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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Object ID: MG0158

Date Range: 1812-1954

moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print. Printing

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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Description: The David B. Landis Collection consists primarily of his personal and business correspondence, as well as his poetry and writings. Of special interest are a booklet with a synopsis autobiography of his life and his picture. There are also family papers, genealogy, membership cards, and obituaries.

Admin/Biographical History: David Bachman Landis was born in Landisville, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1862, the son of Israel C. and Mary M. Landis. As a school boy, he worked in his father's dry goods store and published a paper for boys titled Keystone Amateur. He began his printing career by apprenticing at the Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company in Lancaster in 1878, and in 1883 he opened his own job printing office in Landisville where he published the Village Vigil.; Mr. Landis moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print.; Printing, however, was not his only passion. He was an avid bicyclist and belonged to the Lancaster Cycling Club and the League of American Wheelmen. Through these organizations, he helped to improve the condition of roads in Pennsylvania. He was active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family.; David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885. They had four children. Nora passed away in 1910. David married his second wife, Bertha L. Cochran, in 1914.

Date Range: 1812-1954

Year Range From: 1812

Year Range To: 1954

Date of Accumulation: 1812-1954

Creator: Landis, David Bachman, 1862-1940

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baer, Frank; Baker, Catherine; Baker, Emma W.; Baker, P. W.; Barrett, W. W.; Benner, Henry; Brown G. W.; Camp, Edward N.; Carr, George M.; Chamberlain, Frank N.; Cochran, Ada; Cole, Will T.; Conyngham, Redmond; Denlinger, D.; Diehl, H.; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diller, S.; Donaldson, W. M.; Dunbar, William H.; Ely, Alfred; Forshey, E. L.; Frederick, George W.; Garretson, G. R.; Gay, Ed. C.; Grout, J. W.; Gould, J. J.; Greider, Mary Carolyn; Greider, Joseph Landis; Griest, William Walton; Hains, Wilson R.; Haldeman, Victor Macholski; Haldy Gertrude Hensel; Hardy, E. W.; Heister, A. V.; Hershey, Harvey S.; Hershey, J. B.; Hess, Barbara K.; Holbach, George H.; Hood, Jesse A.; Hostetter A. K.; Hostetter Albert K.; Jackson, A. C., Jr.; Johnston, R. A.; Kramer, Donald; Keen, Robert H.; Kreider, A. B.; Krick, William T.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, Bertha L. Cochran; Landis, Christian; Landis, D. M., Dr.; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Elvin G.; Landis, Felix; Landis, Florence D.; Landis, Frances; Landis, Henry G.; Landis, Irene Janet; Landis, Israel Christian; Landis, James B.; Landis, Johannes; Landis, John; Landis, John C.; Landis, Mary M. Musselman; Landis, Michael Bachman; Landis, Nora K.; Landis, Priscilla R.; Lehman, Eliza Ann; Lehman, Emma Bachman; Lincoln, Abraham; Marrow, Paul Harding; McBride, Sarah C.; McClain, Frank B.; McGinnis, J.; Merrill, W. J.; Missemer, J. R.; Morrison, Neale; Moyer, Albert,; Moxley, C. A.; Musselman, David; Musselman, Edward M.; Musselman, Sarah; Myrtle, M.; Neale, Fred; Neale, John C.; Nissley, H. L.; Reynolds, Howard; Rial, Abram S.; Rial, S.; Rial, Susan Ann; Shields, R. I.; Shirk, John Kohr; Simon, Daniel B.; Smith, Edwin Hadley; Stein, George; Stephen, Samuel; Taft, William Howard; Thompson, C.; Trout, J. H.; Wager, D. Y.; Walsh, M.; Walsh, Thomas; Washington, George; Weber, Otto E.; Weidel, Melba Landis; Weidman, Joel; Wenaugh, W. L.; Wickersham, J. Harold; Wolf, B.; Wolf, D. Dorsey; Wolf, Edna Kempton

Other Creators: Landis, Bertha L. Cochran, d. 1959

Subjects: Genealogy; Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Advertising; Ben Franklin Club; Correspondence; Family reunions; Finding aids; Franklin Institute; Genealogy; Invitations; Invoices; Lancaster Board of Trade; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster County Agricultural Society; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster Cycling Club; Landis Art Press; League of American Wheelmen; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pageant of Liberty; Pennsylvania German Society; Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society; Pluck Art Printery; Poetry; Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology; Sonnets; Street and Road Committee, Lancaster Cycling Club; Unitarian Laymen's League; Village Vigil; Wickersham Printing Company; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0158

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: David B. Landis Collection (MG0158), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopies when available.

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.

Accession Number: 1957.MG0158

Other Numbers: MG-158

Classification: MG0158

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by DT, JM, and HST, 1998-2008. Added to database 29 July 2021.

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Bust

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Chalkware Male Profile

Object ID: G.04.23.16

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Chalkware Male Profile

Description: Profile of man in a high collar uniform, believed to be Napoleon Bonaparte, cast in chalkware as a framed representation under glass. Rectangular frame has conforming recessed area with cast profile in relief. Old glazing on frame covers image. Chalkware frame is painted dark green with a wire hanging ring imbedded at top center. Profile has black-painted, forward-swept hair with sideburns and pink-rouged cheek. Uniform is of red and black with high red collar and gold epaulette. Created as a memento and sold likely via peddler.; Inscriptions on back in pencil are faint. It appears to be "John M. Snavely/ picked April the 19/ A.D. 1863/ John S(nave)ly." Research reveals a John M. Snavely born 12/17/1843 and died 9/22/1883. 1880 census records him living at home with his farmer parents, Michael and Fannie, and working as a laborer. Obit notes funeral held at Denlinger's Mennonite Meeting House.

Year Range From: 1830

Year Range To: 1870

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 35

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Bust

Oither Names: Chalkware Male Profile

Material: Chalkware, Paint

Height (in): 6

Width (in): 4.75

Depth (in): 0.75

Diameter (in): 11.25

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2014-05-13

Condition Notes: Interior profile appears in good condition due to glazing. Outside frame suffers the most with extensive paint loss and significant wear to frame corners. Strong soil on back and other unpainted area.

Object ID: G.04.23.16

Place of Origin: Eastern US

Credit: Gift of Sarah Muench, Heritage Center Collection, LancasterHistory.org

Accession Number: G.04.23

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Bust

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1960.006.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two white marble busts (chest up) of James Buchanan. Letter larger than life. Slight smile, hair behind ears with bald patch at back of head.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - James Buchanan Henry; To - Frank Anderson Henry; To - James Buchanan Foundation

Year Range From: 1857

Year Range To: 1861

Creator: Dexter, Henry

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: South Broad Hall

Storage Wall: Southeast Wall

Storage Cabinet: Wall Niche

People: Buchanan, James; Dexter, Henry; Henry, Frank Anderson; Henry, James Buchanan

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Bust

Material: marble

Medium: Bust

Height (in): 24.25

Dimension Details: base: 10.875 x 10.875 x 11.875x 12.875

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2003-01-04

Condition Notes: Left earlobe has broken off. Base is chipped. Various smudge marks all over.

Object ID: W.1960.006.001

Notes: James Buchanan Henry inherited this bust when his Uncle James Buchanan died; his cousin, Harriet Lane Johnston inherited the matching bust, which she later donated to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.; James Buchanan Henry bequeathed this bust to his son, Frank Anderson Henry, who donated it to the James Buchanan Foundation in 1960.

Place of Origin: Boston, Massachusetts

Role: Sculptor

Accession Number: W.1960.006

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Collection: History Collection: Person, Lloyd & John Houston Mifflin

Title: The Bridge at Wrightsville

Object ID: 2015.017.3

Date Range: c. 1870

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Collection: History Collection: Person, Lloyd & John Houston Mifflin

Title: The Bridge at Wrightsville

Description: Sketch by Lloyd Mifflin (and Thomas Moran?), "The Bridge at Wrightsville". Gray flecked paper has pencil sketch of landscape with river and bridge in distance. Mounted with homemade window mat of dark gray with line borders around window.; Kraft paper backing has "Wrightsville Bridge" in ink at top right and pencil inscriptions at center reading "acid free linen mat barrier and backing used herein - another Mifflin sketch on back of existing sketch-"

Provenance: Presumed to be inherited from Lloyd Mifflin by the Minich sisters

Date Range: c. 1870

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1880

Creator: Mifflin, Lloyd, 1846-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

People: Mifflin, Lloyd

Subcategory: Art

Frame: Thin, w/ molded plaster? foliate decoration on wood, painted black over original gold

Image Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object Name: Drawing

Material: Paper

Medium: Drawing

Height (in): 5

Width (in): 7

Dimension Details: Image size. Frame H: 10.625 inches x W: 13.625 inches.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2015-01-27

Condition Notes: Bottom right corner of sketch missing. Old glass in a plaster-molded thin wood frame is painted flat black over original gold. Multiple paint chips. Backing paper perforated especially at top and left side.

Object ID: 2015.017.3

Role: Artist

Credit: Gift of Dr. Irwin Richman and Dr. Susan Richman

Accession Number: 2015.017

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Collection: File Collection

Title: Jacob Gruel, Confectioner

Object ID: 2008.034.1

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Collection: File Collection

Title: Jacob Gruel, Confectioner

Description: 3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of man facing viewer. He is wearing a dark jacket with wide lapels with trimmed edges; a white shirt with stand-up collar and a bow tie.; Back: "Jacob Gruel / Confectioner / N. Queen St near Chestnut / for 60 years / at N. N. Queen St. entrance to / the Colonial Theater / grandparents of Mrs. Edgar Fahs Smith / provost of U. of P."; Written on back:" 576-P" and number "18."; Note: Jacob J. Gruel (1809-1882) married Jacobina Swartz (1811-1892).; old num: "3-04-01-14"

Year Range From: 1840

Year Range To: 1880

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Storage Container: Box 0536

People: Gruel, Jacob

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Drawing

Material: Charcoal, Paper

Length (in): 17.375

Width (in): 13.875

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-06-19

Condition Notes: A few spots of white near bottom right. A black dot center top; one near right edge; and one on man's shirt.; On the back there are pieces of brown tape on edges in the middle on all 4 sides..

Object ID: 2008.034.1

Accession Number: 2008.034

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Collection: File Collection

Title: Mrs. Jacobina Gruel

Object ID: 2008.034.2

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Collection: File Collection

Title: Mrs. Jacobina Gruel

Description: 3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of woman wearing amulet clasp at center of neckline with white collar. Four buttons are visible down front of her bodice. Her hair is parted in the center. There appear to be ribbon/folds over her left ear with hint of fabric on top of her head and along right side like a bonnet or hair-covering on back of her head. She is looking left, eyes skyward. Back: "Mrs. Jacobina Gruel" written cursively in pencil on back.; Drawing, attached to cardboard, is brown overall. Lighter border from frame that has been removed.; (Note: Jacob J. Gruel (1809-1882) married Jacobina Swartz (1811-1892); old num: "3-04-01-11"

Year Range From: 1840

Year Range To: 1880

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Storage Container: Box 0536

People: Gruel, Jacobina

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Drawing

Oither Names: Portrait

Material: Charcoal, Paper

Length (in): 17.25

Width (in): 14

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-06-19

Condition Notes: Drawing is attached to stiff cardboard. On small black spot avobe head to the right.

Object ID: 2008.034.2

Accession Number: 2008.034

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Collection: File Collection

Title: Linnaeus Hunter Shelly

Object ID: 2008.034.9

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Collection: File Collection

Title: Linnaeus Hunter Shelly

Description: 3/4 profile bust portrait of "Linnaeus Hunter Shelly / Lititz Pa. / Presented by Mrs. Ida S. Huyett, / 49 South 11th Street / Reading, Penna."; Linneaus Hunter Shelly (1844-1912) is buried in the Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, PA.; Special notice from Fritz Studio, 852 Penn Street, Reading, Pa. on back: "HAVE THIS PICTURE FRAMED BEFORE IT GETS SOILED...No. Neg.71231."; Large "#16" written twice on back in pencil.; old num. "3-04-01-02"

Year Range From: 1864

Year Range To: 1884

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Storage Container: Box 0536

People: Shelly, Linnaeus Hunter

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Drawing

Material: Charcoal, Paper

Length (in): 20

Width (in): 16

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-06-19

Condition Notes: Graying on dark portions of hair, neck and lapels probably from chemicals use in photo process.

Object ID: 2008.034.9

Accession Number: 2008.034

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Engraving

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1938.012.001

Date Range: 1866-1876

Collection: Wheatland

Description: Dr. John Nevin shown in full ministers collar, round wire spectacles, facial hair on chin, facing 3/4 front to his left. Signature 'J.W. Nevin'

Date Range: 1866-1876

Year Range From: 1

Year Range To: 1

Creator: Ritchie, Alexander Hay

Made By: Ritchie, Alexander Hay

Last Owner: Hammond, Fred

Subcategory: Art

Frame: black frame with band of gilt on central edge

Object Name: Engraving

Material: Paper, Wood

Medium: Engraving

Height (in): 13.437

Width (in): 11.25

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2003-09-26

Condition Notes: Some acid burning-acidic background should be removed.

Object ID: W.1938.012.001

Signed Name: Engd. by A.H. Ritchie

Accession Number: W.1938.012

Engraving

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Collection: Wheatland

Title: President Buchanan's Residence. Wheatland, Lancaster

Object ID: W.2003.033.001

Date Range: 1861

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Collection: Wheatland

Title: President Buchanan's Residence. Wheatland, Lancaster

Description: Black and white print of Wheatland's north facade. Engraving depicts the front fence, man with top hat and cane walking up the east carriage path toward the mansion. The north facade is partially hidden by a grove of trees and shrubbery. The print was removed from an 1861 edition of John W. Barber and Henry Howe's book, "Our Whole Country: Or the Past and Present of the United States Historical and Descriptive."

Provenance: Paul Mott [seller] Samuel Slaymaker [collector & donor]-.The James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland; The owner is unknown beyond the seller.

Date Range: 1861

Collection Date: 2003-12-06

Year Range From: 1861

Year Range To: 1861

Creator: mark is illegible

Collector: Samuel L. Slaymaker

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Engraving

Material: Ink/Paper

Medium: Engraving

Makers Mark: mark is unreadable

Height (in): 8.5

Width (in): 5.5

Dimension Details: actual image of mansion 2 x 3.5

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2003-12-16

Condition Notes: Some browning on left side of print.

Object ID: W.2003.033.001

Notes: Purchased online from eBay [online auction house] Seller: Paul Mott 3938 Dixie Ridge Run Penn Laurel, VA 22846 Purchase funded by: Sam Slaymaker 109 Bentley Lane Lancaster, PA 17603 Phone: 717-871-8960 Print removed from a history book. Purchased for $10

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: W.2003.033

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