "SHS" (white); "MID" (black); "LHS" (white).
No rod pocket or anything on back for hanging this.
Black and white felt pennant with emblem outlined in white containing a white diamond with 'LHS" in it. '19' is above and '3'3' is below. "Lancaster" appears on the length of the pennant with letter sizes becoming smaller to fit the tapering shape.
Date Range
1933
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 18
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0248
Object Name
Pennant
Material
Felt
Dimension Details
Triangular shape: tapers from 14 inches to 0 along 33.5 inches
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2023-11-20
Condition Notes
Moth holes throughout including along upper and lowe edges. Tip is ragged and almost severed.
Red fabric banner with folded-over open slots at both top and bottom edges. 3 evenly-spaced inch-wide slots at top for fabric ties. All machine stitching is in white thread. Large white letters W, P and A are stitched on an angle from upper left to lower right. A white '2" is stitched in the lower left corner.
The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal program created by President Roosevelt in 1935 to employ millions of Americans in public works projects and arts programs.
Date Range
Circa 1935
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0249
Object Name
Banner
Length (cm)
57.15
Length (ft)
1.875
Length (in)
22.5
Width (cm)
43.4975
Width (ft)
1.4270833333
Width (in)
17.125
Dimension Details
Slots for three ties at top. One empty, one partial tie on left and in middle is a full 17.5-inch-long tie.
