LancasterHistory Research Collections

Collection
Abele and Shirk Family Photograph Collection
Title
Blanche Henry Abele
Object ID
ASF-01-06-04
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Abele and Shirk Family Photograph Collection
Title
Blanche Henry Abele
Description
Blanche Henry Abele seated by a secretary style desk. Photograph is framed in a small green folder containing a tablet.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Henry, Blanche
Abele, Blanche Henry
Subject
Photographs
Classification
ASF-01-06-04
Search Terms
Tablets
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Dimention Details
Green folder measures 3.5 x 4.75 x .5 inches
Object ID
ASF-01-06-04
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.041
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-02-02-34
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Historic monument to John Wise, pioneer aeronaut, born in Lancaster in 1808 and died in Lake Michigan September 29, 1879. Tablet erected by Lancaster County Historical Society, 1955.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Wise, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Tablets
Plaques
Balloons
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 9.75 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-02-02-34
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Datestone on a building at 126 North Water Street, showing a bust and the words "Stiegel Elizabeth Furnace 1769". Also stamped on the back of the photo is R. Blickenderfer, Foundary and Machine Works, Lancaster, Pa.
Object ID
1-04-02-12
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Datestone on a building at 126 North Water Street, showing a bust and the words "Stiegel Elizabeth Furnace 1769". Also stamped on the back of the photo is R. Blickenderfer, Foundary and Machine Works, Lancaster, Pa.
Description
Datestone on a building at 126 North Water Street, showing a bust and the words "Stiegel Elizabeth Furnace 1769". Also stamped on the back of the photo is R. Blickenderfer, Foundary and Machine Works, Lancaster, Pa.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Blickenderfer, R.
Stiegel, Henry William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Plaques
Tablets
Place
Manheim
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-04-02-12
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-13-03-05
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Memorial tablet for Thomas Henry Burrowes at St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster - born November 16, 1805, died February 25, 1871.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Burrowes, Thomas Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
St. James Episcopal Church
Tablets
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
2-13-03-05
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Collection
Historical Markers Album
Object ID
A-39-01-01
Date Range
1986
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Description
Memorial pillar and tablet at 320 East Ross Street, Lancaster, marking the site of the country home of the Honorable George Ross (1730 - 1779), colonial statesman and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Erected 1897.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Date Range
1986
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ross, George
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Historical markers
Monuments
Tablets
Ross Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-39-01-01
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Collection
Historical Markers Album
Object ID
A-39-01-02
Date Range
1986
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Description
Memorial tablet at the birthplace of Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815) in Fulton Township, honoring him as the first man to apply steam to navigation successfully.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Date Range
1986
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fulton, Robert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Historical markers
Monuments
Tablets
Place
Fulton Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-39-01-02
Notes
Three copies
Images
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Collection
Historical Markers Album
Object ID
A-39-01-03
Date Range
1986
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Description
Church on East Ross Street next to memorial pillar and tablet for George Ross.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Date Range
1986
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fulton, Robert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Historical markers
Monuments
Tablets
Ross Street
Churches
Place
Fulton Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-39-01-03
Images
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Collection
Historical Markers Album
Object ID
A-39-01-04
Date Range
1986
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Description
Brick Mennonite Church near Willow Street.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Date Range
1986
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Historical markers
Monuments
Tablets
Mennonites
Churches
Place
West Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-39-01-04
Images
Less detail
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Object ID
A-39-01-05
Date Range
1986
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Description
Boulder and bronze tablet at the Brick Mennonite Church near Willow Street, the first permanent white settlement by Swiss Mennonites within the borders of Lancaster County, in the year 1710. Erected in 1910.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Date Range
1986
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Historical markers
Monuments
Tablets
Mennonites
Churches
Place
West Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-39-01-05
Images
Less detail
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Object ID
A-39-01-06
Date Range
1986
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Historical Markers Album
Description
Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of the riot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as the "Christiana Resistance" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Date Range
1986
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Historical markers
Monuments
Tablets
Christiana Resistance
Abolition
Civil War
Place
Sadsbury Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-39-01-06
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