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Collection
Applied Arts and Crafts
Object ID
1937.001.1
Date Range
1937
Collection
Applied Arts and Crafts
Description
8-tube candle mold with attached band handle and base.
Single Vertical Seam for each of 8 candle molds, 2 rows of 4. Taper molds have about 3/4 inch circumference; 9.25 inches from base of taper to top, before slant at tip. Hole for wicks on one end. Rectangular Bases on both ends and handle on one side.
Date Range
1937
Year Range From
1937
Year Range To
1937
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 08
Subcategory
Glass, Plastics, Clayworking T&E
Object Name
Mold, Candle
Material
Tinned Sheet Iron
Height (in)
11
Width (in)
5.25
Depth (in)
5.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2013-11-18
Condition Notes
Some dents. Three splayed corners
Object ID
1937.001.1
Accession Number
1937.001
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Object ID
2002.120.1
Date Range
1900-1940
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Description
Sheet Iron Tray with stencilled graphics.
Date Range
1900-1940
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1940
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 1
Storage Shelf
Shelf 6
Subcategory
Household Accessory
Object Name
Tray
Material
Sheet Iron
Height (in)
0.5
Length (in)
8.5
Width (in)
12
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
2002.120.1
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Object ID
2002.120.2
Date Range
1900-1940
Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Description
Sheet Iron Tray with stencilled graphics.
Date Range
1900-1940
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1940
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 1
Storage Shelf
Shelf 6
Subcategory
Household Accessory
Object Name
Tray
Material
Sheet Iron
Height (in)
0.5
Length (in)
8.5
Width (in)
12
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
2002.120.2
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Collection
Print Collection
Title
Washington Visits Lancaster, July 4th, 1791
Object ID
2002.123
Date Range
1920-1970
Collection
Print Collection
Title
Washington Visits Lancaster, July 4th, 1791
Description
Etching, "Washington Visits Lancaster, July 4th, 1791" Scene of town square and Old Courthouse.
Date Range
1920-1970
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
1970
Creator
Schwartz, William Tefft
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 02
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Washington, George
Subcategory
Art
Search Terms
courthouses
Object Name
Print
Material
Paper, Wove
Height (in)
8
Width (in)
9.5
Object ID
2002.123
Role
Artist
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Collection
Architecture Collection
Object ID
2002.146
Date Range
1960
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Collection
Architecture Collection
Description
Ornamental corbel removed from the Queen Street side of the Hotel Brunswick. Relief is defined as a carved or molded ornament that projects from a flat surface.
Date Range
1960
Year Range From
1960
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 10
Storage Shelf
Shelf 7
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Hotels
Object Name
Relief
Object ID
2002.146
Accession Number
2002.146
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Object ID
2002.162.1
Date Range
1940-1960
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Description
wooden flagstand and three miniature flags.
Date Range
1940-1960
Year Range From
1940
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Ceremonial Artifact
Object Name
Holder, Flagpole
Material
Wood
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.162.1
Accession Number
2002.162
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Object ID
2002.162.2
Date Range
1940-1960
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Description
Set of two keystone-shaped plaques, silver with red inset, "28th Div."
Date Range
1940-1960
Year Range From
1940
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Ceremonial Artifact
Object Name
Plaque
Material
Metal
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.162.2
Accession Number
2002.162
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Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Object ID
2002.162.3
Date Range
1962
Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Description
32nd Annual Convention, 1962, Society of 28th Division
Date Range
1962
Year Range From
1962
Year Range To
1962
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Membership
Material
Cloth, Metal
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.162.3
Accession Number
2002.162
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Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Object ID
2002.162.4
Date Range
1962
Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Description
32nd Annual Convention, 1962, Society of 28th Division, "William Diffenderfer"
Date Range
1962
Year Range From
1962
Year Range To
1962
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
People
Diffenderfer, William
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Membership
Material
Cloth, Metal
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.162.4
Accession Number
2002.162
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Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Object ID
2002.162.9
Date Range
1940-1960
Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Description
Committee
Date Range
1940-1960
Year Range From
1940
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Identification
Material
Cloth, Metal
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.162.9
Accession Number
2002.162
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Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Object ID
2002.162.10
Date Range
1940-1960
Collection
Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, Society of 28th Division
Description
Judge
Date Range
1940-1960
Year Range From
1940
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Identification
Material
Cloth, Metal
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.162.10
Accession Number
2002.162
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Collection
Military Collection: Army of Occupation
Object ID
2002.162.11
Date Range
1940-1960
Collection
Military Collection: Army of Occupation
Description
Army of Occupation medal and pin set
Date Range
1940-1960
Year Range From
1940
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Badge, Military
Material
Cloth, Metal
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.162.11
Accession Number
2002.162
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.173.1
Date Range
1880-1930
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Collection
General Collection
Description
Wooden camera tripod
Date Range
1880-1930
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
1930
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum North
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 02
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Subcategory
Photographic T&E
Object Name
Tripod
Material
Wood, Brass
Object ID
2002.173.1
Accession Number
2002.173
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Collection
Music Collection
Object ID
1975.004
Date Range
1880-1948
Collection
Music Collection
Description
Cornet in wooden case. Played by J. Fred Fisher (1861-1948), Chief of Police of Lancaster City in 1898.
Date Range
1880-1948
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
1948
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
People
Fisher, Fred J.
Subcategory
Musical T&E
Search Terms
police
Object Name
Cornet
Material
Wood, Brass
Height (in)
8
Length (in)
12
Width (in)
6
Condition
Good
Object ID
1975.004
Credit
Gift of Miss Mildred C. Young
Accession Number
1975.004
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations, Freemasons
Object ID
2002.195
Date Range
1940-1970
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations, Freemasons
Description
Wooden pine panel box with thermoplastic lid with Masonic motifs. contents include tickets, press passes and other ephemera related to Herb Krone.
Date Range
1940-1970
Year Range From
1940
Year Range To
1970
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 30
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
People
Krone, Herb
Subcategory
Container
Object Name
Box
Material
Wood, Pine
Height (in)
3.125
Length (in)
4.75
Width (in)
4.75
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.195
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Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry
Object ID
2002.197
Date Range
1934
Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry
Description
Small copper-colored metal bell with truncated pyramidal shape. "Hotel Brunswick / Lancaster, PA" engraved on one side; "Happy / New Year / 1934-1935" on opposite side. Clapper inside. Handle is in the shape of a can opener.
Date Range
1934
Year Range From
1934
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Container
Box 0231: Misc. Ephemera
Subcategory
Sound Communication T&E
Search Terms
Hotels
Object Name
Bell
Material
Metal
Height (in)
3.25
Width (in)
1.75
Depth (in)
1.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2014-01-13
Condition Notes
Overall tarnish and darkening with stains and some corrosion especially on "Hotel Brunswick" side (interior and exterior).
Object ID
2002.197
Accession Number
2002.197
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Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry, Bowman
Object ID
2002.223.26
Date Range
1964
Collection
History Collection: Business & Industry, Bowman
Description
Seal, "Ezra Bowman and Sons, OHIO, 1964"
Date Range
1964
Year Range From
1964
Year Range To
1964
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 09
People
Bowman, Ezra
Subcategory
Personal Symbol
Object Name
Seal
Height (cm)
16
Width (cm)
5
Depth (cm)
10
Condition
Good
Object ID
2002.223.26
Credit
Gift of Mrs. E. H. Parkhurst
Accession Number
2002.223
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Lewis Miller, sketches and chronicles; the reflections of a nineteenth century Pennsylvania German folk artist

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8242
Author
Miller, Lewis,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[c1966]
Call Number
759.1392 M648
Responsibility
Introd. by Donald A. Shelley.
Author
Miller, Lewis,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of York County
Date of Publication
[c1966]
Physical Description
xxii, 185 p. (chiefly col. illus., facsims., port.) 29 cm.
Notes
Selected chiefly from the collections of the Historical Society of York County.
Bibliography: p. 185.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania - York
Folk art - Pennsylvania - York.
York (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of York County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1392 M648
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American copper & brass

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8244
Author
Kauffman, Henry J.,
Date of Publication
[1968]
Call Number
739.51 K21
Responsibility
[by] Henry J. Kauffman.
Author
Kauffman, Henry J.,
Place of Publication
[Camden, N.J.]
Publisher
T. Nelson
Date of Publication
[1968]
Physical Description
288 p. illus., facsims. 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 282-283.
Subjects
Brasses - United States.
Implements, utensils, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
739.51 K21
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The book of old silver : English, American, foreign

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8245
Author
Wyler, Seymour B.
Date of Publication
1965.
Call Number
739.23 W983
Responsibility
by Seymour B. Wyler.
ISBN
051700089X
Author
Wyler, Seymour B.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crown Publishers,
Date of Publication
1965.
Physical Description
x, 401 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
"With all available hallmarks including Sheffield plate marks."
Originally published in 1937.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 398.
Contents
Chapters: Old English Silver -- Laws and Regulations Affecting English Hallmarks -- Frauds -- The Collection and Care of Old Silver--Famous English Goldsmiths -- Tea Services -- Drinking Articles -- Condiment Sets -- Table Ware -- Lighting Appliances -- Flat Silver -- Boxes -- Miscellaneous Pieces-- The English Provinces -- Ireland -- Scotland -- Sheffield Plate -- Silversmithing in America -- Silversmithing in Europe -- How to Identify Hallmarks -- Marks on English Plate -- Marks on Scottish Plate -- Marks on Irish Plate -- Sheffield Platers' Marks -- American Silversmiths' Marks -- French Hallmarks -- German Hallmarks-- Marks of Other European Countries.
Subjects
Plate.
Hallmarks.
Silverwork.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
739.23 W983
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