2.325in wide white leather belt edges bound in dark green leather with scalloped edges on the front. enter cut out portion reveals a red background with raised white letters "HUMANE" 2.625in wide movable slide also bound in green edges with red cut out background with raised "6" in white. Belt with holes is missing. Belt on the opposite end has a small buckle.
Firefighter's belt from the Shiffler Fire Company. 2.5in wide leather belt painted dark red, edges bound in green leather with a scalloped edge on the front. Center cut out portion reveals a green background with raised metal letters: "SHIFFLER." A silver colored metal buckle (3in) displays in relief fire fighting equipment. A sheild in the center contains a #7. The bent edge on the back of the shield hookos over a link at the pposite end of the belt. Belt size is adjusted by moving hooks (attached at both ends of belt) to various holes in the belt.
Note: A card, found loose in the box near this belt reads: "Shiffler Fire Co., No 7, Leather Belt. Presented by Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, Bausman, PA."
A card, found loose in the box near this belt, reads: "Shiffler Fire Co., No 7, Leather Belt. Presented by Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, Bausman, PA." No more information in known. 11/18/2015 VAP
Color sketch of a brown-eyed, brown-haired young girl, with a center part and ringlets at sides of her head. Miss Alice M. Klein blue garb is off the shoulders. Printed on the oval frame with a gold band: "Photographed by JAMIESON & BENSON, No. 80 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa." The rough edge indicates that the entire piece appears to have been cut from something largeer.
Some spots on background area. A circular stain at bottom looks as if stain from a cup/jar bottom. Back is brown acidifed paper. "Miss Alice M Klein" is written in pencil.