Printing block from the American Seed Company. Metal block mounted on wood, "Third or Fourth class order/American Seed Co. Inc/Lancaster Pennsylvania/the Big Seed House/Return Requested/For"
Oblong printing block or cut depicting the Wilson House facing Marietta Ave. which became the Lancaster County Historical Society . Surrounded by trees and clouds. Cut created from a thin sheet of soft non-metallic material tacked onto a hardwood block for printing. Thin sheet of paper pasted to back of block.
Found in box marked "Membership card cut for Lanc. Historical Society from Stiegel Printing Co."
Provenance
Apparently used for printing membership cards for LCHS.
21 ecru cardstock name cards with "Houston Mifflin, M.D." in cursive font printed on one side. 8 pieces of tissue interleaving between some cards. Ephemera.
Pin on back of 2x3 white name card in clear plastic with " Sarah Ann/ Stuaffer/ Pennsylvania" stamped in blue on the front. 6.5-inch red ribbon with gold lettering hangs down: "Delegate At Large/ NFRW / National Federation of Republican Women"
Yellow card with blue lettering: "41st Annual Meeting / National Society for Crippled / Children and Adults / Sarah Ann / Stauffer / Pennsylvania / Miami, Fla. Nov. 16 - Nov. 20, 1962" Outline of continental U.S. with Easter lily inside in upper right corner.
Empty white conference name card. Pre-printed blue lettering: "Pennsylvania Library Association/ Annual Conference" at top. Below a blue line at the bottom: "Lancaster, Pa. - Oct. 23-25, 1952" The center section is empty.
White conference name card with "National Conference / on Homemaker Services" in blue print at top. "Miss Sarah Ann Stauffer / Lancaster, Pennsylvania" typed below. At bottom of card sessions are indicated: "AM I PM VI"