Tapered mahogany wooden cane with smooth dark finish. One and three quarter inch long golden brass cap/band at top of cane is engraved with a man's profile, President G. Cleveland, on top. 2.125 inch wide brass ferrule on bottom above .75 inch steel tip.
On side written longitudinally: Carried and presented to the L.C.H.S. by George W. Hensel, Jr. 1943.
Engraved horizontally: From Grover Cleveland to W.U. Hensel Easter Time 1893.
Engraving from Hensel to LCHS was a later engraving.
Wood walking stick or cane with silver tip and cap. Four panels with text alternate with four panels decorated with ornate leaves. 1.5 in metal band nailed on at the botton. One nail missing.
cap is engraved: "By the Union Fire Co. / No. 1 Lancaster PA / Presented to Rev. A. H. Shertz / Feb. 25th, 1865 "
Wooden cane with metal tip, vine like pattern, accompanying tag reads, "Thornwood stick - silver inlay, formerly property of Walter Kieffer, grandfatther of Donald" Round branch with distinctive bark. Metal cylinder around lower end. Wooden peg exposed may indicate a missing piece at the tip. At 8.5 inches from teh top ar 5 parallel and wavy lines of wire flattened and attached diagonally, following the curvature of the wood.
Single piece of wood forms smooth 35 in cane with carved face whose hair becomes four long jointed appendages taht end in talons or claws gripping a head whose upward looking moustaches face's jaw is the tapered end of the curved handle. Lower tip is banded (.75 in W) and bottom is exposed wood. Pupils on cane face are tiny holes/punctures. On handle face, pupils are less deep with black in on them.
Letters carved into cane read KepKypa, indicating that object is from the Holy Land. Attached tag reads, "Made of wood from mount of olives in Holy Land, head of Christ and name, "Kieffer" carved by an armenian friend of Walter Kieffer (Grandfather of Donald K.)"
Natural finish and shaped wooden walking stick or cane. Relatively straight wood branch with knots. Stick is bark-free and varnished. About 1 inch diameter with last inch tapered to a .5 inch tip. Bottom varnish has worn off.
Said to be the cane of Samuel Evans (1823-1908); originally the property of John Wright, Columbia, PA.
Black oil painted walking stick with metal tip and embellished gold crown. Decorative 2 inch long metal button's top engraved. Smoothly finished with dark, ebony like color. At tip, a 1 inch metal band and a .25 inch metal bottom .5 inch diameter. Stick on label reads: This cane belonged to the father of W. W. Griest, US Congressman for whom Griest building was named. Anne Griest Klaus great grand-daughter.
Engraving on top of crown reads, "June 17. / 182- 1894 / Edward Griest / Lancaster, PA. / From his children / and / grandchildren."
