- Object Name
- Negative
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Gap town clock
- Date Range
- c. 1925
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Gap, Salisbury Twp.
- Gap Town Clock
- Place
- Salisbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Negative
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 1-09-06-16
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery, Lititz.
- Provenance
- Donated by Deanna M. Nolder.
- Loose pages from photo album belonging to donor's late grandfather, G.Ross Bond of York, PA.
- Date Range
- December 28, 1965
- Creator
- Bond, George Ross
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery
- Pretzels
- Lititz
- Pretzel bakeries
- Place
- Lititz
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 4 x 5 inches
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 2-21-02-27
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Historical marker for the Safe Harbor iron works
- Object ID
- 1-21-06-70
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Historical marker for the Safe Harbor iron works
- Description
- Historical marker for the fort of the Safe Harbor iron works.
- Year Range From
- 1950
- Year Range To
- 1959
- Creator
- Lockwood, Louis
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Subject
- Photographs
- Classification
- 1-21-06-70
- Search Terms
- Historical markers
- Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
- Furnaces
- Place
- Conestoga Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Original or Copy
- Original
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- 1-21-06-70
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2023.Lockwood
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Historical marker for Postlethwaite's Tavern
- Object ID
- 1-21-06-83
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Historical marker for Postlethwaite's Tavern
- Description
- Postlethwaite's Tavern and barn with historical marker out front. Tavern was used as the first court in Lancaster County.
- Year Range From
- 1950
- Year Range To
- 1959
- Creator
- Lockwood, Louis
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Subject
- Photographs
- Classification
- 1-21-06-83
- Search Terms
- Historical markers
- Postlethwaite's Tavern
- Taverns
- Courts
- Place
- Conestoga Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Original or Copy
- Original
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- 1-21-06-83
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2023.Lockwood
Images
- Collection
- Postcard Collection
- Title
- Postcard of the square in Lititz
- Object ID
- 920-058
- Date Range
- 1989
1 image
- Object Name
- Postcard
- Collection
- Postcard Collection
- Title
- Postcard of the square in Lititz
- Description
- Main Street in historic Lititz, Pa., featuring the square with its flowing fountain and lovely flowers. Looking east showing Commonwealth National Bank.
- Date Range
- 1989
- Creator
- Horst, Melvin J.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Studio
- Mel Horst Photography
- Sender
- Ruth
- Subject
- Postcards
- Classification
- 920-058
- Search Terms
- Commonwealth National Bank
- Automobiles
- Cars
- Town squares
- Place
- Lititz
- Object Name
- Postcard
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5 inches
- Publisher
- Mel Horst Photography, Witmer, Pennsylvania
- Object ID
- 920-058
- Additional Notes
- Postmarked 18 September 1995
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2023.033
Images
- Collection
- Sener and Bonine Family Album
- Title
- Postcard of peaches at Cherry Hill Orchards
- Object ID
- A-087-057
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Sener and Bonine Family Album
- Title
- Postcard of peaches at Cherry Hill Orchards
- Description
- Postcard of peaches, advertising pick your own peaches at Cherry Hill Orchards, New Danville.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Subject
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Classification
- A-087-057
- Search Terms
- Cherry Hill Orchards
- Peaches
- Farms
- Place
- Conestoga Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Original or Copy
- Original
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5.5 inches
- Object ID
- A-087-057
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2022.Dunlap
Images
- Collection
- Heritage Center Collection: Esprit Quilts
- Object ID
- P.02.51.42
- Date Range
- c. 1920
1 image
- Collection
- Heritage Center Collection: Esprit Quilts
- Description
- Lancaster Amish Bars quilt, circa 1920. Deep colors such as these are usually found in early quilts.
- Top: Twill-weave wools. Seven-inch wide bars of blue and green with red inner border and blue outer border with green blocks.
- Back: Black & white and blue & white chambray, machine joined in four widths. Just one narrow strip is in blue.
- Quilting: Although the quilting of fine even stitches is excellent, the patterns are hard to see in dark colors. Outer border has baskets containing a tulip and tiny paired loops a the side of each basket handle. Baskets alternate with 6-point stars. A row of scallops along inner edge. The inside border has a double cable with 6-point star in corners. Centerfield is waffle.
- Binding is red, machine sewn to the back, turned and machine sewn to front with black cotton thread.
- North of White Horse, Lancaster County (Esprit Book, plate 43)
- Provenance
- Purchased by Esprit from the Holsteins for $10,000 on 6/12/1986.
- Date Range
- c. 1920
- Made By
- Unknown
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- West Wall
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 27
- Subcategory
- Bedding
- Object Name
- Quilt
- Material
- Fabric
- Length (in)
- 87
- Width (in)
- 81.5
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Date
- 2014-10-20
- Condition Notes
- Some fading of blue fabric. Some small holes and one tear, now darned, at back of binding in one corner caused by a heavy nylon strap sleeve, removed by conservator Linnea Davis. Other hole repairs made by Davis in binding (see file).
- Object ID
- P.02.51.42
- Place of Origin
- Salisbury Twp.
- Credit
- Heritage Center Collection (SEE FILE)
- Accession Number
- P.02.51
- Other Number
- 585.278
Images
- Collection
- Heritage Center Collection
- Description
- Birth certificate is hand done by artist using design elements from printed fraktur. Multicolor text is enclosed in a central arched arbor w/ flame finials. Text names Christian, a son of Jacob and Barbara (KIndig) Bachman, born 1827 in Lampeter Twp. Two confronting angels flank arbor and 2 additional text blocks of religious verse support arbor. A pavilion at bottom is flanked by blue trees & large colorful pinwheel flowers.
- Border at sides and top have colorful, repeating floral/foliate motifs; top is arched. Hearts and flowers fill top corners. Above arbor is a large 4-point stylized star flanked by reclining trees.
- Artist uses red, blue, light blue, black, yellow, white, green, orange and brown.
- Inscribed on reverse in black ink is "No 4 made by Eli Haverstick 1834."
- Provenance
- Descent in Bachman family to donor. Two nearly identical birth certificates are known, for older sister Anne, b. 1823 (private owner-Barbara Ann Mable) and younger brother John, b. 1832 (G.96.9.1). Similarity suggests all were made at the same time in 1834.
- Bachman family genealogy in file. See info on Christian Bachman in Mennonite Arts, 2002, pp. 56-57.
- Date Range
- c. 1832
- Year Range From
- 1832
- Year Range To
- 1840
- Creator
- Haverstick, Eli
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 5
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 43
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 2
- Storage Drawer
- Bin 2-A
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Subject
- Fraktur art
- Frakturs (Documents)
- Search Terms
- Fraktur
- Birth records
- Object Name
- Fraktur
- Oither Names
- Birth Certificate
- Material
- Paper, Ink, Watercolor
- Height (in)
- 11.75
- Width (in)
- 9.75
- Dimension Details
- Frame is H: 19.75" and W: 16.25".
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Date
- 2015-09-21
- Condition Notes
- Conserved by Susan Duhl in 2001. Generally worn and discolored. Repair to edge tears & corner loss. Abrasions & paper fill in top right corner were in-painted with watercolor. Tape at back of top edge is now removed w/ remaining stain. See report in file.
- Object ID
- G.00.23.1
- Notes
- Haverstick is believed to be a teacher due to being absent on tax rolls for Conestoga Twp.
- Christian Bachman (1827-1901) became a prominent cabinetmaker in eastern Lancaster County, just like his father Jacob Bachman (1798-1867). He married Barbara Buckwalter in 1855. After marriage, he moved to Strasburg where he set up his own shop.
- Place of Origin
- Conestoga Twp.
- Role
- Artist
- Credit
- In memory of Charles Bachman, grandson of Christian Bachman, by his son Charles Bachman, Jr. and family.
- Accession Number
- G.00.23
Images
- Collection
- Heritage Center Collection
- Title
- Heinrich Miller Fraktur
- Object ID
- P.94.13.3
- Date Range
- 1782
1 image
- Collection
- Heritage Center Collection
- Title
- Heinrich Miller Fraktur
- Description
- Framed vorschrift on laid paper with German text penned on both sides with dark iron gall ink. Paper is folded with two strong creases, creating four quarters of the sheet. Half of "front" side contains illuminated vorschrift with four letter styles.
- Top line in very large, ornate letters reads, "Wohl dem der..." Initial letter "W" is oversize and decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves. Arching over this line is a horizontal vine with flowers and pomegranate. The religious text in script ends with what appears to be Psalm 112. It ends with a final line in fraktur lettering reading, "Heinrich Miller, in Canastogen Townschip, Anno 1782."
- One quarter of same side states, "Vorschrift Vor Heinrich Miller, in Canastogen Townschip, den 5ten Martz, Anno 1782."
- Reverse side has a text in German script framed with a lined border. It has ten lines including numbers and alphabet, and it ends with the same line as above, "Heinrich Miller, in Canastogen Townschip, 1782."
- Fraktur scholar David Johnson identified this artist as Friedrich Hartman, likely a schoolmaster. Hartman is found on no records but the 1790 Census, in Conestoga Twp., suggesting that he owned no property. Other Hartman pieces were found in the 1986 Fraktur Harvest (see this file).
- This vorschrift relates closely to work done in northern Lancaster County near Ephrata Cloister although the artist is not known to have had connections in that community.
- Provenance
- HC purchased at Scott's sale through Christie's for $1265.00, Jun 11, 1994. This piece was likely collected by Scott in his usual manner, purchase at sale in Lancaster Co. or region.
- Date Range
- 1782
- Made By
- Hartman, Friedrich, attributed
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 5
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 43
- Storage Shelf
- Bin 2-E
- People
- Hartman, Friedrich
- Subcategory
- Need to Classify
- Subject
- Fraktur art
- Frakturs (Documents)
- Search Terms
- Fraktur
- Object Name
- Fraktur
- Material
- Paper, Ink
- Height (in)
- 16.5
- Width (in)
- 13.125
- Dimension Details
- Mounted in frame folded in half: H: 8.25" W: 13.125"
- Frame is H: 16.25 W: 19.25"
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Date
- 2016-10-24
- Condition Notes
- Overall soil with many stains. Edges are ragged, a 2-inch-long sections is cut from one corner. There is breaking at creases and losses where heavily inked. Paper loss where crease coincides with lettering as well as tulip-shaped flower.
- Matted and framed by Carlisle conservator Brian Howard in 1996.
- Object ID
- P.94.13.3
- Notes
- This fraktur is recorded in the Winterthur Library: Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, NEH 475, 17-19 (per Christie's)
- Pictured on p.15, of Fraktur: Folk Art & Family by Corinne & Russell Earnest.
- Place of Origin
- Conestoga Twp.
- Credit
- **See accession description
- Accession Number
- P.94.13
Images
- Collection
- Fraktur Collection
- Description
- Birth Record in German for Nancy Haberstich is hand executed on laid paper. The folksy design is a central heart with rope-like edging. Within is written Nancy Haberst / ich Ist Gebohren den 22 den / October 1799 Conostogo / Town Ship." Letter colors vary from black to red to yellow. Below text is a running stag and a nearby tree. Resting atop the heart is a large crown with red, yellow and green bands. Painted into the yellow band is "AM US 1812", perhaps indicating an artist w/ date of execution. Flanking crown are two angels with black wings, additional red wings on footheels and a snake-like object encircling their loins. Each angel extends a leafy branch toward the crown as in homage. Large red tulips with black leaves fill sides of fraktur, sheltering a pair of confronting birds standing at bottom.
- Mounted in a modern brown natural wood frame with white window mat. Kraft paper dust paper on back has "#3" written in lower right corner. Inscribed at top left in pencil is "Anna ? " Inscribed in pencil on back is "#3".
- Date Range
- 1812
- Year Range From
- 1812
- Year Range To
- 1812
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 5
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 42
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 3
- Storage Drawer
- Bin 6
- People
- Haberstich, Nancy
- Subject
- Fraktur art
- Frakturs (Documents)
- Search Terms
- Conestoga Twp.
- Birth records
- Fraktur
- Object Name
- Fraktur
- Oither Names
- Birth Record
- Material
- Paper, Ink, Watercolor
- Height (cm)
- 19.05
- Height (ft)
- 0.625
- Height (in)
- 7.5
- Width (cm)
- 28.575
- Width (ft)
- 0.9375
- Width (in)
- 11.25
- Dimension Details
- Frame is H: 11.75" W: 16.125"
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2017-06-08
- Condition Notes
- Paper has light acid burn overall with several darker brown stains such as one above right tulip.overall yellowed from age and acid burn. Strong fold lines, especially the three vertical ones at center. Cellophane tape mends tears in fold lines at center and left. Fold lines are breaking and one is separated and curling. Several scattered brown stains. Paper losses, particularly at right top corner, some at top left corner and top center. Small holes at various points and tears extend into paper from edges. Bottom edge particularly damaged. Strong losses and breaks especially at bottom center and at left.
- Object ID
- 2017.999.7
- Notes
- Appraisal conducted by Pastor Fred Weiser, Sept. 2, 1988.
- Place of Origin
- Conestoga Twp.
- Accession Number
- 2017.999
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