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Collection
Ephemera Collection
Object ID
1984.007.10
Date Range
1917
Collection
Ephemera Collection
Description
Christmas Card, 1917
Date Range
1917
Year Range From
1917
Year Range To
1917
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Card, Greeting
Material
Paper
Object ID
1984.007.10
Accession Number
1984.007
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Collection
Print Collection
Title
Certificate of Baptism, Pott
Object ID
2023.001.035
Date Range
04/15/1917
  1 image  
Collection
Print Collection
Title
Certificate of Baptism, Pott
Description
"Certificate of Baptism" with dove within a gold circle flying toward a white baptismal font. Pink flowers cascade from upper right toward lower left. Information, some printed and some filled in: "In the Name of the Father, of the Son,/ and of the Holy Ghost,/ John Randall Pott/ Child of John Hunter Pott/ and his wife Frances S. Pott/ Born at #212 E. New Street, Lancaster, Pa./ Feb. 20, 1917/ was Baptized by me/ in 221 E. Clay St., Lancaster, PA./ on the 15th day of April in the/ Year of our Lord/ 1917/ Rev. J. Hunter Watts Pastor of/ St. Andrew's Reformed Church/ Lancaster, Pa." (No. 60)
Date Range
04/15/1917
Made By
Abingdon Press, New York and Cinncinati
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Storage Container
Box 0523
People
Pott, Frances S.
Pott, John Hunter
Pott, John Randall
Watts, Rev. J. Hunter
Object Name
Certificate, Baptismal
Height (cm)
37.7825
Height (ft)
1.2395833333
Height (in)
14.875
Width (cm)
25.4
Width (ft)
0.8333333333
Width (in)
10
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2023-06-05
Condition Notes
Tiny spots overall. Horizontal creases at 2-inch intervals with tears on a number of these from the edges: 4 on left edge; 2 on right. Cellophane tape on center back, folded over top edge where there is a 3-inch tear from the top edge.
Object ID
2023.001.035
Accession Number
2023.001
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Collection
File Collection
Title
Certificate of Baptism
Object ID
2023.001.061
Date Range
May 13, 1913
  1 image  
Collection
File Collection
Title
Certificate of Baptism
Description
Printed certificate (on stiff paper) with holy firgures and illustrations in brown ink. Printed words are in red.
Jesus and angels atop an arch look down on Jesus with children below. Bible verses are above, to the sides and below the information section in the center:
"Certificate of Baptism/ Richard Harcourt/ Child of Mr. Adolph Darmstaetter/ and his wife Margaret Elva nee Dorwart/ born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania/ on the 21st of April 1913/ was baptized in the Name of/ The Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost/ on the 13th of May 1913/ by Pastor George Sieger/ Sponsors were the parents/ Done at the Font of Emmanuel/ Lutheran Church/ Lancaster Pa"
Printed at the bottom: "Printed In Germany. Pilger Publishing House, Reading Pa. No.9"
Provenance
Richard Harcourt Darmstaetter (1913-1988)
Date Range
May 13, 1913
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Storage Container
Box 0542
People
Harcourt, Richard
Sieger, George, Pastor
Object Name
Certificate, Baptismal
Height (cm)
43.18
Height (ft)
1.4166666667
Height (in)
17
Width (cm)
30.48
Width (ft)
1
Width (in)
12
Condition
Good to Fair
Condition Date
2023-07-24
Condition Notes
Brown overall with spots and liquid stains across about an inch from both top and bottom of piece. Right edge is a bit ragged. Tear on lower left side.
Object ID
2023.001.061
Accession Number
2023.001
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Collection
Print Collection
Title
Confirmation Certificate
Object ID
2002.083.1
Date Range
March 20, 1910
  1 image  
Collection
Print Collection
Title
Confirmation Certificate
Description
Colored lithograph by P. Schnarr
Confirmation certificate for Lydia Zeller Carpenter, March 20, 1910
at Lutheran Church, Mount Joy, PA
Richard C. Rendier, Pastor
Date Range
March 20, 1910
Year Range From
1910
Year Range To
1910
Made By
Kaufmann, Ernst
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0037
People
Schnarr, P.
Rendier, Richard C.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Confirmations
Churches
Object Name
Certificate, Confirmation
Material
Paper
Height (in)
16
Width (in)
13
Condition Notes
Folded
Object ID
2002.083.1
Place of Origin
New York
Usage
Carpenter, Lydia Zeller
Accession Number
2002.083
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Collection
General Collection
Title
1st Communion Certificate
Object ID
2000.001
Date Range
June 1916
  1 image  
Collection
General Collection
Title
1st Communion Certificate
Description
Half-tone print, "Remembrance of the First Holy Communion" of "John Tragesser / Holy Trinity Church, Columbia, Pa , 11 June 1916." Signed in ink by the pastor (faded and unable to read).
Picture of Jesus Christ holding a glowing circular medallion with a cross and IHS. Distributed by "The Diederich-Schaefer Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (No. 2022); and "Printed in Germany."
gift of Gary Baer
Date Range
June 1916
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1916
Made By
Diederich-Schaefer Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Storage Container
Box 0037
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Holy Trinity Church
Churches
Communions
Object Name
Certificate, First Communion
Material
Paper, Wood
Height (in)
20.75
Width (in)
14.5
Depth (in)
0.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-04-10
Condition Notes
Some small spots and browned along outer edges.
Object ID
2000.001
Place of Origin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Accession Number
2000.001
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Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Object ID
2004.044
Date Range
1869-1930
Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Description
Architectural fragment. Anchor bolt from the Pennsylvannia Railroad Station 1869-1930, in Lancaster, PA. at the northeast corner of N. Queen St. and E. Chestnut St. Mounted on wood plaque with photograph
Date Range
1869-1930
Year Range From
1869
Year Range To
1930
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 10
Storage Shelf
Shelf 6
Subcategory
Artifact Remnant
Object Name
Fragment
Oither Names
Architectural Fragment
Material
Iron, Wood
Height (in)
9.25
Width (in)
21.5
Depth (in)
2
Condition
Good
Object ID
2004.044
Accession Number
2004.044
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Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Object ID
1923.003.1
Date Range
c. 1900
Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Description
Keys to Shober Hotel. Set of three related large bronze keys (A, B, C), each with oval handle and heart-shaped cutout. Long hollow barrels shafts are lathe-turned, with decorative turned detail near handle. Each shaft has slight tapering, increasing in diameter from handle to opposite end. Ends have a flat rectangular "tooth" cut and shaped into similar but varying configurations.
A) 5 inches long with ring and bead turning.
B) 4.875 inches long with ring and bead turning.
C) 4 inches long with ring and vase turning.
Date Range
c. 1900
Year Range From
1890
Year Range To
1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 29
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Subcategory
Household Accessory
Subject
Hotels
Locks and keys
Search Terms
Hotels
Keys
Shober's Hotel
Object Name
Key
Material
Bronze
Dimension Details
See description
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-04-13
Condition Notes
A) Best condition with very few dents or marring.
B) Heavy wear with dents and nicks, esp. the 1.5" long section at shaft end along spine.
C) Moderate marring, esp. along spine opposite tooth.
Object ID
1923.003.1
Accession Number
1923.003
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Collection
Education Collection
Object ID
E.2003.43
Date Range
1913-1944
Collection
Education Collection
Description
Collection of Maps related to World War I and II
Date Range
1913-1944
Year Range From
1913
Year Range To
1944
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum North
Storage Wall
East Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 07
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Map
Material
Paper
Object ID
E.2003.43
Accession Number
E.2003.043
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Object ID
2003.143
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Description
Commemorative medal,
Face: decorated with image of red and blue, "The Penna Division L.A.W."
Reverse: maker's mark on reverse, "O'Hara Dial Co., Waltham, Mass."
Face screws into base.
League of American Wheelmen, for bicycle riders
Year Range From
1890
Year Range To
1926
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Bronze
Depth (in)
0.125
Diameter (in)
0.625
Condition
Good
Object ID
2003.143
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Collection
History Collection
Object ID
2003.109
Date Range
1911
Collection
History Collection
Description
Commemorative Medal
Face: "William Uhler Hensel (1857-1911)
Reverse: "This medal attests the esteem of his neighbors for the journalist, lawyer, friend of education whose citizen devotion to his native country through an active and useful life has added lustre to its history, traditions and honor.
Date Range
1911
Year Range From
1911
Year Range To
1911
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Medal, Commemorative
Material
Bronze
Depth (in)
3
Diameter (in)
0.125
Condition
Good
Object ID
2003.109
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