Encased ambrotype, circa 1865, of Rosine Etta (Hubley) Herr (1850-1889). Seated in plaid dress by a column, in a composition case with gold trim and lined with red velvet.
Heavy wooden dowel inserted in fabric for hanging. On front: "THE UNCONQUERABLE EAST WARD" over an eagle and oval color portrait of the head of James Buchanan. Words under portrait read: HOME AND RESIDENCE OF JAMES BUCHANAN / WE KNOW HIM, WE RESPECT, / ESTEEM & WILL HONOR HIM." Gold-colored soft fabric fringe around the banner. Poor condition.
Date Range
1856
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 56
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Object Name
Banner
Width (cm)
182.88
Width (ft)
6
Width (in)
72
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
2023-09-14
Condition Notes
Fabric faded and falling apart. Fringe becoming detached. Unrolled extremely carefully in sections.
Dark red fabric banner with pole pocket on left and v-shaped right side. In white letter on the banner: "AMB(ulance) CO(mpany)/ (medical emblem)/ 111. " This information is mirrored in reverse on the other side of the banner.
Thin strip of black leather is attached inside the length of the opening for a pole. Entire piece is machine-stitched with machine-stitched overcasting around the letters.
More information can be found in the archives (MG-28, 28th Division in Box 2, folder 5: AMB Co. III.)
Provenance
Box contains tool used to place stars on Keystone-shaped monument in Buchanan Park honoring members of the 111th Ambulance Company / 103rd Medical Battalion / 28th Division / U.S. Army.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0249
Object Name
Banner
Condition
Excellent
Condition Date
2023-11-20
Condition Notes
This appears in mint condition-perhaps it was never used.
Plain fabric banner with outline, in red, of a badge with blue compass and corner rule providing an opening for a right upper arm holding a small sledge hammer. At the base of the banner are blue letters, "Jr. O.U.A.M." for the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, an American fraternal order that began as a youth affiliation of the Order of U.A.M.
(Concord School in the Germantown area of Philadelphia is the birthplace of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.)
Date Range
Circa 1923
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0249
Object Name
Banner
Length (cm)
62.23
Length (ft)
2.0416666667
Length (in)
24.5
Width (cm)
46.6725
Width (ft)
1.53125
Width (in)
18.375
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2023-11-20
Condition Notes
Dirty overall. Heavy liquid stains near bottom edge. Three raw edges: Side edges are ragged with some holes on right edge.
Red fabric banner with folded-over open slots at both top and bottom edges. 3 evenly-spaced inch-wide slots at top for fabric ties. All machine stitching is in white thread. Large white letters W, P and A are stitched on an angle from upper left to lower right. A white '2" is stitched in the lower left corner.
The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal program created by President Roosevelt in 1935 to employ millions of Americans in public works projects and arts programs.
Date Range
Circa 1935
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0249
Object Name
Banner
Length (cm)
57.15
Length (ft)
1.875
Length (in)
22.5
Width (cm)
43.4975
Width (ft)
1.4270833333
Width (in)
17.125
Dimension Details
Slots for three ties at top. One empty, one partial tie on left and in middle is a full 17.5-inch-long tie.
Mt. Joy Post 478 GAR banner. Pencil guidelines for hand-painted 7.75-inch high black letters: "THIS TABLE FOR BENEFIT/ OF/ G.A.R. POST 478."
(2006.971 is a badge for this post in Mt. Joy.)
Date Range
No date
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Storage Container
Box 0244
Object Name
Banner
Length (cm)
149.86
Length (ft)
4.9166666667
Length (in)
59
Width (cm)
86.36
Width (ft)
2.8333333333
Width (in)
34
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2019-04-15
Condition Notes
59-inch length of 34-inch wide fabric (both edges are selvedges). Brown spotting and dirty. Puncture holes in all four corners. Black letters/numbers are vibrant black.
Commemorative banner of Pennsylvania Coat of Arms and U.S. shield. Embroidered silk banner in original wooden frame. Embroidery measures about five feet square and shows an American spread eagle and the U.S. shield between four tasseled American flags.
Provenance
Banner was stored in a public building near Cleveland, Ohio for several decades (unknown how banner reached Ohio or why it was stored there). It reached the art market in the 1960s. It is believed to be from the Japanese delegation of 1860.
Banner is believed to have been a gift to President Buchanan in 1860 by the first Japanese mission to the White House. According to documentation from Thomas L. Hughes, the Pennsylvania Coat of Arms was regulated in 1875 to have two white horses and 'no
