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Collection
Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection
Title
Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection
Object ID
MG0308
Date Range
1815-1853
, Jacob Govett, William Hansson, Joseph Harrison, John Hayes, Jacob Hovey, Roswell Jones, J. Jones, J. C. Keller, John Lewis, Edward Martin, George McNeely, William T. Miller, Samuel Morris, William Mullins, Edward Pinkerton, William C. Reigart, Adam Slaymaker, Henry Edwin Steinman, George Michael Strenge
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Collection
Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection
Title
Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection
Description
This collection contains receipts and invoices from the Pinkerton & Slaymaker business. The receipts date primarily from May 1851, with one receipt from May 1853, and are for a wide variety of items. The collection also contains letters from the Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike Company and an undated check from the National Bank of Pottstown.
Admin/Biographical History
Henry Edwin Slaymaker and William C. Pinkerton went into the hardware business as Pinkerton & Slaymaker ca. 1850. The store was located on North Queen Street in Lancaster. The business was closed out in 1857.
Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, p. 94.
Date Range
1815-1853
Year Range From
1914
Year Range To
1978
Date of Accumulation
1815-1853
Creator
Pinkerton & Slaymaker
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Bickford, Bacon
Boon, Philip T.
Brady, William
Dale, W. P.
Eberley, Jacob
Govett, William
Hansson, Joseph
Harrison, John
Hayes, Jacob
Hovey, Roswell
Jones, J.
Jones, J. C.
Keller, John
Lewis, Edward
Martin, George
McNeely, William T.
Miller, Samuel
Morris, William
Mullins, Edward
Pinkerton, William C.
Reigart, Adam
Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
Steinman, George Michael
Strenge, George
Thompson, T. S.
Trollezlov, N.
Tucker, Samuel
Wilstach, William P.
Wilt, Peter
Wolf, W. W.
Wyman, Isaac
Subjects
Letters
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Invoices
Business records
Hardware
Hardware stores
Search Terms
Bowlby and Brenner
Business records
Colemanville Works
Correspondence
Cuscaden and Company
E. Van Antwerp and Company
Eagles and Lockwood
F. Curtis and Company
Finding aids
Hanline and Ostheimer
Hardware
Hardware stores
Harrison Brothers and Company
Heaton and Denckla
Invoices
Justice, Steinmetz, and Justice
Letters
M. and J. M. Rowe
Manuscript groups
Meade and Long
National Bank of Pottstown
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Pinkerton and Slaymaker
Pinkerton and Smeltz
Potter and Carmichael
Receipts
Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company
William H. Horstmann and Sons
Extent
1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0308
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection (MG0308), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-308
Other Number
MG-308
Classification
MG0308
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared by MEB, Spring 2006. Added to database 1 October 2021.
Documents
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Collection
Costume and Accessories Collection
Object ID
2017.012.2
Date Range
Mid 20th c.
Collection
Costume and Accessories Collection
Description
Charcoal gray wool shawl with 2.5"-long twisted self-fringe all four sides. Square in shape, it is used folded corner to corner.
Maker is unknown. Owned and used by Old Order River Brethren woman, Katie Schock Keller.
Pennsylvania or Iowa
Provenance
Inherited from grandmother's estate.
Date Range
Mid 20th c.
Year Range From
1925
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 18
People
Keller, Katie Schock
Keller, John M.
Subject
Mennonites
Old Order Mennonites
Shawls
Search Terms
Mennonites
Old Order Mennonites
Old Order River Brethren
Shawls
Object Name
Shawl
Material
Wool
Length (cm)
96.52
Length (ft)
3.1666666667
Length (in)
38
Width (cm)
93.98
Width (ft)
3.0833333333
Width (in)
37
Dimension Details
Dimensions do not include 2.5"-long fringe.
Condition
Very Good
Condition Date
2017-12-18
Condition Notes
No visible damage. Some wear to fringe.
Object ID
2017.012.2
Usage
Keller, Katie Schock
Credit
Gift of Faithe Keller Zercher in memory of Katie Schock Keller
Accession Number
2017.012
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Collection
Costume and Accessories Collection
Object ID
2017.012.3
Date Range
Early to mid 20th c.
Collection
Costume and Accessories Collection
Description
High-top black leather shoes with 1.5" high heels. Undecorated except for some trim stitching with tiny perforations. Has eyelets and laces. Inside lining is canvas with gray leather edging.
Maker is unknown. Worn by Katie Schock Keller, an Old Order River Brethren woman from Washington Boro who married in 1910 and lived in Dallas Center, Iowa. Husband John M. Keller was a Bishop.
Provenance
Inherited from grandmother's estate.
Date Range
Early to mid 20th c.
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
1950
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
People
Keller, Katie Schock
Keller, John M.
Subject
Mennonites
Old Order Mennonites
Shoes
Search Terms
Mennonites
Old Order Mennonites
Old Order River Brethren
Shoes
Object Name
Shoe
Material
Leather
Height (cm)
22.86
Height (ft)
0.75
Height (in)
9
Width (cm)
25.4
Width (ft)
0.8333333333
Width (in)
10
Condition
Good
Condition Date
0017-12-19
Condition Notes
Worn with scuffs and scars at toe and sides. Inside wear at heel bottom and sides
Object ID
2017.012.3
Usage
Keller, Katie Schock
Credit
Gift of Faithe Keller Zercher in memory of Katie Schock Keller
Accession Number
2017.012
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