Stereoscope sold by salesman E. W. Coble (Earle William) while living in Lancaster City. An accompanying photo card of E. W. Coble is in photo collection.
Wooden construction with sliding mount holding an aluminum viewfinder with lenses. Aluminum edged with black velvet. Collapsible wooden handle underneath.
Provenance
One of the many stereoscopes marketed and sold by enterprising salesman E.W. Coble. He also operated a garage and tire store in Lancaster. This stereoscope was used by the Coble family and passed to his daughter Ruth Elizabeth Coble Burkart to daughter Linda Hubbard, donor.
Directories list Coble as a travel agent in 1912, a salesman in 1923, operator of Coble's Tire Service in 1930s and 1940s.
MG0632, Folder 10. Jacob Weitzel's patent for stills with the signature of President Andrew Jackson, January 30, 1834. Much of the ink on the document has faded; the seal is intact. Also signed by U.S. Secretary of State Louis McLane and Attorney General B.F. Butler. Registered in the U.S. Patent Office, June 5, 1837.
Weitzel was a coppersmith in Lancaster.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Richard A. Sauers, In Memory of Rosine Bucher
Stereoscope made of wood. Handle at bottom is 4.5in. Has a wooden slide to help focus on what would be in the stand at the end of the stereoscope. Height is 8 in with the handle.
Spring scale, cylindrical steel body with riveted end caps. Interior spring fixed at top end; heavy wire hook attached to bottom end protruding through hole in bottom cap. Indicator arrow attached to spring slides along slot in side that has a calibrated plate attached alongside. Markings indicate 0 to 24 lbs, with numerals 4, 8,12,16,20 and 24. Top cap is surmounted with a ring; additional iron ring attached for hanging.
All painted a glossy black except marked scale attached to body.
Cable laid for the 1858 transatlantic telegraph line
Description
Two souvenir lengths (1896.2.1 and 1901.3.1) of the cable laid for the 1858 transatlantic telegraph line. Each cable consists of multiple strands of steel wire twisted together into a bundle of various layers. A central core of 7 wires is wrapped by a dense material which in turn is encircled by a sheath of insulating material. A final outer sheath is formed of multiple twisted wires and spiraling along its length.
Each cable length is bound at each end with brass bands. The 1896.2.1 sample has 3/8" wide bands. The 1901.3.1 cable has a narrow, rounded band at one end and a very thin ring binding opposite end.
After initial telegraph transmission Aug. 16, 1858, Queen Victoria then sent a message to president James Buchanan.
Both cables rusted, one more than the other. Some soil. Cable with thin wire ring at end (1901.3.1) has allowed cable strands to unravel somewhat. Cable sections are tied together with white cotton string.
Object ID
1896.02.1
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Cable laid for the 1858 transatlantic telegraph line
Description
Two souvenir lengths (1896.02.1 and 1901.03.1)of the cable laid for the 1858 transatlantic telegraph line. Each cable consists of multiple strands of steel wire twisted together into a bundle of various layers. A central core of 7 wires is wrapped by a dense material which in turn is encircled by a sheath of insulating material. A final outer sheath is formed of multiple twisted wires and spiraling along its length.
Each cable length is bound at each end with brass bands. The 1896.02.1 sample has 3/8" wide bands. The 1901.03.1 cable has a narrow, rounded band at one end and a very thin ring binding opposite end.
After initial telegraph transmission Aug. 16, 1858, Queen Victoria then sent a message to president James Buchanan.
Both cables rusted, one more than the other. Some soil. Cable with thin wire ring at end (1901.03.1) has allowed cable strands to unravel somewhat. Cable sections are tied together with white cotton string.
Object ID
1901.03.1
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Medicine bottle. Label reads "No. 13 17 [or 19] / prescribed by Dr. [illegible] Filbert / Offices--Front St. between Locust and Walnut Sts. / Directions / Take a teaspoon full 3 times a day / from Sam'l Filbert's Golden Mortar Drug Store/ Front Street Columbia PA" Bottle has dark reddish-brown liquid dried inside.
