Silver colored, shield shaped plaque with beveled edge. Four holes, two at top and two at bottom, for mounting. Engraved with 4.5in high ornate "1" in center. A banner like ribbon, curving around it contains "L.F.D." Some black matter in all recessed areas and lines makes numbers and motifs stand out. Cast from brass, plated in white metal, possibly silver. According to accession "this was a numeral plate was taken from Clapp Jones steam fire engine #1 about 1882."
Empire Hook & Ladder plaque or sign. Silver colored metal plaque with .125in wide grooved black border on all four sides, .125in from the edges. Engraved on both ends are a hook and a ladder with "EMPIRE" in the center in .75in high upper case letters. All engraved portions are black. On back are two threaded bolt ends centered 1.625in from each end for attaching sign.
Wood plaque with a bronze [?] centerpiece with the inscription, 'James Buchanan, President of the United States 1857.' Brass masonic emblem at top of plaque. In the lower right-hand corner is a brass tag with the inscription, 'Presented by the Right Wors
Provenance
Presented to the James Buchanan Foundation by the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania on 8 July 1961.
Plaque Commemorating 60 Years of Service to the Cork Industry by Arthur B. Dodge
Description
Rectangular wooden plaque with brass plate; plate reads "dc/Presented to/Arthur B. Dodge/
by/Dodge Cork Company, Inc./In commemoration of 60 YEARS SERVICE to the cork industry/October 15, 1967." Piece of cork bark and two stoppers mounted to plaque beneath brass plate.
Sticker on back reads "BARK OF CORK TREE from/1020 Wheatland Avenue/Lancaster, Pennsylvania/CORK STOPPERS made by/G.W. Dodge/Berlin, New York/1870"
1939 Lancaster Bar Association Photo Membership Plaque
Description
Sheet of 1.75 x 1.25 inch black and white portraits of members of the 1939 Lancaster Bar Association mounted on a wooden plaque. Photos begin upper left with J.W. B. Bausman, 1877, and end R.M. Barley, 1939 in lower right corner. Of the 98, two are women: A.E. Mumma, 1925; and S. H. Worthheimer, 1927.
Coin-shaped medallion, silvered metal, framed so it is visible from both sides. Front side depicts PA state seal surrounded by "THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY." Under seal is "INSTITUTED / A.D. / 1851
Reverse side is engraved "Awarded to / Saml. C. Slaymaker / Salisbury Lancaster Co. / for / Best collection of Apples / Exhibition of 1855" Encircled by wreath border of grapevines, corn and grain.
Medallion displayed in black velvet mount within a silver-painted wooden frame
Plaque, wood & metal, "To Curtis N. Painter","In Appreciation of Your Valuable","Contribution to Air Transport Progress","1961 W.A. Patterson President", in relief a globe with a circling aircraft and the words "Member of United Airlines 100,000 mile Club"
