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Antiques in Pennsylvania Dutchland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16609
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Date of Publication
1967, 1977 printing.
Call Number
745 S646a
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photos by Mel Horst. Text by Elmer Smith.
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts,
Date of Publication
1967, 1977 printing.
Physical Description
42 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania.
Art, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745 S646a
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Early American grave stone designs; [a pictorial presentation of the often forgotten folk art in the early graveyards of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and in Virginia]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8852
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Edition
[Rev. ed.]
Date of Publication
1972.
Call Number
731.76 S646
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by Elmer L. Smith.
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Edition
[Rev. ed.]
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
32 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Americana books
Notes
Bibliography: p. 32.
Subjects
Sepulchral monuments - Middle Atlantic States.
Sculpture, American.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
731.76 S646
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Early country furniture

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8544
Author
Horst, Melvin.
Date of Publication
[1970]
Call Number
749.213 S646
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Photography by Mel Horst. Text by Elmer L. Smith.
ISBN
0911410252
Author
Horst, Melvin.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts Publishers,
Date of Publication
[1970]
Physical Description
40 p. illus. 28 cm.
Subjects
Furniture - United States.
Folk art - United States.
Additional Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
749.213 S646
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Early Lancaster County funeral customs

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Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Date of Publication
1973.
train for their wedding trip to Steel- ton. �Early Lancaster County Funeral Customs by Miriam Eyde Bixler In 1683 William Penn reported on Indians in Pennsylvania, "If they die they bury them with their apparrel [sic] be they man or woman and the nearest of kin fling something precious with them as a
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by Miriam Eyde Bixler.
Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
[163]-170 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 4
Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 4 (1973), p. 163-170Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77
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Hex signs and other barn decorations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17372
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Date of Publication
c1965, 1972 printing.
Call Number
745.7 S646
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Responsibility
photographs by Mel Horst ; text by Elmer L. Smith.
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts,
Date of Publication
c1965, 1972 printing.
Physical Description
42 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 42).
Subjects
Barn symbols.
Decoration and ornament - Pennsylvania.
Hex signs.
Additional Author
Horst, Melvin.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.7 S646
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Meet the Mennonites in Pennsylvania Dutchland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17081
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Date of Publication
c1979.
Call Number
301.452 S646
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Responsibility
text by Elmer L. Smith ; photographs by Mel Horst.
ISBN
0911410058
9780911410051
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts Pub.,
Date of Publication
c1979.
Physical Description
30 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Mennonites
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
301.452 S646
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Notes on lamplighting, et cetera

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Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Date of Publication
1970.
That's all I remember about the different jobs I had, but some- day I'll tell you some stories that are dillies about the undertaking business, if you want. Notes on Lamplighting, Et Cetera by Miriam E. Bixler Interviews Mother's brother, James Kautz, remembers that there were a few remaining oil
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by Miriam E. Bixler.
Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
104-108 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 3
Subjects
Lighting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Gas-lighting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 3 (1970), p. 104-108Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74
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Pottery; a utilitarian folk craft

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9076
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Date of Publication
[1972]
Call Number
738.3 S646
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Compiled by Elmer L. Smith. Photographed by Bradford L. Rauschenberg.
Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts Publishers
Date of Publication
[1972]
Physical Description
32 p. illus. 29 cm.
Subjects
Pottery, American.
Folk art - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
738.3 S646
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