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Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry
Object ID
2005.008
Date Range
1917-1920
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Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry
Description
Sani-Straw straw holder. Molded glass container with nickel-plated cap and "straw-lifter"
Bottom is marked, "No-touch straw Holder Co. / Lancaster, Penn. U.S.A. / Patd. Jan. 2, 1917"
Date Range
1917-1920
Year Range From
1917
Year Range To
1920
Made By
No-Touch Straw Holder Company
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 1
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Dispenser, Straw
Material
Glass, Metal
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
2005.008
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Accession Number
2005.008
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Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry
Object ID
2015.022.4
Date Range
1914
Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry
Description
Booklet from Brubaker's Hatchery titled "Brubaker's Strain Single Comb White Leghorns, mating list 1914. 12 pages, 6 leaves. Publisher listed on back cover: Poultry Item Press, Sellersville, Penna.
Date Range
1914
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Beechdale Duck Farm
Object Name
Ephemera
Height (in)
6.375
Width (in)
3.5
Condition
Good
Object ID
2015.022.4
Notes
Transferred to Archives, MG- 756.
Accession Number
2015.022
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Collection
Tool Collection: Textiles
Object ID
2015.999.19
Collection
Tool Collection: Textiles
Description
Small tool with thin curving blade set into a turned wood handle and brass ferrule. Saber-like blade is brass, having a small slot cut into bottom edge near tip.
Used for warping a loom by pulling warp ends through the reed.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1940
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Container
Box 1002: Sewing & Needlework
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Hook, Reed
Material
Wood, Brass
Length (in)
7.625
Diameter (in)
0.625
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-05-05
Condition Notes
Unfinished handle is smooth from use. Blade is oxidized with soil and light abrasions. Cracking at blade tip, from slot to tip.
Object ID
2015.999.19
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2015.999
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Collection
Tool Collection: Textiles
Object ID
1950.007.319
Collection
Tool Collection: Textiles
Description
Molded cake of beeswax for waxing thread. Oval shape, flat bottom and domed top has molded raised image of a person milking a cow. Perimeter of oval has border of lobed scallops. Surface of wax cake is speckled with black particles of paint or similar substance.
Year Range From
1890
Year Range To
1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Container
Box 1002: Sewing & Needlework
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Tool, Lubrication
Length (in)
3.75
Width (in)
2
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-05-06
Condition Notes
Unused as thread strengthener. Black particles of paint (?) overall.
Object ID
1950.007.319
Accession Number
1950.007
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