- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Hound iron from government wagon in Revolutionary War period. Black. Hand-wrought flattened iron is shaped into a rounded band marked "1775 : CB" .
- Front and back hounds are heavy wooden members of the running gear. Each is configured into a "wishbone" shape whose "prongs" are attached to front or rear axle. Thus, this iron is likely a hound band that encircles and secures the hounds where they are joined to the coupling pole that runs front to back. (These wooden members are part of what we now call the chassis.)
- Likely Lancaster County
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 5
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Component, Vehicle
- Oither Names
- Hound
- Material
- Iron
- Object ID
- 1916.001.1
- Notes
- Details needed
- Accession Number
- 1916.001
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Cracked. Reads: "I H 1774" Marked three times: "MZ"
- Front and back hounds are heavy wooden members of the running gear. Each is configured into a "wishbone" shape whose "prongs" are attached to front or rear axle. Thus, this iron is likely a hound band that encircles and secures the hounds where they are joined to the coupling pole that runs front to back. (These wooden members are part of what we now call the chassis.)
- Date Range
- 1774
- Year Range From
- 1774
- Year Range To
- 1774
- Storage Location
- LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Component, Vehicle
- Oither Names
- Hound
- Object ID
- 1916.001.2
- Notes
- Details needed
- Accession Number
- 1916.001
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Very narrow base. Decorated with V-pattern and spokes
- Front and back hounds are heavy wooden members of the running gear. Each is configured into a "wishbone" shape whose "prongs" are attached to front or rear axle. Thus, this iron is likely a hound band that encircles and secures the hounds where they are joined to the coupling pole that runs front to back. (These wooden members are part of what we now call the chassis.)
- Storage Location
- LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Component, Vehicle
- Oither Names
- Hound
- Object ID
- 1916.001.3
- Notes
- details needed
- Accession Number
- 1916.001
- Collection
- Firefighting Collection
- Description
- Leather firefighter's helmet. From 1820, Washington
- Leather fire helmet painted brown overall. Impressed decorative floral chain border plus vertical impressions on the 8 sections of the helmet. 3 of the wider arcs are painted gold. The front arc is topped with a metal eagle head painted gold. A leather shield on the front is white, with cut-out portions revealing a blue "4." Red portions have "WASHINGTON' and "CAF" in white letters. Two eyebolts screwed into helmet front to secure the leather shield. Oval company seal pressed into leather on back rim of hat (on upper side): "H.T. Gratacap Grand St. NY."
- Underside: 3" wide lined red flocked fabric headband on inside of helmet still in tact. Hole drilled through back of brim.
- Maker is: H.T. Gratacap Manufacturer of Firemen's Caps, Belt &c.
- 143 Grand Street, New York
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 1
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 07
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 1
- Storage Container
- Box 0154
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Helmet, Firefighter's
- Height (cm)
- 22.225
- Height (ft)
- 0.7291666667
- Height (in)
- 8.75
- Length (cm)
- 38.1
- Length (ft)
- 1.25
- Length (in)
- 15
- Width (cm)
- 26.3525
- Width (ft)
- 0.8645833333
- Width (in)
- 10.375
- Condition
- good
- Condition Date
- 2022-01-24
- Object ID
- 1922.010
- Accession Number
- 1922.010
- Collection
- Firefighting Collection
- Description
- Fireman's hat - 1820. Decorative border in relief around brim. decorative impressions in leather forming the helmet. Emblem impressed on underside of back of hat "Wilson maker _ _ BOWERY." Of eight vertical ridges on the helmet, four ridges, painted gold, widen to .5" high at the top. An eagle neck and head of gold colored metal has been attached to the front ridge with two metal pins or nails. The eagle has detailed feathers and a berry in its beak. "1820" in red and gold is painted on top of rear brim.
- Date Range
- 1820
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 1
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 07
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Helmet, Firefighter's
- Height (in)
- 9
- Length (in)
- 15
- Width (in)
- 13
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Date
- 2015-10-26
- Condition Notes
- Some wire, which shapes the brim, is exposed.
- Object ID
- 1929.021.1
- Notes
- details needed
- Accession Number
- 1929.021
- Collection
- Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
- Object ID
- 2007.009
- Date Range
- 1838
1 image
- Collection
- Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
- Description
- Jacquard coverlet made by Samuel Hippert. Weft yarns are red, green and blue wool and warp is natural white cotton. Two loom widths sewn together in center.
- Center field has circles of foliate motifs. Border includes a double row of 8-petal flowers. At foot end and sides is an inner borders of roosters.
- Weaver's blocks in corners at foot: "S+ H+ ELI/ ZABETH/ TOWN/ PA 1858/ SARAH/ ANN/ FLURY". Band with "H PATENT" repeated along runs across coverlet between weaver's blocks.
- Sides are self-fringes; foot edge finished with applied fringe. Top/head edge has red cotton tape handsewn over the raw edge.
- .
- Corner blocks have "S.H. ELIZABETHTOWN PA 1838 SARAH ANN FLURY". Hippert worked in Mount Joy ca. 1833-1838 and in Elizabethtown ca. 1835-1841.
- Date Range
- 1838
- Made By
- Hippert, Samuel
- Last Owner
- Flury, Sarah Ann
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 5
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 39
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 2
- Storage Container
- Box 0139
- People
- Hibbert, Samuel
- Flury, Sarah Ann
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Subject
- Elizabethtown (Pa.)
- Search Terms
- Coverlets
- Elizabethtown
- Jacquard weaving
- Object Name
- Coverlet
- Material
- Cotton, Wool
- Length (cm)
- 242.57
- Length (ft)
- 7.9583333333
- Length (in)
- 95.5
- Width (in)
- 84
- Dimension Details
- Width: 76 inches + 4-inch fringes on both sides = 84 inches wide
- Length: 91.5 inches to 4-inch fringe = 95.5 inches long
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Date
- 2020-03-12
- Condition Notes
- Fringe wear/loss on both sides near head of coverlet; some staining; tape along top edge is loose in a few places.
- Object ID
- 2007.009
- Notes
- Updated By CMR On 5/23/2016
- Weaver Samuel Hippert is cited in:
- 1. Heisey, John W., compiler. "A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers." Wmsburg, VA: The Colonial Wmsbrg. Foundation, 1978. pp 70-1.
- 2. Anderson, Clarita. "American Coverlets and Their Weavers." Wmsburg, VA, 2002. p. 173.
- Place of Origin
- Elizabethtown
- Accession Number
- 2007.009
Images
- Description
- Insignia and other ephemera related to Sarah Ann Stauffer's WW II service
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Insignia
- Object ID
- 2002.154.38
- Accession Number
- 2002.154
- Collection
- Decorative Arts Collection: Textiles
- Description
- tan and blue woven blanket. Floral design. "J. R. Gebhart / Maytown / Lancaster / Co: / 1839"
- All corners: "H. Musser"
- Date Range
- 1839
- Year Range From
- 1839
- Year Range To
- 1839
- Made By
- Gebhart, J. R.
- Storage Location
- LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Coverlet
- Material
- Cotton, Wool
- Object ID
- 2008.017
- Accession Number
- 2008.017
- Collection
- Fine Arts Collection
- Title
- Sand Painting Dedicated to Chaplain/Colonel Christian H. Martin, Jr.
- Object ID
- 2008.035
- Date Range
- 1982
1 image
- Collection
- Fine Arts Collection
- Title
- Sand Painting Dedicated to Chaplain/Colonel Christian H. Martin, Jr.
- Description
- Sand Paintings for the late Colonel & Chaplain, Christian H. Martin, Jr, presented for service in the Air Force.
- Within in circular bands of gold and white, 3 stars form a triangle around an eagle perched on a a blue-green shield depicting both a cross on the left and a magen david/Star of David atop two tablets on the right. Colors: teal, blue, white, brown, silver, yellow, black
- Some of what is written in ink on the back: "Presented by/ Kirtland AFB/ Chapel Family/ May 1982"...USAF Chaplaincy Seal or Emblem. Until 1940, Army Chaplains were in the Army Air Corps; 1940-47, the Army Air Force until 1947. Dept. of Defense started and we were USAF. Chaplain ? Martin."
- "This--very special--done with N.M. sand & given to me at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, near Trinity site (!) 1st A-Bomb detonation."
- Provenance
- Donated by Chaplain/Colonel Christian Hess Martin Jr., USAF Retired, son of LCHS officer and worker.
- Date Range
- 1982
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 5
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 42
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 2
- Storage Drawer
- Bin 2-F
- People
- Martin, Jr., Christian J.
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Painting
- Length (cm)
- 29.21
- Length (ft)
- 0.9583333333
- Length (in)
- 11.5
- Width (cm)
- 29.21
- Width (ft)
- 0.9583333333
- Width (in)
- 11.5
- Dimension Details
- Framed: 15 inches x 15.125 inches
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Date
- 2022-06-13
- Condition Notes
- Sand painting is good.
- Black coating on wooden frame has chunks missing on corners and chips off back edges on all four sides.
- Object ID
- 2008.035
- Accession Number
- 2008.035
Images
- Description
- 11 plastic yellow and pink butterflies (4 with tails, 7 without tails)
- 7 plastic red flowers
- Storage Location
- LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Object Name
- Flower, Artificial
- Material
- Plastic
- Object ID
- 2002.154.48
- Accession Number
- 2002.154