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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
Object ID
2016.005.08
Date Range
c. 1940
Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
Description
Athletic-type patch of wool felt with "LANCASTER / YMCA" on a triangle shape. Colors are blue and white.
Provenance
Inherited by donor.
Date Range
c. 1940
Year Range From
1938
Year Range To
1941
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Merit
Material
Wool Felt
Height (in)
3.5
Width (in)
4
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-06-02
Condition Notes
Soiled and worn. Edges are ragged. White thread remnant indicates removal from clothing.
Object ID
2016.005.08
Usage
Myers, Robert C., 1925-2006
Credit
Gift of Kenneth Flosser in memory of Robert C. Myers
Accession Number
2016.005
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
Object ID
2016.005.09
Date Range
c. 1943
Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
Description
Sports-type patch of red and green silk machine stitching on white wool felt in a triangular shape. Within a white lifeguard lifesaver with green trim is "SENIOR LIFE SAVER Y.M.C.A." in red. Inside lifesaver is a green cross. Outside border is red.
Myers must have been a swimming pool lifeguard for Y.M.C.A. in his Senior High years.
Provenance
Inherited by donor.
Date Range
c. 1943
Year Range From
1941
Year Range To
1943
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Merit
Height (in)
0.5
Width (in)
4
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-06-02
Condition Notes
Soiled and worn. Edges are ragged. White thread remnant indicates removal from clothing.
Object ID
2016.005.09
Usage
Myers, Robert C., 1925-2006
Credit
Gift of Kenneth Flosser in memory of Robert C. Myers
Accession Number
2016.005
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
Object ID
2016.005.10
Date Range
c. 1943
Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
Description
Sports letter patch from J.P. McCaskey High School for 1943. Blue and white chenille on felt with a plasticized linen backing. Myers graduated from McCaskey this year and was on the wrestling team.
Provenance
Inherited by donor.
Date Range
c. 1943
Year Range From
1943
Year Range To
1943
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Merit
Height (in)
4.75
Width (in)
6.75
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-06-02
Condition Notes
Some soil evident on white chenille. Apparently never stitched to clothing.
Object ID
2016.005.10
Usage
Myers, Robert C., 1925-2006
Credit
Gift of Kenneth Flosser in memory of Robert C. Myers
Accession Number
2016.005
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Collection
Military Collection: Good Conduct
Object ID
2016.005.17
Collection
Military Collection: Good Conduct
Description
Golden medal hanging from red fabric and pin, front reads "Efficiency, Honor, Fidelity" around edge. Middle is eagle perched on a knife atop a book. Reverse: star above a banner that reads "for Good Conduct." Ribbon is red with three white stripes on each side. Three additional bars of same ribbon.
Year Range From
1943
Year Range To
1946
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Merit
Height (in)
2.75
Width (in)
1.375
Dimension Details
bars are .375in x 1.5in
Object ID
2016.005.17
Credit
Gift of Kenneth Flosser in memory of Robert C. Myers
Accession Number
2016.005
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