3/4 profile bust portrait of woman with round face and high bun. Amulet clasp on front neck of dress depicts another bust of another woman (outline visible). Puff sleeves in fabric with a sheen. 6 buttons visible on front of bodice.
Back (in pencil): "My mother Emma Goodman Hayes" The mother of Rev. Paul G. Hayes (1890-1988), Emma Amelia (Goodman) Hayes, (1857-1919 ) was the wife of Zachariah Hayes (1849-1901).
3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of man facing viewer. He is wearing a dark jacket with wide lapels with trimmed edges; a white shirt with stand-up collar and a bow tie.
Back: "Jacob Gruel / Confectioner / N. Queen St near Chestnut / for 60 years / at N. N. Queen St. entrance to / the Colonial Theater / grandparents of Mrs. Edgar Fahs Smith / provost of U. of P."
Written on back:" 576-P" and number "18."
Note: Jacob J. Gruel (1809-1882) married Jacobina Swartz (1811-1892).
3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of woman wearing amulet clasp at center of neckline with white collar. Four buttons are visible down front of her bodice. Her hair is parted in the center. There appear to be ribbon/folds over her left ear with hint of fabric on top of her head and along right side like a bonnet or hair-covering on back of her head. She is looking left, eyes skyward. Back: "Mrs. Jacobina Gruel" written cursively in pencil on back.
Drawing, attached to cardboard, is brown overall. Lighter border from frame that has been removed.
(Note: Jacob J. Gruel (1809-1882) married Jacobina Swartz (1811-1892)
Kauffman Wing, Lancaster County Historical Society
Description
Pencil drawing of the Kauffman Wing of The Lancaster County Historical Society. The drawing is beneath a white mat with a 6 x 9.5 opening. Drawn by Michael Abel in 1999.
Ink political cartoon by Lancaster Intelligencer Journal cartoonist, Jim Kinter, given to Ben Weaver: "To Ben Weaver/ with best wishes./ Jim Kinter." A dinosaur labeled LANCO GOP resentfully pulls a wood platform holding Ben Weaver who hits the dinosaur with a club and K.L. Shirk who prods the dinosaur with a stick. "BARRY" (Goldwater, 1964 Republican Party Presidential) is carved onto the slow-rolling wheel. Both "BEN WEAVER" and "SHIRK" are identified in the cartoon. "KINTER" appears in the lower left corner.
Provenance
Kenelm L. Shirk, Jr. was Lancaster County GOP chairman from 1964 to 1971.
Caricature in pastel and ink of left facing profile of a man with dark hair,dark eyebrows and dark eyes. He's wearing a green tie. "BRUCE" is printed in upper left corner. "ZAGA" is printed in lower left.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Storage Container
Box 0523
Object Name
Drawing
Oither Names
Caricature
Height (cm)
35.56
Height (ft)
1.1666666667
Height (in)
14
Width (cm)
27.94
Width (ft)
0.9166666667
Width (in)
11
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-01-12
Condition Notes
Tears on both sides ( 3 inches on right; 1.5 inches on left) at horizontal fold in center. Mark and puncture where tack was inserted.
Left-facing young man (head and shoulders) drawn in pastels. The subject has dark hair parted on the left, and brown eyes. He's wearing a suit jacket. His shirt collar is striped with red and his necktie is striped red and black.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Storage Container
Box 0523
Object Name
Drawing
Oither Names
Pastel
Height (cm)
45.72
Height (ft)
1.5
Height (in)
18
Width (cm)
30.48
Width (ft)
1
Width (in)
12
Condition
Fair to Poor
Condition Date
2023-06-12
Condition Notes
Chunk of upper right side of paper is missing. Two other pieces on lower right. A 6.5-inch diagonal tear from lower right edge across boy's should ending beside his chin. Part of his tie is gone and there a 3+-inch tear along a horizontal fold from the lower left edge. Other small tears along left edge and center top edge. A piece of Scotch tape extends from middle of bottom edge.
Pencil drawing of left-facing profile of a man ('Pop') with receding hairline. He is wearing a suit coat, dress shirt and tie. There is a large '12' in the upper left corner above the man's forehead. Below, in cursive, written in pencil: "Picture of pop drawn at party at Aunt Anna's on Dec. 27 1939 by Wayne Weaver. (Probably Wayne's father or grandfather.)
On the back a pencil drawing of a man with curly hair and wearing spectacles has been crossed out.
Portrait, charcoal with white highlights in her hair, of a girl wearing a white cap. Her long hair is combed back and ringlets are on her shoulders: two on her left; three on her right. Her front bodice is a vee of lace with delicate flowers. There is a ruffled collar at her neck.
On back, in black is: "P.30"
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0536
Object Name
Drawing
Oither Names
Portrait
Height (cm)
60.96
Height (ft)
2
Height (in)
24
Width (cm)
50.8
Width (ft)
1.6666666667
Width (in)
20
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-06-19
Condition Notes
One spot center top; a few black dots, left shoulder and bodice. Reverse shows a heavily browned band across the center with browned edges around the entrie piecce.
