Thin sheet of wood with angled corners broken into two pieces by a horizontal crack . A pasted 9.25 x 6.875-inch page of newsprint dated "1870" advertises "Furniture, Upholstering, Bedding & House Furnishing Goods" available at A.K. Hoffmeier's 23 East King Street store in Lancaster, PA. "Cork shavings sold by the pound. Also hair, husk, excelsior (sic), spring, rep, hair cloth, &c....Venetian blinds...children's carriages...express wagons, carts, barrows, gigs, rocking horses, sleighs, velocipedes, &c." Page was printed by Wylie & Griest's Inquirer Steam Job Printing Office and Book Bindery, No. 38 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa.
Date Range
1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 20
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0320
Object Name
Sign, Advertising
Height (cm)
24.765
Height (ft)
0.8125
Height (in)
9.75
Width (cm)
20.32
Width (ft)
0.6666666667
Width (in)
8
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2019-04-01
Condition Notes
Two pieces and knot hole.Tape marks on 4 corners and along edges at crack. Knot in wood fell out taking part of paper with it. Browning and some spots on newsprint.
