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Collection: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Title: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Object ID: MG0061

Date Range: 1670-1985

Collection: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Title: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Description: Samuel E. Dyke was a noted authority on the Pennsylvania rifle and wrote on this subject. Collection consists of articles, correspondence, photographs, research notes, and working papers on firearms. Also included is information on gunsmiths, the Rockford Foundation, the Heritage Center, cabinetmakers, grandfather clocks, and the Armstrong Cork Company. 1670-1985

Date Range: 1670-1985

Creation Date: mid-20th century-1985

Year Range From: 1670

Year Range To: 1985

Creator: Dyke, Samuel Eugene, 1900-1985

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Armstrong, John; Atherton, Cornelius; Atkins, Wyatt; Beck, John Philip; Berry, Peter; Breitenhard, Johann Christoph; Brown, Parker B.; Buchele, William M.; Corridon, Raymond R.; Dobson, Thomas; Dubbs, Jacob; Dyke, Samuel Eugene; Fetter, George; Feder, George; Fondersmith, John; Grancsay, Steven V.; Grove, S.; Grubb, Peter; Hawkins, Henry; Henry, William; Hoff, H. Bare; Kendig, Joe, Jr.; Kuntz, Jacob; Kuntz, Peter; Landis, George; Landis, Henry; Lehn, Joseph; Lincoln, Abraham; Magee, D. F.; Manger, Henry; Meyhardt, Peter; Pennypacker, A. J.; Sprecher, Peter; Walker, Joseph E.; Yeates, Jasper

Subjects: Armstrong Cork Company; Gunsmiths; Kentucky rifle; Cabinetmakers; Clocks and watches

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Booklets; Cabinetmakers; Clocks and watches; Conrad Weiser State Park; Correspondence; Flintlock Rifles; Gunsmiths; Halbach Pistols; Harpers Ferry Arsenal and Armory; Hopewell Forge; Kentucky Match Rifle; Kentucky rifles; Kentucky Rifle Association; Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee; Malsh Pistols; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Rifles; Rotary International; Pennsylvania Deithsch Eck; World War II

Extent: 6 boxes, 113 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0061

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers (MG-61), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Other Numbers: MG-61

Classification: MG0061

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Object ID: HC0001

Date Range: 1905-1974

: Archives North, Side 27 Scope and Content Note: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends

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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Description: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.

Admin/Biographical History: Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.; Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.; Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.; Works Cited:; "Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.; "Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.; "Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.; "One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.

Date Range: 1905-1974

Year Range From: 1905

Year Range To: 1974

Date of Accumulation: 1905-1974

Creator: Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 28

People: Appel, Charles Rengier; Bohlen, Sidney Franklin; Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.; Boyer, R. J.; Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard; Brown, Hazel Dell; Chiarell, Fred P.; Clark, George W.; Daugherty, Harvey P.; Demuth, Charles; Dodge, Arthur B.; Embsweiler, Ruth; Erb, Edna; Fordney, Alice Potter; Fordney, William Bush Jr.; Fordney, William Jenkins; Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney; Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine; Gilbert, L. J.; Gingrich, Milton E.; Graybill, John M.; Griest, Charles J.; Higby, Everett; Hostetter, A. K.; Howe, John; Irvine, Blanche; Kent, William Winthrop; Knodle, Edward; Krone, Herbert B.; Lindenmuth, J. D.; Long, Yvonne; Maclay, Helen Hurley; Malone, Clarence; Morris, Charles R.; Morris, Grace M.; Nauman, Gertrude Colson; Orr, Barclay; Pennypacker, Charles A.; Pennypacker, James G.; Randall, Meda; Rannels, Paul; Stokes, Agnes M.; Strickler, Belle; Wolf, Emily

Other Creators: Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006

Subjects: American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women; Antique dealers; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries; F. Schumacher & Co.; Farm Journal Media; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Letters; Montclair Art Museum; Patterns for crafts; Rugs; Rugs, Hooked; Student newspapers and periodicals; Woman's world magazine

Search Terms: Albert Steiger Company; Antique dealers; Antique sales; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Berlinwork patterns; Blue and Brown (Yeates School); Cheney Silks; Cheney Weaves; Christmas; Correspondence; Cricket Club; Dickinson Presbyterian Church; Estate sales; F. Schumacher and Company; Farm Journal Media; Fiber arts; Finding aids; Gilbert's store; Griest Homestead; Guernsey Sales Pavilion; Hager's Department Store; Hershey Fire Hall; Hooked rugs; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Kleinfelter's auction rooms; Letters; Manuscript groups; Montclair Art Museum; Odd Fellows Hall; Olson Rugs; Patterns for crafts; Rossmere Hotel; Rug patterns; Rugs; State Armory Hall; V-mail; Woman's World Magazine; Yeates School

Extent: 3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: HC0001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.

Related Item Notes: See photograph collection.; See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.; Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: G.04.23.52

Classification: HC0001

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.; Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.

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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Object ID: MG0158

Date Range: 1812-1954

moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print. Printing

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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Description: The David B. Landis Collection consists primarily of his personal and business correspondence, as well as his poetry and writings. Of special interest are a booklet with a synopsis autobiography of his life and his picture. There are also family papers, genealogy, membership cards, and obituaries.

Admin/Biographical History: David Bachman Landis was born in Landisville, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1862, the son of Israel C. and Mary M. Landis. As a school boy, he worked in his father's dry goods store and published a paper for boys titled Keystone Amateur. He began his printing career by apprenticing at the Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company in Lancaster in 1878, and in 1883 he opened his own job printing office in Landisville where he published the Village Vigil.; Mr. Landis moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print.; Printing, however, was not his only passion. He was an avid bicyclist and belonged to the Lancaster Cycling Club and the League of American Wheelmen. Through these organizations, he helped to improve the condition of roads in Pennsylvania. He was active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family.; David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885. They had four children. Nora passed away in 1910. David married his second wife, Bertha L. Cochran, in 1914.

Date Range: 1812-1954

Year Range From: 1812

Year Range To: 1954

Date of Accumulation: 1812-1954

Creator: Landis, David Bachman, 1862-1940

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baer, Frank; Baker, Catherine; Baker, Emma W.; Baker, P. W.; Barrett, W. W.; Benner, Henry; Brown G. W.; Camp, Edward N.; Carr, George M.; Chamberlain, Frank N.; Cochran, Ada; Cole, Will T.; Conyngham, Redmond; Denlinger, D.; Diehl, H.; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diller, S.; Donaldson, W. M.; Dunbar, William H.; Ely, Alfred; Forshey, E. L.; Frederick, George W.; Garretson, G. R.; Gay, Ed. C.; Grout, J. W.; Gould, J. J.; Greider, Mary Carolyn; Greider, Joseph Landis; Griest, William Walton; Hains, Wilson R.; Haldeman, Victor Macholski; Haldy Gertrude Hensel; Hardy, E. W.; Heister, A. V.; Hershey, Harvey S.; Hershey, J. B.; Hess, Barbara K.; Holbach, George H.; Hood, Jesse A.; Hostetter A. K.; Hostetter Albert K.; Jackson, A. C., Jr.; Johnston, R. A.; Kramer, Donald; Keen, Robert H.; Kreider, A. B.; Krick, William T.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, Bertha L. Cochran; Landis, Christian; Landis, D. M., Dr.; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Elvin G.; Landis, Felix; Landis, Florence D.; Landis, Frances; Landis, Henry G.; Landis, Irene Janet; Landis, Israel Christian; Landis, James B.; Landis, Johannes; Landis, John; Landis, John C.; Landis, Mary M. Musselman; Landis, Michael Bachman; Landis, Nora K.; Landis, Priscilla R.; Lehman, Eliza Ann; Lehman, Emma Bachman; Lincoln, Abraham; Marrow, Paul Harding; McBride, Sarah C.; McClain, Frank B.; McGinnis, J.; Merrill, W. J.; Missemer, J. R.; Morrison, Neale; Moyer, Albert,; Moxley, C. A.; Musselman, David; Musselman, Edward M.; Musselman, Sarah; Myrtle, M.; Neale, Fred; Neale, John C.; Nissley, H. L.; Reynolds, Howard; Rial, Abram S.; Rial, S.; Rial, Susan Ann; Shields, R. I.; Shirk, John Kohr; Simon, Daniel B.; Smith, Edwin Hadley; Stein, George; Stephen, Samuel; Taft, William Howard; Thompson, C.; Trout, J. H.; Wager, D. Y.; Walsh, M.; Walsh, Thomas; Washington, George; Weber, Otto E.; Weidel, Melba Landis; Weidman, Joel; Wenaugh, W. L.; Wickersham, J. Harold; Wolf, B.; Wolf, D. Dorsey; Wolf, Edna Kempton

Other Creators: Landis, Bertha L. Cochran, d. 1959

Subjects: Genealogy; Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Advertising; Ben Franklin Club; Correspondence; Family reunions; Finding aids; Franklin Institute; Genealogy; Invitations; Invoices; Lancaster Board of Trade; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster County Agricultural Society; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster Cycling Club; Landis Art Press; League of American Wheelmen; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pageant of Liberty; Pennsylvania German Society; Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society; Pluck Art Printery; Poetry; Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology; Sonnets; Street and Road Committee, Lancaster Cycling Club; Unitarian Laymen's League; Village Vigil; Wickersham Printing Company; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0158

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: David B. Landis Collection (MG0158), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopies when available.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1957.MG0158

Other Numbers: MG-158

Classification: MG0158

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by DT, JM, and HST, 1998-2008. Added to database 29 July 2021.

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Collection: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Title: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Object ID: MG0565

Date Range: 1922-1965

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Collection: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Title: Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Description: This collection contains catalogs and price lists of the items made by the Hubley Manufacturing Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The primary products were toys and decorated repeating cap guns, rifles and holsters. The first miniature toys were made of cast iron; later, plastic became the prominent material. In its earlier years, the company made a line of "metal art goods," which included lamps, tables, bookends, doorstops and knockers.

Admin/Biographical History: "The Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one of the oldest and largest makers of toys in the United States, was founded in 1894 by John E. Hubley to manufacture equipment and accessories for electric trains. Financial difficulties forced Mr. Hubley to sell the entire stock in 1909. At this time the electric train business was discontinued and the cast iron toy business started. Among the first toys produced were a coal range, circus wagons and mechanical banks, all collector's items today.; Included in the 68,000 square feet of floor space in the Hubley plant were a die-cast room, warehouse, tool room, paint room and all the special assembly machinery. Besides making their cast iron toys, the company made castings for other companies in Lancaster which were without foundry equipment.; By 1940 increased freight costs and foreign competition forced the company to look for other materials. During World War II scarcity of metal forced the company out of the toy business and into war-related items. After the Korean conflict ended and regulations on metal were suspended, cast iron toy production resumed.; Following common manufacturing methods of the time, Hubley toys of the 1890s, and for a time thereafter, were cast in sand molds in two parts which were then riveted together to form the toy. All toys were designed by John Hubley, who had remained deeply interested in children's playthings since the time he first made his own children's wooden toys.; In 1936 Hubley started casting in multiple cavity steel dies. Die castings were broken off, trimmed, and tumbled in revolving cylindrical machines. They were then taken to the paint department where they were given baked enamel or lacquer, air-dried paint finishes in various colors. At one time, a dozen girls were employed in the paint department. Portions of the earlier toys were handpainted and some were dipped.; Each different toy was started on its own moving assembly line where parts were added, details sprayed on, oiling and inspection took place and the assembly completed. For example, a fire engine took shape on one line. It started as a red chassis. The rubber-tired wheels were added, followed by the spraying on of the radiator, bumpers and headlights. The driver was added, and the ladder, fire axes and other accessories followed. Near the end of the line, the toy was individually boxed and packed in a corrugated container. In 1949, due to union disputes, the foundry was closed. This was a difficult decision for the firm, since Hubley was one of the first companies to devote their entire factory to die casting.; The Hubley Company maintained a designing department where ideas were conceived and developed for model forms. Design engineers kept up-to-date on the models and style changes by attending automobile shows and studying advertisements. Their designs changed when the larger counterparts changed. After items were conceived and models developed, the toys were analyzed for pricing. The more play features a model had, the more expensive it was.; Hubley is now a division of Gabriel Industries, Inc. of New York City and is still making die-cast metal vehicles." 1; 1 Bland, Ann S. "Automotive Cast Iron Toys." Old And Sold Antiques Auction & Marketplace. http://www.oldandsold.com/articles/article184.shtml (accessed October 21, 2011)

Date Range: 1922-1965

Year Range From: 1922

Year Range To: 1965

Date of Accumulation: 1922-1965

Creator: Hubley Manufacturing Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bannan, William Henry; Booth, Herbert M.; Booth, John E.; Breneman, Joseph T., II; Brenner, Elmer; Burket, Laura Hartranft; Ervin, Lynn; Gardner, Joseph L.; Gardner, Mary Ellen; Gigi, William A.; Glackin, John; Harper, Forrest; Harrison, Edna; Hartman, Howard Henry; Hobday, Richard; Holden, John E.; Hostetter, Jacob Weaver; Houghton, Lee Roy; Johnson, Errel; Kane, George; Keller, Horace; Lefever, Doris M.; Linkletter, Art; Long, Philip Adam; Murray, Kermit; Murray, Ralph; Nauman, Samuel William; Phenegar, Frank; Schick, Leland W.; Shelley, Loretta B.; Singer, Victor Rutter; Souders, Elmer Lloyd; Spangler, Eugene M.; Stauffer, Howard E.; Watson, John Herman; Weaver, Ben; Work, Clarence

Subjects: Hubley Manufacturing Company; Toys; Manufacturing industries; Art metal-work

Search Terms: Art metal-work; Business records; Catalogs; Employees; Hubley Manufacturing Company; Manufacturing industries; Newsletters; Price lists; Toys; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 2 boxes, 42 folders, 75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0565

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)

Related Item Notes: MG-565 Hubley Manufacturing Company Catalogs and Newsletters

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-565

Other Number: MG-565

Classification: MG0565

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection

Title: Lancaster: A Healthful Place to Live

Object ID: 2022.999.022

Date Range: 1929

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection

Title: Lancaster: A Healthful Place to Live

Description: "Lancaster" is heading for a keystone with a young woman in a low-waisted yellow dress holding a wide-brimmed hat in her left hand. She is standing in front of a large red rose. "LEHammond" is printed beneath a stem with leaves below the young woman. "Pennsylvania" is printed at the top of the keystone and "The Garden Spot of America" is printed beneath the drawing, inside the keystone. 4 5-petaled figures outside the keystone: upper left, tall buildings; upper right, shocks of grain; lower right, church spires; lower left: airplane. In large black letters at the bottom: "A Healthful Place to Live." Printed at lower right: "Lucretia E. Hammond/ 541 North Mary Street/ Lancaster, Pa./ Sophomore/ S.H.S." Beside this, in pencil, is "1929."

Date Range: 1929

Creator: L. E. Hammond

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Bin 2-A

People: Hammond, Lucretia E.

Object Name: Drawing

Length (cm): 49.53

Length (ft): 1.625

Length (in): 19.5

Width (cm): 41.91

Width (ft): 1.375

Width (in): 16.5

Dimension Details: Framed: 28.5 inches long x 25.5 inches wide; 1,25-inch black frame; Double-matted: 3 inches green, .25 inch yellow inner edge

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2022-05-23

Condition Notes: Tear, left lower corner; Brown spotting, especially on lower edge; Darker spot along left side and another mid-right, near edge; Recently and nicely framed, ready to hang with flat hinges and wire..

Object ID: 2022.999.022

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: A.F. Shenck

Object ID: 2007.984

Date Range: Late 19th c.

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: A.F. Shenck

Description: Painting of young, uniformed Civil War "soldier", posing in front of a cannon & American flag and leaning on a fluted pedestal with urn. Painting done a paper 5 3/8" x 6 1/2" piece of paper paste-mounted onto a larger piece of paperboard within a double-line border. Below image is a hand-painted cartouche with "Regimental Bugler, A.F. Shenck, / 9th Penna. Vet. Calvary, / Aged 14 years". Outside of border at bottom left is painted "PRESENTED TO A.F. SHENCK ESQ., / BY REDMOND CONYNGHAM.; Note: Redmond Conyngham (1863-1929) was a Lancaster attorney as was Shenck (8-16-1846 to 4-1-1921). This presentation piece appears to have been a gift and tribute to Shenck, honoring his Civil War service, suggesting a friendship between the two colleagues.

Provenance: Note on card accompanying drawing/painting is: "D.A.R. gift / 1880s". This date seems doubtful since it suggests Shenck giving this presentation piece away while still a young man in his 30's or early 40's.

Date Range: Late 19th c.

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0006

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Drawing

Material: Paper

Height (in): 10

Width (in): 8

Condition: Good

Condition Notes: A subdued original (?) painting has been overpainted with highlights. Uniform is most heavily painted, with mostly gold, silver, black and some brown.

Object ID: 2007.984

Notes: details needed

Accession Number: 2007.984

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection: A. B. Rote Collection

Title: Rote Ironworks Drawing of an Iron Gate

Object ID: G.95.31.88

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection: A. B. Rote Collection

Title: Rote Ironworks Drawing of an Iron Gate

Description: "A.B. Rote & Co., Ornamental and Structural Iron and Steel Works" advertisement containing a list of work done by the company and address. A precise ink drawing (scale 1"= 1 ft.) of a sample ornamental iron gate is featured below the written information.; Items listed include: plain and ornamental iron fences, cellar grates, window guards, iron stairs, fire escapes, stable fittings, brass and iron grilles and railings, elevators enclosures, beams and girders, roof trusses and columns, bolts and anchors and erecting of structural steel works.

Year Range From: 1892

Year Range To: 1996

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Bin 2-C

Object Name: Drawing

Height (cm): 38.1

Height (ft): 1.25

Height (in): 15

Width (cm): 31.75

Width (ft): 1.0416666667

Width (in): 12.5

Dimension Details: Measurements above include frame.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-09-07

Condition Notes: Framed.

Object ID: G.95.31.88

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Drawing, Architectural

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Collection: Blueprints and Architechural Drawings

Title: Architectural drawings

Object ID: BLUE_F019_EvansDrawings

Date Range: 1886-1926

Collection: Blueprints and Architechural Drawings

Title: Architectural drawings

Description: Architectural Drawings. Presented to LCHS 11/16/84 by Melvern Evans Jr.; Drawing by R. A. Neiman. Del. '86.; West Elevation of Dining Room. Residence of John [I.] Hartman.; M. T. Garvin & Co. H. M. Book 1926. M. R. Evans. Arch. A.I.A.; Reservoir Street Elementary School. M Hitz. M. R. Evans A.I.A. Registered Architect.; Architectural Drawing by M. R. Evans. Archt.

Date Range: 1886-1926

Creation Date: 1886-1926

Year Range From: 1886

Year Range To: 1926

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Cabinet: Flat Files

Storage Container: Folder 019

People: Evans, Melvern Reile, Sr.; Hartman, John I.; Neiman, R. A.

Subjects: Architectural drawings; Blueprints

Search Terms: Architectural drawings; Architectural plans; Blueprints; Dwellings; Houses; Lancaster; M. T. Garvin and Co.; Reservoir Street Elementary School; Stores

Extent: 5 items

Object Name: Drawing, Architectural

Language: English

Object ID: BLUE_F019_EvansDrawings

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please make an appointment by contacting the Research Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.; Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by BW, Fall 2010. Add to database 1 October 2023.

Fraktur

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.96.01.1

Date Range: c. 1924

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Stoltzfus family record on wove paper mounted in a thin, molded modern frame of tiger maple. Hand done family record of Lancaster Amish family attributed to David C. Hoke (active c. 1909-1935). Bold and colorful title is "Family Record" done with wide lettering of red and black with metallic gold highlights accompanied by green-leafed scrolling vines. Title continues on 2nd line with "...of Henry U. and Annie M. Stoltzfus." followed by the father's birth date & death date, then birth date of mother. Her death date is added later on same line with pencil. All lettering is black except for large, ornately illuminated upper case letters.; "Children" is the colorful bold heading for the remaining 3//4 of page listing 10 children with birth dates. The death date for 2-yr-old Levi is also recorded. Title has black and white letters, some red as well as metallic gold highlights. Surrounded by the same leafy scrolling vines and three upside down stalks of wheat at each side.; Remaining side borders have a vertical undulating vine with green leaves and blue clusters of grapes. Bottom is filled with a large cluster of three stalks of wheat.

Date Range: c. 1924

Year Range From: 1924

Year Range To: 1935

Made By: Hoke, David C., attributed

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 43

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Storage Drawer: Bin 3

People: Stoltzfus, Henry U.; Stoltzfus, Annie; Fisher, Annie; Hoke, David C.

Subject: Fraktur art; Frakturs (Documents); Genealogy; Amish

Search Terms: Amish; Fraktur; Genealogy

Object Name: Fraktur

Oither Names: Family Record

Material: Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Height (cm): 55.88

Height (ft): 1.8333333333

Height (in): 22

Width (cm): 38.1

Width (ft): 1.25

Width (in): 15

Dimension Details: Frame is H: 23.25" W: 16"

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2017-11-21

Condition Notes: Very minor stain spots, esp. at corners. Strongly creased horizontal fold line across center.

Object ID: P.96.01.1

Notes: Compare with large Esbenshade family record P.99.16.1. Hoke made Bible entries, bookplates and many large family registers in northern Lancaster County and southern Lebanon County. Large, ornate family registers made for the Amish seem to be a specialty of Hoke. He signed and dated much of his work, oftern including his home location of Quentin and later Lititz.; See file for:; 1) Stoltzfus genealogy from "Fisher Family History."; 2) Information sheet on David C. Hoke by Russ and Corinne Earnest "Papers for Birth Dayes."

Place of Origin: Lancaster County

Credit: Gift of the James Hale Steinman Foundation, Heritage Center Coll

Accession Number: P.96.01

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A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in Pennsylvania

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Author: Archambault, Anna Margaretta,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 974.80074 P415

Author: Archambault, Anna Margaretta,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: The John C. Winston Co.,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 509 p. illus., maps, plates, ports. 23 cm.

Notes: LCHS copy limited ed. no. 691.

Subjects: Art - Pennsylvania.; Architecture - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Guidebooks.; Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80074 P415

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