Set of three keys to the Conestoga Cotton Mill. Keys have oblong, pivoting heads. Attached note reads, ""Second" only Conestoge (sic) Cotton #3 Mill Gate Key in Existence."
Small table mat with floral outline having 6 lobes or scallops and dense 3-D floral beadwork around perimeter. Clear round and tubular beads appear to have a paper substrate underneath. At center of beadwork is a circle of red velvet, 2.75" in diameter. Fringe of clear beadwork composed of strands of overlapping loops. Bottom is covered with a glazed light red fabric. Edges are finished with a white ribbon binding
Worn areas on red velvet, beadwork has heavy soil, dust and some candle wax drippings near one edge. Beaded fringe is detaching from edges. Binding ribbon is dark, soiled and very deteriorated with considerable loss above and some below.
Spring loaded metal frame for parachute made by Pennsylvania Scale Company and Eagle Parachute Company, Lancaster, PA . "This mechanism released a small chute which in turn released the mechanism in the main 'chute.
During WW II, The PA. Scale Company in Bareville, under a subcontract employed about 5 men to solder small pieces on the ends of this parachute opener. Eagle supplied the pieces and PA Scale Company did only the soldering. After this work was done, the openers were sent back to the North Queen factory for further assembly." (Written by George H. Harsh, Lititz, PA,)
Tray of Ivory Py-ra-lin, a celluloid material. Tray edge is molded into a .5in ridge. Ivory refers to the color of the material. Py-ra-lin was produced by EI du Pont de Nemours & Co, Inc Pyralin Department in Arlington, NJ, and was available in amber and tortoiseshell. The ivory color was also called "French ivory."
