This collection contains records of the Wheatland Diner, including correspondence, advertising, menu, recipe cards, blueprints and documents for the sale of the property. Newspaper articles report the plan for and delivery of the diner ,fires, 1956 fatal accident, problems with teenage customers and the sale of the property.
BIBLIA Das ist: Die gantze heilige Schrifft Teutsch. : Vnnd ... Psalmen Dauids vnd geistlichen Liedern wie sie von D. Luther, Lobwasser vnd andern ... gestellet
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Five pages of Eby family genealogy 1714-1833 following the New Testament and one-half page 1730-1772 preceding the New Testament. Photocopies housed in separate envelope.
Three examples of old repairs removed by conservator housed in separate envelope.
Approximately ten very fragile dried leaves, one colored drawing of the crucifixion on leather, one straight pin, and one strip of paper removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separate envelope.
Five sheets 22 x 14 cm. of translations from Bible removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separtate envelope.
Twenty-three colored slides and explanatory materials document progress of restoration in separate envelope.
Professionally restored by Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts including repaired pages new cover of blind-tooled full leather and clasps in a linen clam-shell box; original cover and clasps housed in separate linen clam-shell box.
Red box that opens like a book--on the spine in gold letters: "Archives/ I/ Castillon & Co. Cognac." The bottle of cognac (4/5 quart, 80 proof ) with two small glasses and a glass stopper are inside. This box is in a wood shipping box from France. "This bottle of Pinet Castillon Cognac was presented to the UNION FIRE CO. No. 1 in August 1960 upon the 200th anniversary of the Co. On 14 August 1960 a bottle of 116 year old Pinet Castillon Cognac kept in the vault by the Union Fire Co. since 1866 was drunk at the 200th anniversary. Pinet Castillon presented this bottle to be opened 14 August 2060." Signed: "John Ward Willson Loose/ Historian, U.F.C."
Written in ink on the shipping box: "Free Sample Cognac Brandy/ Not for Sale - For Analytical/ Purposes Only."
Date Range
August 1960
Year Range To
2060
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 07
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Object Name
Bottle, Wine
Height (cm)
33.02
Height (ft)
1.0833333333
Height (in)
13
Length (cm)
12.065
Length (ft)
0.3958333333
Length (in)
4.75
Width (cm)
25.0825
Width (ft)
0.8229166667
Width (in)
9.875
Dimension Details
Measurements above for wood outer shipping box.
Inner box containing bottle and glasses is 8.5 inches wide, 11.75 inches long and 4 inches high
Red box that opens like a book--on the spine in gold letters: "Archives/ I/ Castillon & Co. Cognac." The bottle of cognac (4/5 quart, 80 proof ) with two small glasses and a glass stopper are inside. This box is in a wood shipping box from France. "This bottle of Pinet Castillon Cognac was presented to the UNION FIRE CO. No. 1 in August 1960 upon the 200th anniversary of the Co. On 14 August 1960 a bottle of 116 year old Pinet Castillon Cognac kept in the vault by the Union Fire Co. since 1866 was drunk at the 200th anniversary. Pinet Castillon presented this bottle to be opened 14 August 2060." Signed: "John Ward Willson Loose/ Historian, U.F.C."
Written in ink on the shipping box: "Free Sample Cognac Brandy/ Not for Sale - For Analytical/ Purposes Only."
Date Range
August 1960
Year Range To
2060
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 07
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Object Name
Sign
Length (cm)
22.86
Length (ft)
0.75
Length (in)
9
Width (cm)
20.0025
Width (ft)
0.65625
Width (in)
7.875
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2022-07-07
Condition Notes
Many scratches and spots where silver is gone. Some of black lettering is missing. Bent.
Symbolæography, which may be termed the art, description or image of instruments, extra-iudiciall, as, couenants, contracts, obligations, conditions, feffements, graunts, wills, &c. : Or the paterne of præsidents. Or the notarie or scriuener
