- Collection
- Sgt. Chester Stump Collection
- Title
- Sgt. Chester Stump Collection
- Object ID
- MG0001
- Date Range
- 1912-1945
1 document
- Collection
- Sgt. Chester Stump Collection
- Title
- Sgt. Chester Stump Collection
- Description
- Sgt. Chester Stump Collection includes photographs, U.S. Army Certificates of Appointments, World War I soldier's handbook, Brief History of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, and military uniform decorations.
- Date Range
- 1912-1945
- Creation Date
- 1912-1945
- Year Range From
- 1912
- Year Range To
- 1945
- Date of Accumulation
- 1912-1945
- Creator
- Stump, Chester, 1889-1974
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 01
- People
- Stump, Chester
- Subjects
- Cavalry operations
- Fort Myers, Fla.
- Fort Robinson (Neb.)
- Medical Officers’ Training Camp (Ga.)
- Military uniforms
- United States. Army
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Search Terms
- Cavalry operations
- Colosia Dublas, Mexico
- Finding aids
- Fort Myers, Florida
- Fort Oglethorpe Medical Officers’ Training Camp, Georgia
- Fort Robinson, Nebraska
- Manuscript groups
- Medical Officers’ Training Camp, Georgia
- Uniforms
- United States Army
- World War I
- World War II
- WWI
- WWII
- Extent
- 1 box, 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0001
- Related Item Notes
- Sgt. Stump's burial flag is part of the museum collection.
- Notes
- Sgt. Chester Stump Collection includes photographs, U.S. Army Certificates of Appointments, World War I soldier's handbook, Brief History of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, and military uniform decorations.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions.
- 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.
- Other Numbers
- MG-1
- Classification
- MG0001
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 19 July 2017.
Documents
- Collection
- Military Collection
- Description
- WW II Army Dress Shirt of Elmer Kenneth Rill (27 August 1919 - 19 October 2006); olive drab, long sleeve twill flannel of wool, size 42 1/2 - 33. Inside manufacturer's tag info includes: "June 1942". Plastic buttons; two breast pockets with flap.
- At top of left sleeve is a round embroidered patch with red arrow & white stars on dark blue field (served in Western Pacific). A green triple chevron insignia (Sergeant) is on both upper sleeves.
- Blue fabric tag stapled to back of shirt bottom, handwritten, "RILL / 39575 / x 22".
- Provenance
- Donor inherited from father, Elmer Rill, who, he states, never saw active combat; he was slated to be sent off to Japan, but the 2 bombs caused a quick end to war. His obituary states he "served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as a Rifleman."
- Photo of Elmer Rill is in Photo Collection.
- Date Range
- c. 1943
- Year Range From
- 1942
- Year Range To
- 1945
- Last Owner
- Rill, Elmer Kenneth
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 2
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 13
- People
- Rill, Elmer Kenneth
- Subcategory
- Clothing -- Outerwear
- Search Terms
- Shirts, Army
- Uniforms
- United States Army
- World War II
- WWII
- Object Name
- Shirt
- Material
- Wool Flannel
- Height (in)
- 34
- Width (in)
- 21
- Dimension Details
- Width is chest measurement.
- Condition
- Excellent
- Condition Date
- 2015-12-15
- Object ID
- 2015.033.2
- Usage
- Rill, Elmer Kenneth
- Credit
- Anonymous gift
- Accession Number
- 2015.033
- Collection
- Military Collection
- Description
- WW II Army dress uniform jacket of Lancaster resident Elmer Kenneth Rill (27 August 1919 - 19 October 2006). Fitted, waist-length, olive-colored wool, with front flap breast pockets, buckles at sides of waist band with flap snap closure at front. Tag inside neck has size "38R".
- At left breast are pinned medals. At top is a bar with raised rifle on blue field; below are 2 multicolored gros-grain ribbon bars. Pinned to left pocket flap is a metal badge w/ Maltese cross within a wreath with 2 hanging bars: "RIFLE" and "MACHINE GUN". The 2-ring bullseye on cross indicates "Expert" marksman. Upper left sleeve has round embroidered patch with red arrow and 2 cluster of stars on dark blue field (Western Pacific). A green triple chevron insignia (Sergeant) is on both upper sleeves and small service insignia on lower left sleeve is 2 gold bars on red field indicating service overseas. Rill served from 30 Nov 1944 to 12 April 1946.
- Provenance
- Donor inherited from father, Elmer Rill, who he states never saw active combat; he was slated to be sent off to Japan, but the 2 bombs caused a quick end to war. His obituary states he "served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as a Rifleman."
- Photo of Elmer Rill is in Photo Collection.
- Date Range
- c. 1944
- Year Range From
- 1944
- Year Range To
- 1944
- Last Owner
- Rill, Elmer Kenneth
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 4
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 20
- People
- Rill, Elmer Kenneth
- Subcategory
- Clothing -- Outerwear
- Search Terms
- Jackets, Army
- Uniforms
- United States Army
- Object Name
- Jacket
- Material
- Wool
- Height (in)
- 26
- Width (in)
- 19
- Dimension Details
- Width is waist measurement.
- Condition
- Excellent
- Condition Date
- 2015-12-15
- Object ID
- 2015.033.1
- Place of Origin
- USA
- Usage
- Rill, Elmer Kenneth
- Credit
- Anonymous gift
- Accession Number
- 2015.033
- Collection
- Darmstaetter Collection
- Title
- Sailors of the United States Navy Reserve in formation.
- Object ID
- D-04-02-48
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Darmstaetter Collection
- Title
- Sailors of the United States Navy Reserve in formation.
- Description
- Sailors of the United States Navy Reserve in formation. Customer: Naval Reserve.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Studio
- Darmstaetter's
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Film Size
- 8 x 10 inches
- Print Size
- 8 x 10 inches
- Object ID
- D-04-02-48
- Negative Number
- yes glass
- Other Number
- G 276B 1716n
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Helen Getz Album No. 1
- Description
- Page 40. Top left, Hook Mylin in World War I uniform. Top center, unidentified couple. Top right, child next to baby in carriage. Bottom left, three men in World War I uniforms. Bottom center left, Helen Getz and John Risser. Bottom center right, three men in World War I army uniforms, one in Navy uniform. Bottom right, Helen Getz and John Risser.
- Provenance
- Photograph album assembled by Helen Getz just before her marriage to William J. Buch. Helen Getz was born in Ephrata in 1893. Most photos date to the 1910s. Gift of her son, Stan Buch. See also MG 658 Stan Buch Collection in our archives.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Getz, Helen
- Risser, John
- Mylin, Hook
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- World War I
- Uniforms
- United States Navy
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- A-67-01-40
Images
- Collection
- Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
- Object ID
- BR-03-03-08
- Date Range
- 1918
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
- Description
- 154th Depot Brigade Barracks E-2 Camp Meade Maryland 1918, Paul Ryder, Corporal.
- Date Range
- 1918
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Ryder, Paul
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5 inches
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
- Object ID
- BR-03-03-08
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Esther Etter Rebman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Photograph album #2. Page from photograph album. Man in Navy uniform.
- Provenance
- This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subject
- Photographs
- Classification
- EER-01-10-040
- Search Terms
- Uniforms
- World War I
- Military
- United States Navy
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Original or Copy
- Copy
- Print Size
- 2.25 x 4.25 inches
- Object ID
- EER-01-10-040
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2023.Shaub
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Esther Etter Rebman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Photograph album #2. Page from photograph album. Five men in World War I military uniforms.
- Provenance
- This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subject
- Photographs
- Classification
- EER-01-10-041
- Search Terms
- Uniforms
- World War I
- Military
- United States Navy
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Original or Copy
- Copy
- Print Size
- 1.75 x 2.25 inches
- Object ID
- EER-01-10-041
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2023.Shaub
Images
- Collection
- William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
- Title
- William Buch Hornberger in United States Navy uniform
- Object ID
- WBH-01-05-09
- Date Range
- 1944
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Title
- William Buch Hornberger in United States Navy uniform
- Description
- Real photo postcard of William Buch Hornberger, right, in United States Navy uniform, with three unidentified sailors in Havana, Cuba, 1944.
- Date Range
- 1944
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- People
- Hornberger, William Buch
- Subject
- Photographs
- Classification
- WBH-01-05-09
- Search Terms
- United States Navy
- Uniforms
- Sailors
- Real photo postcards
- World War II
- Place
- Havana, Cuba
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Original or Copy
- Original
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5.5 inches
- Object ID
- WBH-01-05-09
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2023.052
Images
- Collection
- William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
- Title
- William Buch Hornberger in Navy uniform
- Object ID
- WBH-01-05-15
- Date Range
- 1944
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Title
- William Buch Hornberger in Navy uniform
- Description
- William Buch Hornberger in his United States Navy uniform.
- Date Range
- 1944
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- People
- Hornberger, William Buch
- Subject
- Photographs
- Classification
- WBH-01-05-15
- Search Terms
- United States Navy
- World War II
- Sailors
- Uniforms
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Original or Copy
- Original
- Print Size
- 3.25 x 4.5 inches
- Object ID
- WBH-01-05-15
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 2023.052
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