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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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Boyd's Lancaster county business directory. The names of the citizens of Lancaster: state, county, and city record; and an appendix of much useful information. 1859-60

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16988
Date of Publication
[1859]
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1859-60
  1 website  
Responsibility
Comp. by William H. Boyd ...
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
Sprenger and Westhaeffer, 44 North Queen
Date of Publication
[1859]
Physical Description
316 p. illus. 20 cm.
Subjects
Directories.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1859-60
Websites
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments : together with the Apocrypha : translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19660
Date of Publication
1854.
Call Number
220 K51 1854
Place of Publication
Philadelphia : Baltimore
Publisher
John B. Perry ; Walker & Medary,
Date of Publication
1854.
Physical Description
576, 87, 579-767, 41, 22 pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
Notes
"The text conformable to the standard of the American Bible Society."
New Testament has a separate title-page: The New Testament of our lord and savoir Jesus Christ : translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Philadelphia : John B. Perry, 1853.
Includes index and concordance.
Includes: The Psalms of David in metre.
Includes [4] p. of plates for Family record, 1826-1963.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Kendig family Bible.
One marriage license for Benjamin S. Kendig and Susan M. Hildebrand, 17 September 1853 removed to MG-399; Kendig family bible. Copy placed in family file.
Marbled endpapers and six loose pages at front.
Subjects
Kendig, Benjamin Sangree, - 1826-1913.
Hildebrand, Susan M., - 1835-1922.
Kendig family - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
American Bible Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 K51 1854
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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Empress Eugenie
Object ID
W.1991.002.001
Date Range
1854/12
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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Empress Eugenie
Description
Color lithograph of Empress Eugenie. The lithograph was created from an original painting by F. Winterhalter. The Empress is standing on a platform, her body facing left, head turned front, her right hand raised over a jewelled crown that sits atop of a gold trimmed brown pillow on a red and gold trimmed table; a gold embroidered arm chair is behind her. The Empress is wearing a a long pearl necklace over her white double flounced evening gown trimmed in lace and enhanced by a green bustle as well as a blue and white sash. She wears a jeweled bracelet on both arms, a pearl tiara with a small pearl crown atop her chignon veil.
Leon-Noel, Lithographer
Provenance
Johnston, Harriet Lane
To Kennedy, May Selden (Paternal cousin)
To Taylor, Julia Kennedy (May's sister)
To Taylor, Margaret Beverly (Julia's daughter)
To Taylor, Edmund R. III (Julia's grandson)
To James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory
Date Range
1854/12
Creator
Leon-Noel
F. Winterhalter- Painted original
Made By
Leon-Noel
Last Owner
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Northeast Bedchamber
Storage Wall
West Wall
People
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Eugenie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French
Subcategory
Art
Subject of Painting
Eugenie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, 1826-1920
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Inscription Language
French
Inscription Position
Bottom of print
Inscription Technique
Stamped
Inscription Text
Pubhe par Goupil et Compie Paris 15 Xbre 1854 Imp. par Lemercieri Paris Goupil & Co. London New York Berlin Verlag von Goupil & Co.
Inscription Type
Paper Tag
Frame
H: 36.25 inches x W: 26.25 inches
Object Name
Print
Material
Paper / Wood
Medium
Print
Height (in)
36.25
Width (in)
26.25
Depth (in)
1.625
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2022-11-10
Condition Notes
Frame cleaned and restored by Joseph Libhart of Marietta, PA in 11/1991. Crack in upper left corner of glass covering print.
Object ID
W.1991.002.001
Notes
'Mrs. Johnson (sic) 1739 I Street' written on reverse side of frame. Label from Veerhoff's Art Store, Washington D.C. also on back of frame.
Place of Origin
Paris, France
Accession Number
W.1991.002
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Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British navy : message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19081
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1858]
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
Alternate Title
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
[Washington? D.C
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1858]
Physical Description
16 p.
Series
Doc. / 35th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc ; no. 11.
Notes
Caption title.
"December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and orderd to be printed."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Foreign relations, - 1857-1861.
United States - Foreign relations - United Kingdom..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
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