Mt. Joy Post 478 GAR banner. Pencil guidelines for hand-painted 7.75-inch high black letters: "THIS TABLE FOR BENEFIT/ OF/ G.A.R. POST 478."
(2006.971 is a badge for this post in Mt. Joy.)
Date Range
No date
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Storage Container
Box 0244
Object Name
Banner
Length (cm)
149.86
Length (ft)
4.9166666667
Length (in)
59
Width (cm)
86.36
Width (ft)
2.8333333333
Width (in)
34
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2019-04-15
Condition Notes
59-inch length of 34-inch wide fabric (both edges are selvedges). Brown spotting and dirty. Puncture holes in all four corners. Black letters/numbers are vibrant black.
Black painted wood cane with cast metal handle and metal ferrule tip, handle marked, "Grand Army of the Republic, 1861 Veteran 1865" on both sides. Includes emblems of branches of service, eagle, and flag.
Red, white and blue ribbon with a button in the center of the ribbon and an acorn pictured on the button, "Reunion / 79th Regiment / PVV / Lancaster / Penn / September 12, 1905" Attached to bar/pin.
Stamped onto top of folded over portion of ribbon: "Whitehead & Hoag Co./ Newark, New Jersey"
Paper label with addition details glued to ribbon back.
Red, white, and blue ribbons with silver text, "Re-Union 79th / Sept. 24th, 1903 / Regt. Pa Vet. Vols." Ribbons hang from a button with picture of a "U.S." canteen and text, "We drank from the same canteen"
White metal token; round with scalloped edge; acanthus leaves and "EBA" monogram on front; back marked "THE EDUCATORS BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION / LANCASTER PA / NUMBER 20867."
Founded in 1910 with offices in the Woolworth Building to provide teachers with insurance in case of sickness or disability.
Date Range
Early 20th Century
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 05
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
Object Name
Token
Object ID
2023.046.001
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
