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Badge, Fire

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Collection: Firefighting Collection

Object ID: 2004.011.1

Date Range: 1929

Collection: Firefighting Collection

Description: Button from 1929 Lancaster County Fireman's Association Convention in LItitz, PA. Printed "9th Convention The Lancaster County Fireman's Ass'n Lititz ,Pa. June 8, 1929." Hole in center bottom of button with a metal wire ring holding a brown metal pretzel (1.5 w x 1.25 h) Plain white paper insert in back of button.

Date Range: 1929

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 1

Storage Cabinet: Unit 07

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Container: Box 0464

Subcategory: Personal Symbol

Search Terms: Lancaster County Firemen's Association; Lititz

Object Name: Badge, Fire

Length (in): 2

Width (in): 1.5

Diameter (in): 1.25

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2004.011.1

Accession Number: 2004.011

Button

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Collection: Firefighting Collection

Object ID: 2004.011

Date Range: 1921-2004

Collection: Firefighting Collection

Description: Collection of Lancaster County Firemen's Convention badges collected by C. B. Koehler of Lititz, PA; No. Date Location Badge Delegate; 1 1921; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9 June 8, 1929 Lititz X; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16 June 6, 1936 Christiana X X; 17 June 5, 1937 Manheim XX X; 18 June 4, 1938 Quarryville X X; 19 June 3, 1939 Lancaster X X; 20 June 1, 1940 Marietta X; 21 June 6, 1941 Christiana X X; 22 June 6, 1942 East Petersburg X X; 23 June 5, 1943 Columbia X X; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28 June 5, 1948 Reamstown X; 29; 30 June 3, 1950 Strasburg X; 31 June 2, 1951 Terre Hill X; 32 June 7, 1952 Denver X; 33 June 6, 1953 Quarryville XX; 34; 35; 36 June 2, 1956 Lititz XX; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42 June 2, 1962 Manheim X; 43 June 1, 1963 Elizabethtown X; 44 June 6, 1964 Columbia X; 45 June 5, 1965 Shawnee X; 46 June 4, 1966 Denver X; 47 June 3, 1967 Quarryville X; 48; 49; 50 June 6, 1970 Denver X X; 51 June 5, 1971 Manheim XXXX X; 52 June 3, 1972 Ephrata XXX X; 53 June 2, 1973 Mt. Joy XXX X; 54 June 1, 1974 Willow Street X X; 55 June 7, 1975 Willow Street XX X; 56 June 5, 1976 Elizabethtown X X; 57 June 4, 1977 Keystone X; 58 June 3, 1978 New Holland X X; 59 June 2, 1979 Columbia X; 60 June 7, 1980 Quarryville X; 61 June 6, 1981 Mt. Joy X X; 62 June 5, 1982 Manheim X X; 63 June 4, 1983 Strasburg X X; 64 June 2, 1984 Quarryville XX X; 65 June 1, 1985 East Petersburg X X; 66 June 7, 1986 Reamstown X X; 67 June 6, 1987 New Holland X X; 68 June 4, 1988 Ephrata X; 69 June 3, 1989 Quarryville X; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80 2000; 81; 82; 83; 84 2004

Date Range: 1921-2004

Year Range From: 1921

Year Range To: 2004

Last Owner: Koehler, Christian B.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 1

Storage Cabinet: Unit 07

Storage Container: Box 0464

People: Koehler, Christian B.

Subcategory: Advertising Medium

Search Terms: Lancaster County Firemen's Association

Object Name: Button

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2004.011

Accession Number: 2004.011

Candlestick

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1956.010.3

Date Range: March 4, 1921

Collection: General Collection

Description: Set of dark wooden candlesticks. "These candlesticks Mr. William Mellor who was then superintendent of the Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School Lanc. Pa. - Presented to Judge Charles I. Landis March 4, 1921 ["I give both to the Lancaster Historical Society J(?) Landis"] The Mahoganey is from handrail of stairs in home of The Honorable Thaddeus Stevens ["4th"] South Queen St.; "Mr. William Mellor died Jan 13(?) 1923.; "Hon. Charles I. Landis died Mar 2(?) 1932; "Work executed by one of the school boys"

Date Range: March 4, 1921

Year Range From: 1921

Year Range To: 1921

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Museum North

Storage Wall: A2

Storage Cabinet: Unit 02

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

People: Mellor, William; Landis, Charles I.; Stevens, Thaddeus

Subcategory: Lighting Device

Search Terms: Candlesticks; Schools; Stevens and Smith Center; Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Object Name: Candlestick

Object ID: 1956.010.3

Notes: details needed

Accession Number: 1956.010

Key

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Collection: History Collection: Places & Spaces

Object ID: 1923.003.1

Date Range: c. 1900

Collection: History Collection: Places & Spaces

Description: Keys to Shober Hotel. Set of three related large bronze keys (A, B, C), each with oval handle and heart-shaped cutout. Long hollow barrels shafts are lathe-turned, with decorative turned detail near handle. Each shaft has slight tapering, increasing in diameter from handle to opposite end. Ends have a flat rectangular "tooth" cut and shaped into similar but varying configurations.; A) 5 inches long with ring and bead turning.; B) 4.875 inches long with ring and bead turning.; C) 4 inches long with ring and vase turning.

Date Range: c. 1900

Year Range From: 1890

Year Range To: 1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 29

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Subcategory: Household Accessory

Subject: Hotels; Locks and keys

Search Terms: Hotels; Keys; Shober's Hotel

Object Name: Key

Material: Bronze

Dimension Details: See description

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2015-04-13

Condition Notes: A) Best condition with very few dents or marring.; B) Heavy wear with dents and nicks, esp. the 1.5" long section at shaft end along spine.; C) Moderate marring, esp. along spine opposite tooth.

Object ID: 1923.003.1

Accession Number: 1923.003

Shawl

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Collection: Costume and Accessories Collection

Object ID: 2017.012.2

Date Range: Mid 20th c.

Collection: Costume and Accessories Collection

Description: Charcoal gray wool shawl with 2.5"-long twisted self-fringe all four sides. Square in shape, it is used folded corner to corner.; Maker is unknown. Owned and used by Old Order River Brethren woman, Katie Schock Keller.; Pennsylvania or Iowa

Provenance: Inherited from grandmother's estate.

Date Range: Mid 20th c.

Year Range From: 1925

Year Range To: 1960

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 4

Storage Cabinet: Unit 18

People: Keller, Katie Schock; Keller, John M.

Subject: Mennonites; Old Order Mennonites; Shawls

Search Terms: Mennonites; Old Order Mennonites; Old Order River Brethren; Shawls

Object Name: Shawl

Material: Wool

Length (cm): 96.52

Length (ft): 3.1666666667

Length (in): 38

Width (cm): 93.98

Width (ft): 3.0833333333

Width (in): 37

Dimension Details: Dimensions do not include 2.5"-long fringe.

Condition: Very Good

Condition Date: 2017-12-18

Condition Notes: No visible damage. Some wear to fringe.

Object ID: 2017.012.2

Usage: Keller, Katie Schock

Credit: Gift of Faithe Keller Zercher in memory of Katie Schock Keller

Accession Number: 2017.012

Shoe

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Collection: Costume and Accessories Collection

Object ID: 2017.012.3

Date Range: Early to mid 20th c.

Collection: Costume and Accessories Collection

Description: High-top black leather shoes with 1.5" high heels. Undecorated except for some trim stitching with tiny perforations. Has eyelets and laces. Inside lining is canvas with gray leather edging.; Maker is unknown. Worn by Katie Schock Keller, an Old Order River Brethren woman from Washington Boro who married in 1910 and lived in Dallas Center, Iowa. Husband John M. Keller was a Bishop.