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Fragment
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d8f16a24-ec03-40b5-8954-555548815056
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.089
Date Range
1888
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Collection
General Collection
Description
Piece of wedding cake:
S. R. & Mina Loisa Cohr, January 11, 1888
(There is no record of this marriage on this date)
Date Range
1888
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Object Name
Fragment
Oither Names
Cake Piece
Height (in)
1.25
Length (in)
4.25
Width (in)
3
Object ID
2002.089
Accession Number
2002.089
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Medal, Prize
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f2f89b74-6c4c-4ad2-ba77-283532223010
Collection
History Collection
Object ID
1923.999.1
Date Range
1885
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2 images
Collection
History Collection
Description
Commemorative medal,
Face: "The John Scott Medal, to the Most Deserving / to Christian Metzler for his Signal Lantern for Railways. On the recommendation of the Franklin Institute, 1885."
Reverse: "Awarded by the City of Philadelphia"
Companion Papers describing invention stored at: Guild Vault / A1, U3, SH2
Date Range
1885
Year Range From
1885
Year Range To
1885
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
People
Metzler, Christian
Subcategory
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Railroads
Medals
Franklin Institute
Object Name
Medal, Prize
Material
Metal
Depth (in)
0.25
Diameter (in)
4.125
Condition
Good
Object ID
1923.999.1
Accession Number
1923.999
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Medal, Prize
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/64988058-39f6-4919-ba4d-321099417415
Collection
History Collection
Object ID
1923.999.2
Date Range
1885
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2 images
Collection
History Collection
Description
Commemorative Award medal, in leather case with purple lining.
Face: "Reward of Skill and Ingenuity / To Metzler Railway Lantern Co. for Burrell's Reversible Lantern, 1885"
Reverse: "Franklin Institute / State of Pennsylvania, 1824
Date Range
1885
Year Range From
1885
Year Range To
1885
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 01
Storage Drawer
Drawer 19
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Railroads
Medals
Franklin Institute
Metzler Railway Lantern Co.
Object Name
Medal, Prize
Material
Metal
Depth (in)
0.25
Diameter (in)
2
Condition
Good
Object ID
1923.999.2
Accession Number
1923.999
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