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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/27b15212-4991-40a7-a3da-921230279633

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: William Perry Kepler, son of Aaron C. Kepler

Object ID: 1951.015.002

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: William Perry Kepler, son of Aaron C. Kepler

Description: Oval; On sticker: William Perry Kepler son of Aaron C. Kepler painted by Rheingruber Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Year Range From: 1868

Year Range To: 1878

Creator: Reingruber, Ludwig, 1836-1885

Painted By: Rheingruber

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 43

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Bin 2-G

People: Kepler, William Perry; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Rheingruber, Ludwig

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: William Perry Kepler

Search Terms: Portraits; Paintings

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Condition: Poor

Condition Notes: Painting condition: Poor, previously relined, starting to separate, background heavily inpainted, 1"tear top center, 2 small tears left center; Painting repair: face, remove lining, reline, remove background inpainting, remove varnish, revarnish; Frame condition: Unframed; Frame repair:

Object ID: 1951.015.002

Notes: Frame measurements: Height 26; Width 22; Depth

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1951.015

Other Number: Painting #079

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/682a9434-ba57-460c-803b-469885138602

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-24-04-17

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: View of Martic Forge with railroad trestle, covered bridge and Kepler Lodge.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Railroads; Covered bridges; Kepler Lodge; Trestles

Place: Martic Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 5 x 8 inches

Condition: Fair

Object ID: 2-24-04-17

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/61f5bf86-deb8-4d36-9220-325215204936

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-19-05-12

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Two pictures, of Kepler Lodge, Martic Twp. Both are glued to a sheet of lightweight cardboard.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Kepler Lodge

Place: Martic Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4.25 x 6 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2-19-05-12

Images

Scrapbook

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650

Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Object ID: MG0184_S01

1 document

Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Shelf: Top shelf

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184_S01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710; Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Number: MG-184, Series 1

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Postcard

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0fe236ed-8ba6-4026-9d3e-254336344032

Collection: Postcard Collection

Object ID: 974-052

1 image

Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Description: Kepler Lodge, YWCA, Lancaster, PA.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Written Communication T&E

Search Terms: Kepler Lodge; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; YWCA; Young Women's Christian Association

Place: Martic Twp.

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches

Object ID: 974-052

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ec3f957a-788e-4ac9-a15e-282240245320

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-12-01-02

Date Range: 1897

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Martic Forge mansion, also called Kepler Lodge. Digital image only.

Provenance: Original image owned by Noel Dorwart.

Date Range: 1897

Creator: Dorwart, Harry M.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Kepler Lodge

Place: Martic Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Condition: Not Rated

Object ID: 2-12-01-02

Images

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/846a0c4b-c0c6-4fa8-8cd0-287456126150

Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

2 documents

Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.; The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Other Numbers: MG-184

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Fonds

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Report, Annual

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a9afaff2-ff0d-4160-ac11-958393740707

Collection: Lancaster Recreation Commission Records

Title: Lancaster Recreation Association Annual Report, 1941

Object ID: MG0567_S02_F008_It02

Date Range: 1941

1 document

Collection: Lancaster Recreation Commission Records

Title: Lancaster Recreation Association Annual Report, 1941

Description: Lancaster Recreation Association Annual Report. The report contains a list of board members, letter from the Director of Recreation, financial report, attendance, and information about programs and associated organizations. The programs included indoor and outdoor activities, playgrounds, wading pools and street showers, hikes, sports, and community parties. The associated clubs and organizations were the boys' and girls' clubs and the Crispus Attucks Recreation and Community Center.

Date Range: 1941

Creation Date: 1941

Creator: Lancaster Recreation Commission (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Cook, Ruby Martin Payne; Brandon, Grant D.; Harnish, Martin Mylin

Subjects: Annual reports; Children; Community centers; Family recreation; Lancaster Recreation Commission (Lancaster, Pa.); Recreation centers; Youth; Youth centers

Search Terms: Annual reports; Children; Community centers; Crispus Attucks Community Center; Family recreation; Kepler Lodge; Lancaster Recreation Association; Lancaster Recreation Commission; Persons of color; Recreation centers; Youth; Youth centers

Extent: 1 item, 24 pages to scan

Object Name: Report, Annual

Language: English

Object ID: MG0567_S02_F008_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Accession Number: 2010.LancRec

Other Numbers: MG-567

Other Number: MG-567, Series 2, Folder 8, Item 2

Classification: MG0567

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by AN, 2010. Added to database 2 September 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c932438c-94e9-49a4-9570-985601323700

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Ellen Mary Armstrong

Object ID: Painting #114

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Ellen Mary Armstrong

Description: Portrait of Ellen Mary Armstrong, by Arthur Armstrong. Seated girl with dog in interior with tall window at back. Young girl with short brown hair parted in center and curls in front. Dark brown eyes. Seated with hands in front and leges extended to right. White off the shoulder chemise with bows and lace at shoulders. Holding small basket of variety of pink flowers. High top footwear with blue foot and white cuff. Right shoe removed and lying on floor. Flowers on floor beside shoe. Seated on large round blue cushion. Folds of peach blanket under left leg and lying on floor at front right. Small spaniel type dog sitting upright on haunches, holding a daisy in mouth. Overal seated on block patterened bedspread or floorcloth. Three at left? Background is mottled brown. Window at right has night scene of street. including 2 prominent church steeples (possibly East Orange looking east toward First Reformed and Presbyterian Church).; From the bequest by Elizabeth Armstrong

Year Range From: 1843

Year Range To: 1846

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Art Rack

Storage Cabinet: South Side

Storage Shelf: Rack 1

Storage Drawer: Front

People: Armstrong, Arthur

Classification: Art; Portrait

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Art; Girl; Child; Portraits

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Height (cm): 89.535

Height (ft): 2.9375

Height (in): 35.25

Width (cm): 78.105

Width (ft): 2.5625

Width (in): 30.75

Dimension Details: painting dimensions are 30.25in High and 25in Wide.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2017-08-01

Condition Notes: Extensive craquelure. Two rectangular canvs pathces on reverse -- one at hair and above head, second patch below pink peopny on dress (reparied tear?) Frame painted gold excpet for three sections of face molding. Onverall wear with streaking and mottling. Inner gilded edge has multiple hairline cracks across its length; now quite darkened. Back uncovered; painting secured with eye screws. Brass plaque at bottom of frame reads "Ellen Mary Armstrong/1843-1846/Armstrong"; Frame: expected moderate wear to gilding with abrasions and smalll gesso chips. Short dark cracks on inner edges on all four sides.

Object ID: Painting #114

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/68405d20-a87a-4c41-9f02-390268787879

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: James Thomas Armstrong

Object ID: Painting #139

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: James Thomas Armstrong

Description: Handwritten on stretcher strip (top):; James T. Armstrong, age 18 years.; Arthur Armstrong, Artist.; Oil on canvas portrait of seated man, body facing right, head nearly front. Dark hair, ear length, no part. Brown eyes, prominent nose and chin. Black coat and waistcoat, white shirt with down turned collar. Black neckwear. Both and hold red book seated in red upholstered armchair. Formal garden and sky visible at left behind red curtain with gold fringe and tassel. Portrait of woman with palette and brushes below right. Probable stringed instrument at lower left. Brass plaque reads: "James thomas Armstrong/1828-1848/Armstrong." Frame is 4 in wide molded profile with gilding.

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Art Vault, North end

People: Armstrong, Arthur

Classification: Art; Men; Portrait

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Art; Portraits

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Height (cm): 122.555

Height (ft): 4.0208333333

Height (in): 48.25

Width (in): 36

Dimension Details: Frame measurements: Height 55.75; Width 43.75; Depth 3

Condition Notes: Painting: Oil on canvas, Poor/Fair, 4" cross tear top center, heavy canvas sagging, surface grime.; Painting conservation needs: Surface clean, mend tear, humidify, inpaint, remove varnish, revarnish, strip line.; Frame: 4" gold Sully-type, surface dirt and mildew stains throughout, minor losses throughout.; Frame conservation needs: Surface clean, touchup and regild.; (eta, VAP 08/04/2017) Fiar. Canvas detaching from stretcher at right side, especially at bottom corner where canvas is buckled an torn from stretcher. Irregular puncture tear is 2in wide and 3.5in high at upper right of head. Divets at upper right side to left of very center and at edge of coat near shirt, streaks of paint lass at left, top and right, white spot lower left. Overall dark and hazy. Mold spots at lower left. At upper back are moisture stains. Cellophane tape repair at tear. Frame: fair. gilding is darkened with alligatoring and mold spots. Gesso losses and strong chipping at outer edges. Left outer side has moisture stains with mold and stains across bottom.

Object ID: Painting #139

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b3cdb0e7-2c12-4fb6-bc2c-296638845398

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Amanda Haldeman Armstrong

Object ID: Painting #141

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Amanda Haldeman Armstrong

Description: Portrait of Amanda H. Armstrong, 1830-1913.; Sticker on back:; Lancaster Portraiture Committee; Miss Amanda Armstrong; Artist, Armstrong; Owner:; Michael (?) Armstrong; 406 N. Duke St.; Register 177, Cat. No. 9; Amanda Haldeman Armstrong, this is a companion portrait to Elizabeth Groff Armstrong. (Identifications based on names on brass plaques, which were probably added for a 1989 exhibition. At least a few of the identifications are unclear/questionable/contradictory. Aug 1 2017, VAP); Oil on canvas portrait of seated woman facing slightly left. dark hair, center part, curled at sides and gathered at back of crown. Brown eyes. Pendant earrings have stone. Light colored wide necked dress with pleats over the soulders and center front. Pink rose at center of collar. Hands clasped on lap. Ring and bracelet with stone on left arm. Tan or yellow fringed shawl end held across lap and draping over forearm to bottom right. Another shawl held across lap and draping over right arm. Upholstered reddish chair seen at right. Large reddish drapery with fringe and tassel covers background and is pulled back to reveal window at left wiht outdoor scene. Brass plaque reads "Amanda H. Armstrong/1830-1913/Armstrong." Frame is 4in wide with molded profile and gilding.; Bequest of Elizabeth Armstrong

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

People: Armstrong, Arthur

Classification: Art

Subcategory: Art

Subject: Portraits

Search Terms: Art; Children; Girls; Portraits

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Height (in): 48

Width (in): 36

Dimension Details: Frame measurements: Height 55.75; Width 43.75; Depth 3

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2017-07-13

Condition Notes: Painting: Poor, 3 previous silk patches on back, surface grime, 15" tear lower center, 13" tear left center, 5" tear right center, some minor paint loss throughout.; Painting conservation needs: Humidify, line, surface clean, remove varnish, inpaint, revarnish.; Frame: Poor/Fair, 4" Sully-type gold frame with plaque on bottom, mildew damage and minor losses throughout.; Frame conservation needs: Surface clean, spot patch and gild.; (eta, VAP, 08/02/2017) Poor. Sagging loose canvas with dark grime overall. Some craquelure in lower half of cnavas. Large 4in irregular hole with extended tears at arm and bracelet. 15in long verrtical tear with 3.5in offshoot tear at left in window area. Irregular tears 3.5in by 1.5in at conter right. Adjacent area of white paint is 8in by 4in. Smaller L-shaped tear at bottom right is approx 1.5in x 1.25in. Back has 3 silk patches. Frame: fair to good. very dark stain under plaque at edge. Multiple gesso chips at all edges. Gilding somewhat darkened overall with scattered dark blotches.

Object ID: Painting #141

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American folk painting : selections from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III : an exhibition on display at the Virginia Museum, Richmond, November 29, 1977- January 8, 1978

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17225

Author: Woodward, Richard B.,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 759.13 W912

Responsibility: organized by the Virginia Museum ; and circulated by the American Federation of Arts ; catalog compiled by Richard B. Woodward.

ISBN: 091704603X; 9780917046032; 0917046021 (pbk.); 9780917046025 (pbk.)

Author: Woodward, Richard B.,

Place of Publication: Richmond

Publisher: The Museum,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 110 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Wiltshire, William E. - Art collections; Painting, American - Exhibitions.; Primitivism in art - United States - Exhibitions.

Additional Corporate Author: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.; American Federation of Arts.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 759.13 W912

Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/69ba64d4-c1e5-45c1-814f-549266413020

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Armstrong

Object ID: 2017.008.1

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Armstrong

Description: O/C self-portrait of artist. Facing right front head turned toward viewer. Half length sitter wearing black suit with white shirt, black tie and gold chain. Dark hair parted on sitter's right with long sideburns seated in reddish chair, elbow resting on arm. Craquelure near sitter's right hand. Loss and repairs.; "A. Armstrong/Artist/Lancaster, Pa." is stencilled on back of canvas.

Provenance: Ptgs. owned by Hovey Gleason as of 1975. Owned by Dr. Irwin Richman in 1980s at the time he wrote Armstrong article for Magazine Antiques. Ended up at Conestoga Auction of Hess Auction Group a year or two ago where they were purchased by P. Sullivan. Seller states he cannot find receipt & ptgs.; they were an anonymous consignment to auction.

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 41

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

People: Armstrong, Arthur

Classification: Art; Men; Portrait

Search Terms: Art; Artists

Object Name: Painting

Material: Canvas

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (cm): 98.425

Height (ft): 3.2291666667

Height (in): 38.75

Width (cm): 85.725

Width (ft): 2.8125

Width (in): 33.75

Depth (cm): 5.08

Depth (ft): 0.1666666667

Depth (in): 2

Dimension Details: canvas dimensions: 31in high, 26in wide

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2017-07-18

Condition Notes: Seller states pair of ptgs. were restored in April 2017 by Jeff Rouse of Pittsburgh.To receive a treatment report would have cost extra, so it was declined, hence we have no record. Rouse now has a significant illness and is has closed his business.; Overal good condition. Canvas over board. Damage to right of index finger. Residue over second joints of 3 fingers. Damage forward of sitter's right elbow. Poor inpainting and above forearm. Poor color match on rear armrest of chair. Repaired tear over right eye. Brown kraft paper on back. gold paint covers gilding. Top at left is scraped, large .25in loss on right side. Bottom right has gesso loss.

Object ID: 2017.008.1

Related Item Notes: Half of a pair. 2017.008.2 is protrait of artist's wife.

Accession Number: 2017.008

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ca2c8088-0a9d-4aa0-b472-021617714622

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Armstrong

Object ID: 2017.008.2

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Armstrong

Description: O/C portrait of artist's wife, Harriet Wentz Armstrong. Sitter facing slight left, face forward, brown to black hair parted at middle. Brown eyes, long gold earrings, long gold lariat necklace with gold piece at neck, curls on lap. White sheer lace neckercheif. Pinned at neck with black and gold brooch. Black pleated long-sleeved dress with drop shoulders and heavily boned bodice. White, sheer handkercheif held at lap. Sitting on red upholstered armchair. Background has various browns.; "A. Armstrong/ Artist [?] Lancaster, Pa." is stencilled on middle of back of canvas.

Provenance: Ptgs. owned by Hovey Gleason as of 1975. Owned by Dr. Irwin Richman in 1980s at the time he wrote Armstrong article for Magazine Antiques. Purchased by P. Sullivan from Conestoga Auction of Hess Auction Group a year or two ago. Seller states he cannot find receipt & ptgs. were an anonymous consignment to auction.

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 41

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

People: Armstrong, Arthur; Armstrong, Harriet Wentz

Classification: Art

Search Terms: Art; Portraits; Women

Object Name: Painting

Material: Canvas

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (cm): 97.79

Height (ft): 3.2083333333

Height (in): 38.5

Width (cm): 86.36

Width (ft): 2.8333333333

Width (in): 34

Depth (cm): 5.08

Depth (ft): 0.1666666667

Depth (in): 2

Dimension Details: canvas dimensions: 30.75in high, 26.25in wide

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2017-07-18

Condition Notes: Seller states pair of ptgs. were restored in April 2017 by Jeff Rouse of Pittsburgh. To receive a treatment report would have cost extra, so it was declined, hence we have no record. Rouse now has a significant illness and is has closed his business.; Canvas over board. Condition is very good. Left edge, shoulder height and below has 5 dark discolorations, upper left corner has 2.5in color stripe, upper right corner background has light paint loss on raised granulations. Slight paint loss across nose to left eye. Dark spot of infill at right, under ear, on neckerchief. Dark varnish drip on cheek to left of nose. Frame: gold paint over gilding.

Object ID: 2017.008.2

Accession Number: 2017.008

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c1d6f0ab-847d-472a-89d3-941177650601

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Arthur Armstrong (Self-Portrait)

Object ID: Painting #057

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Arthur Armstrong (Self-Portrait)

Description: Arthur Armstrong (Self-Portrait); Oil on canvas. sitter facing slightly left, face nearly full forward. WIhite upright collar, black stock/cravat, black hihg =, bold collar, black coat. Brass plaque on frame reads "Arthur Armstrong/ 1798-1851/painted by himself." Stencil on back: "A. Armstrong artist." Stretcher is mostise and tenon with keys (2 missing) Back uncovered; painting secured with mending plates.

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Art Rack

Storage Cabinet: South Side

Storage Shelf: Rack 1

Storage Drawer: Front

People: Armstrong, Arthur

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Art; Portraits

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Height (in): 20

Width (in): 18

Dimension Details: Frame measurements: Height 26.5 Width 24.5 Depth 3

Condition: Fair

Condition Notes: Painting condition: Fair, previously lined, some minor paint loss, heavy crackliture, minor paint loss on nose and cheeks and background lower left; Painting repair: face painting, reline, remove varnish and revarnish, minor inpaint; Frame condition: Painted gold frame; Frame repair: none needed; (eta, 08/08/2017, VAP) waxy surface on back extensive craquelure stretcher lines about 1.5in from frame edges. Ear lobe paint color somewhat inconsistent. Alligatored micro-craquelure. Vertical paint loss along frame edge ar lower left. Small dark spots around upper right, one at left side of head.

Object ID: Painting #057

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/197095e0-5d3b-4728-81f4-292427077044

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Unknown Man

Object ID: Painting #068

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Unknown Man

Description: Portrait of a Man; On back: Stencil "A. Armstrong, Artist/Feb 1846"; Seated man facing slightly right with left arm draped over chair. Dark hair parted on sitter's left side, sideburns, thick eyebrows, brown eyes. White shirt with small collar, black neckwear. Black coat and waistcoat. Reddish chair/bench. Brown background. Cnavas back ahs stencil at center: "A. Armstrong/Artist/Lancaster, Pa." "Feb. 1846" painted underneath. Frame: wide mostly flat molding profile; gold paint. Stretcher is mortise and tenon with keys.

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 41

People: Armstrong, Arthur

Classification: Art; Portrait

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Height (in): 30

Width (in): 25

Depth (in): 2.5

Dimension Details: Frame dimensions: H:39.5in W:34.5in

Condition: Poor

Condition Notes: Painting condition: Poor, sagging heavily; Painting repair: humidify, line, remove varnish, minor inpainting, revarnish; Frame condition: Poor, painted gold; Frame repair: repair compo, touch-up; (eta, 08/07/2017, VAP) Very Poor. Canvas detached from top and right side. Extensive craqulure. Visible stretcher line. Two .25in areas of paint loss to left of face. Torn trips detaching from canvs edges. heavy graime. Back has square patch at very edge of center right. Frame: fair. worn and soiled surface. Gesso losses along front edge. At top left miter joint tip of left frame part is missing.

Object ID: Painting #068

Notes: Frame measurements: Height 39.5; Width 34.5; Depth 2.5

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d1b875fb-b69d-43bc-885f-864694164223

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Henry Gottlieb Lipp

Object ID: 1930.007.1

Date Range: 1850

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Henry Gottlieb Lipp

Description: Name written in cursive in ink on back of canvas is smeared: "(first two names illegible) Lipp." Appears to be Henry Gottlieb Lipp (1825-1920). He would have been; On sticker: for Lanc. Hist Society Lola D. Violet Lipp (or probably daughter Ida V. Lipp, b. 1856 d. 1930); Stenciled on back canvas: "A. Armstrong / Artist" and written in ink below is "1850."; Oil on canvas portrait of man facing slight right with face toward front. dark ear length heair, heavy eyebrows, sluish grey eyes. Black coat and waistcoat, black neckwear with bowtie ans hite shirt with upturned collar. Gold watch chain attached to waistcoat butto hole. hands o lap, left hand holds book. Seated in wooden chair with red upholstery. Blue drapery upper left corner. Sunrise or sunset over a river at right side. No frame.

Provenance: Owned by Lola D. Violet Lipp (or probably daughter Ida V. Lipp, b. 1856 d. 1930)

Date Range: 1850

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1850

Creator: Armstrong, Arthur

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

People: Armstrong, Arthur; Lipp, Henry G.

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Art; Portraits

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Material: Paint, Canvas, Wood

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 30

Width (in): 25

Depth (in): 2

Dimension Details: Frame measurements: Height 38in, Width 33.25in, Depth 2in

Condition: Fair

Condition Notes: Painting condition: Fair, puncture upper left, 1" scratch left center, crackliture lower left; Painting repair: humidify, restretch, remove varnish, consolidate, repair hole, inpaint, varnish; Frame condition: Poor, gold with 10" missing section rabitt, plaque: Henry Gottlieb Lipp 1825-1920-Armstrong; Frame repair: rejoin corners, compo touchup, rebuild; (eta, 08/08/2017, VAP) Dark with heavy grime, puncture with paint loss as well as two heavy dents with paint loss at upper left wear and paint loss concentrated along side edges. Loose canvas. No frame.

Object ID: 1930.007.1

Notes: Henry G. Lipp (10 Jan 1825 - 20 Aug 1920) was born in Wurttemburg, Germany and came to America at age 13. He died in Lancaster. He was a tinsmith in Lancaster City for 55 yrs.; He was one of the original stockholders in the Hamilton Watch Company and covered half the roof over the first factory. He was married to Margaret E. Dietrich. His obit. (in file) notes two daughters survived him: Ida V. Lipp, at home, and Mrs. J.D. Shields (Alice) of Harrisburg.

Accession Number: 1930.007

Other Number: Painting #096

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Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2ee6435f-4320-4874-9afb-343484072464

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Object ID: Painting #097

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Description: Portrait by Arthur Armstrong.; On back:; On tag: James Armstrong Sr., father of Arthur Armstrong; Oil on canvas portrait of man facing slightly right. Dark brown hair and sideburns, gray eyes, black coat and waistcoat, wide white neckwear, white shirt with upright collar. Right hand holds a letter. Red upholstered chair at back left. Dark background with craggy hills and evergreens in front. Vertical seam at center of canvas back. Brass plaque reads: "james Armstrong, Sr./DIED Nov. 4, 1831/Father of the Artist." Frame: 4.75in wide molded profile, gilded.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Art Rack

Storage Cabinet: South Side

Storage Shelf: Rack 6

Storage Drawer: Back

People: Armstrong, Arthur

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Art; Portraits

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 30

Width (in): 25

Depth (in): 2.5

Dimension Details: Frame measurements: Height 39; Width 34.5; Depth 2.5

Condition: Fair

Condition Notes: Painting condition: Fair, n./s. seam evident, indications of inpainting on lips and trees, 1" paint loss lower center, minor losses throughout; Painting repair: humidify, consolidate, remove varnish, inpaint, revarnish; Frame condition: Poor, gold, bottom rail split horizontally, minor compo loss throughout, on plaque: James Armstrong died November 4, 1831 by A. Armstrong; Frame repair: rejoin corners, repair bottom rail, touchup guild; (VAP 08/03/2017 eta) Dark with grime. may dents occured from back. Tear with puncture on waistcoat collar. Paint loss in extreme upper right corner and another loss about 4in below and left of corner. Large half inch area of paint loss at bottom center and another on sitter's thumb. Frame: soiled with worn gilding and dark areas. Separated miter joints. Heavy longitudinal crack across frame bottome. Multiple gesso chips at outside edges. Tow L-shped mending plates at bottom miter joints on back. Strips of foamboard and matboard stapled to sides of stretcher. Canvas secured with mending plates.

Object ID: Painting #097

Painting

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/95a164bd-362a-47aa-b3e1-965216000310

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Object ID: 1964.014

Date Range: 1849

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Description: oil on canvas portrait of two standing girls. Taller girl faces slightly right; shorter girl's body faces sister, embracing her waist, while face is turned sharply to nearly fully front. Tall ggirl has light brown hair with center part, tied with blue bows at back. Gray eyes. Multiple strand coral beaded necklace and gold hoop earrings. Blue wide necked dress with elbow length sleeves and buttons on sleeve cuff ans well as down front of dress. Skirt is pleated with 3 flounces. Lace trim at neckline and sleeve edge. lace blooms show below blue skirt. Red shoes with lback toe. younger girl has brown hair with center part. Multiple strand coral beadednecklace. Same ensemble only pink. Bows at shoulder. Older girl has flowers in right hand and corner of gold fringed shawl that drape down to bottom right. Basket of flowers at lower left. Large trees behind and to right of girls. Pastoral scene in distance through an open gate at background. Back has paper sticker at upper left "ART 64/120" Canvas stamped "A.Armstrong/Artist/Lancaster, Pa." "1849" painted below.

Date Range: 1849

Year Range From: 1849

Year Range To: 1849

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 41

People: Druckenmiller, Catherine Elizabeth; Druckenmiller, Emily Luretta; Armstrong, Arthur

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Art; Portraits; Children

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Height (in): 48.25

Width (in): 36.25

Condition Notes: Painting: Oil on linen, Fair/Good, canvas sagging, cracking throughout, some paint loss in faces, abrasions.; Painting conservation needs: Surface clean.; Frame: None.; Frame conservation needs: None.; (eta, 08/08/2017,VAP) sagging cavas; semi-gloss, sheen on overall surface. Four areas of paint loss along older sister's nose on forehead and shoulder of younger girl and fourth loss at center right, approx. 3in from edge. Canvas edges worn with paint loss. Electrical tape covers all outside edges of stretchers. No frame.

Object ID: 1964.014

Accession Number: 1964.014

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