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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Title
Decorated File Box, 1830-54
Object ID
1908.002
Date Range
1830-1854
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Title
Decorated File Box, 1830-54
Description
Domed lid sheet iron box with wire bail handle. Painted black with red border lines and painted drapery ornament in gold.
Label on interior connects box to documents relating to the Asiatic cholera epidemic in Columbia in 1854.
label on side reads, "Francis X. Reuss Collection"
Date Range
1830-1854
Year Range From
1830
Year Range To
1854
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 06
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
cholera
Object Name
Box, File
Material
Sheet Iron
Height (in)
6.25
Width (in)
8.75
Depth (in)
4.75
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Broken Latch
Object ID
1908.002
Accession Number
1908.002
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Collection
Architecture Collection
Object ID
1975.010
Date Range
1840-1863
  1 image  
Collection
Architecture Collection
Description
Wooden piece of Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Burned June 28th, 1863.
Date Range
1840-1863
Year Range From
1840
Year Range To
1863
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 01
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Artifact Remnant
Search Terms
Bridges
Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge
Object Name
Fragment
Material
Wood
Height (in)
9.75
Length (in)
3.25
Width (in)
7
Condition
Good
Object ID
1975.010
Accession Number
1975.010
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- A map of the farm attached to the Poor and House of Employment of the County of Lancaster, 1846-1847, unknown artist. See LCHS Journal, Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 92.
Object ID
1-06-03-35
Date Range
c. 1846 -1847
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- A map of the farm attached to the Poor and House of Employment of the County of Lancaster, 1846-1847, unknown artist. See LCHS Journal, Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 92.
Description
A map of the farm attached to the Poor and House of Employment of the County of Lancaster, 1846-1847, unknown artist. See LCHS Journal, Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 92.
Date Range
c. 1846 -1847
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Maps
Farms
Almshouses
Lancaster County Almshouse
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2.5 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-06-03-35
Notes
Two negative of image.
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Dr. William B. Fahnestock, taken from a daguerreotype, perhaps the first in Lancaster, in his studio at 45 West King Street, c. 1842.
Object ID
1-02-01-52
Date Range
c. 1842
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Dr. William B. Fahnestock, taken from a daguerreotype, perhaps the first in Lancaster, in his studio at 45 West King Street, c. 1842.
Description
Dr. William B. Fahnestock, taken from a daguerreotype, perhaps the first in Lancaster, in his studio at 45 West King Street, c. 1842.
Date Range
c. 1842
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fahnestock, William B.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Photographers
Physicians
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 6.5 inches
Object ID
1-02-01-52
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Program for the reception for Zachary Taylor, August 10, 1849.
Object ID
1-03-02-75
Date Range
1849
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Program for the reception for Zachary Taylor, August 10, 1849.
Description
Program for the reception for Zachary Taylor, August 10, 1849.
Date Range
1849
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Government
Politics
Presidents
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-03-02-75
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Looking east on West King Street toward old County Courthouse in center of Penn Square. Copy of original photograph.
Object ID
1-01-04-27
Date Range
c. 1845
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Looking east on West King Street toward old County Courthouse in center of Penn Square. Copy of original photograph.
Description
Looking east on West King Street toward old County Courthouse in center of Penn Square. Copy of original photograph.
Date Range
c. 1845
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
West King Street
Lancaster County Courthouse
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-01-04-27
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-05-02-20
Date Range
c. 1845
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Penn Square and Old Courthouse. First photograph taken c. 1845 by Dr. William Fahnestock.
Date Range
c. 1845
Creator
Fahnestock, Dr. William Baker
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fahnestock, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Penn Square
Lancaster County Courthouse
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Copy
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-05-02-20
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)
Title
Statement of A. Boyd Hamilton's purchase of The Lancaster Intelligencer newspaper
Object ID
JBFP 8.2.1.019
Date Range
1849/07/05
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)
Title
Statement of A. Boyd Hamilton's purchase of The Lancaster Intelligencer newspaper
Description
Statement of A. Boyd Hamilton's purchase of The Lancaster Intelligencer newspaper from E. W. Hutter.
Date Range
1849/07/05
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 8, Box 1
People
Hutter, Edwin Wilson
Hamilton, Adam Boyd
Subjects
Newspapers
Search Terms
Lancaster Intelligencer
Newspapers
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan, 20 x 25 cm.
Object Name
Record, Sales
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 8 Series 2
Object ID
JBFP 8.2.1.019
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1995.297
Other Number
JBFP Part 8, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 19
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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