Lancaster Amish Bars quilt, circa 1920. Deep colors such as these are usually found in early quilts.
Top: Twill-weave wools. Seven-inch wide bars of blue and green with red inner border and blue outer border with green blocks.
Back: Black & white and blue & white chambray, machine joined in four widths. Just one narrow strip is in blue.
Quilting: Although the quilting of fine even stitches is excellent, the patterns are hard to see in dark colors. Outer border has baskets containing a tulip and tiny paired loops a the side of each basket handle. Baskets alternate with 6-point stars. A row of scallops along inner edge. The inside border has a double cable with 6-point star in corners. Centerfield is waffle.
Binding is red, machine sewn to the back, turned and machine sewn to front with black cotton thread.
North of White Horse, Lancaster County (Esprit Book, plate 43)
Provenance
Purchased by Esprit from the Holsteins for $10,000 on 6/12/1986.
Some fading of blue fabric. Some small holes and one tear, now darned, at back of binding in one corner caused by a heavy nylon strap sleeve, removed by conservator Linnea Davis. Other hole repairs made by Davis in binding (see file).
Discovered at a local "Flea Market," was this signed photo by Robert Dudley Moore, a commercial railroad photographer. It shows P. R. R., K-5, No. 5698 heading an eastbound passenger train on the four track main line thru Gap before the era of electrification. The historical Gap clock tower is on the upper right. Photo, Robert Dudley Moore, Philadelphia.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
The Pennsylvania's four tracked main line was platformed on both sides in this early view card showing the way station at Kinzer decked out in the usual striped awnings for the summer season. the Kinzer hotel with its columned portico welcomed traveling salsemen. A nearby livery stable a kind of "Hertz" of its day offered horse and carriages for salesmen to call on their country prospects.
A rugged, hilly area known locally as the Welsh Mountains borders eastern Lancaster County. Bill Moedinger caught the same September 1940 fan trip as it labored upgrade to the summit of the Welsh Mountains west of Honey Brook. Photo, William Moedinger, Jr., Lancaster, Pa. "Off the Beaten Track" Excursion, September 19, 1940.
Provenance
From box labeled Manuscript Photos PRR, C & PD Br., New Holland Br. (D & L), Lanc. & Quarryville
Twin Brook Winery is situated on forty acres of historic Lancaster County farmland. Twin Brook Winer, dedicated to making world-class wines from grapes grown in Pennsylvania, prides itself on the subtlety and depth of its barrel-aged varietals.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Visitors can see this "Peerless" and over 100 other steam or gasoline engines at Rough & Tumble Museum in Lancaster County, PA. During festivities such as the Spring Steam Up and Old Thresherman's Reunion, all these old fashioned machines are in operation.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Before modern tractors and combines were invented, this Schied steam traction engine provided belt power for a thresher to separate grain from chaff in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Visitors can see this and a varied collection of industrial, farm and home devices preserved and demonstrated at Rough & Tumble Engineers Historical Association.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
