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Collection
David B. Landis Collection
Title
David B. Landis Collection
Object ID
MG0158
Date Range
1812-1954
Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org 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
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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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Hat made by a Lancaster woman exhibited at Franklin Institute

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
subsequent issues of local papers contain no references to it. Hat Made by a Lancaster Woman Exhibited at Franklin Institute By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Journal of Friday, October 22nd, 1824, con- tained an announcement that a hat of grass, made by Mrs. Hopkins, of Lancaster city, was on
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
113 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 5
Subjects
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hats - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 5 (1930), p. 113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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Horological books and pamphlets in the Franklin Institute Library

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Corporate Author
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Library.
Edition
3d ed.
Date of Publication
c1974.
Call Number
681 F831
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Responsibility
compiled by Emerson W. Hilker ; consultant, Walter A. R. Pertuch.
Corporate Author
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Library.
Edition
3d ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The Library,
Date of Publication
c1974.
Physical Description
185 p. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). - Library.
Clocks and watches
Additional Author
Hilker, Emerson W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
681 F831
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Lantern, Railroad

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Collection
Science, Medicine & Technology Collection
Object ID
1927.014.1
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Collection
Science, Medicine & Technology Collection
Description
Christian Metzler, Co. Reversible Lantern - For this invention Metzler received a medal from the Franklin Institute.
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 03
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
People
Metzler, Christian
Subcategory
Visual Communication T&E
Search Terms
Franklin Institute
Object Name
Lantern, Railroad
Object ID
1927.014.1
Accession Number
1927.014
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Medal, Prize

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Collection
History Collection
Object ID
1963.012
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Collection
History Collection
Description
Award Medal
Face: "Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, 1824." image of Franklin
Reverse: "Awarded to E.W. Carpenter, Lancaster, PA for Carpenter's Planes, 1854, Second Premium"
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 01
Storage Drawer
Drawer 19
People
Carpenter, E. W.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Franklin Institute
Object Name
Medal, Prize
Material
Bronze
Depth (in)
0.125
Diameter (in)
2
Condition
Good
Object ID
1963.012
Accession Number
1963.012
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Medal, Prize

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Collection
History Collection
Object ID
1923.999.1
Date Range
1885
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Collection
History Collection
Description
Commemorative medal,
Face: "The John Scott Medal, to the Most Deserving / to Christian Metzler for his Signal Lantern for Railways. On the recommendation of the Franklin Institute, 1885."
Reverse: "Awarded by the City of Philadelphia"
Companion Papers describing invention stored at: Guild Vault / A1, U3, SH2
Date Range
1885
Year Range From
1885
Year Range To
1885
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
People
Metzler, Christian
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Railroads
Medals
Franklin Institute
Object Name
Medal, Prize
Material
Metal
Depth (in)
0.25
Diameter (in)
4.125
Condition
Good
Object ID
1923.999.1
Accession Number
1923.999
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Medal, Prize

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Collection
History Collection
Object ID
1923.999.2
Date Range
1885
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Collection
History Collection
Description
Commemorative Award medal, in leather case with purple lining.
Face: "Reward of Skill and Ingenuity / To Metzler Railway Lantern Co. for Burrell's Reversible Lantern, 1885"
Reverse: "Franklin Institute / State of Pennsylvania, 1824
Date Range
1885
Year Range From
1885
Year Range To
1885
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 01
Storage Drawer
Drawer 19
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Railroads
Medals
Franklin Institute
Metzler Railway Lantern Co.
Object Name
Medal, Prize
Material
Metal
Depth (in)
0.25
Diameter (in)
2
Condition
Good
Object ID
1923.999.2
Accession Number
1923.999
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