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      A tied doublecloth, jacquard coverlet with an eagle, star, floral, and scroll pattern design. The coverlet was manufactured with an indigo blue wool on a white cotton ground. The background design consists of diamonds and triangles which surrounds the floral pattern in the centre. The floral pattern takes on a ...

      A memento made from a piece of fungus material that was originally adhered to the bark of a tree. This has been cracked off, and its smooth surface etched with hand printing: Sunday P.M. / Sept. 23-1917 / 31 mile auto trip / Roy Shantz / Mrs. Roy Shantz / ...

      A ledger containing financial transactions (personal expenses, farming and teamster expenses or receipts) and farming records (amounts yielded from different fields, sales of horses, etc.). There is no indication of ownership, but this is possibly the account book kept by Jacob B. Shantz, the son of Jacob Y. Shantz, who ...

      A group of ledgers and order books of the Jacob Y. ShantzSon Co., later known as the Dominion Button Manufacturers. 1. A General Business ledger with handwritten entries in red and blue/black ink which record and summarize various business activities of the Jacob Y. ShantzSon Co./Dominion Button Manufacturers from 1891 ...

      A small black softcover lined notebook. First page title reads "A. Coppy from the Dyer Cleason Oberholtzer Book, ... Berlin Ont. / November 14th 1892 ..." Written in ballpoint ink at foot of first page: Comp. Gross Dom Buttons. The notebook contains detailed handwritten instructions for mixing dye ingredients.

      A memento made from a piece of fungus material that was originally adhered to the bark of a tree. This has been cracked off, and its smooth surface etched/painted with hand printing: Together for Sunday Dinner / Heavy Snow Storm / January 1 - 1922 - First visit by Ory ...

      Light brown cloth-covered notebook titled "Coloring Ivory ButtonsRecepts for November 6th 1897" with handwritten entries (about one-quarter of the book), one dated 1899, about various dyeing processes. It is associated with the Jacob Y. ShantzSons Co. button factory.

      A group of twenty two mounted photographs showing a range of P.E. Shantz products: mowers, plows, gang plows, a grinder, one view of the Buckeye binder (see also X.962.718.001.1-.5 for additional photos of the Buckeye binder), a picture of a racing horse called Mambrino King, cultivators, wheels, a hay tedder, ...

      A German-language marriage certificate printed in black on plain paper with handwritten entries. It is dated April 9, 1872 and records the marriage of Enoch Bauman to Susannah Martin, both of Waterloo Township, Waterloo County. It is witnessed by David Bowman, Johannes Martin, and the Minister of the Mennonite Community ...

      A pewter locket attached to a heavy, ornate chain which consists of a series of several small metal links. Attached to each link is a tiny metal flower and a solid metal ball, one on either side of the link. The large metal loop that links the locket to the ...

      Three trade handbills advertising sleighs made by the P.E. Shantz Foundry. Each is a single-sided sheet flyer advertising different models of boys' and girls' sleighs, circa 1910. Illustrations and specs for each model.

      Deed: "Cleason Shantz to Interior Hardwood Co., Shantz St., Waterloo - Description - All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate lying and being in the Town of Waterloo in the County of Waterloo and Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement two acres and three ...

      Short black wool cape has a stand-up collar trimmed with a frill of wide black grosgrain ribbon. The cape is lined with black cotton and has two hooks and eyes at the neck.

      Seven Account Books from the pharmacy of J.S. Hoffman, later owned by Moses Springer and Simon S. Snyder, Waterloo, Ontario. The Account Books were used to record prescriptions, listing the name of the patient, the components of the preparation and, in some cases, the price.

      A still bank made of wood and glass painted with black decorative lines. Each side has a paper insert. One is headed “Plan for Working this Bank” and has spaces in which to fill the amounts saved. A second panel reads “Store Your Child’s Minds Bible Knowledge” and is signed ...

      Letter is about the assassination of President Lincoln. It on blue paper and is glued to a corner of the front sheet of four lined sheets of paper that have been tied in the corner with narrow pink ribbon. The letter is handwritten in black ink "Berlin CW, 21st April, ...

      A cabinet studio portrait mounted on grey card with a black bevelled edge and stamped at the lower right corner with: Bellsmith/ Berlin. Handwritten on the back in black marker is: Angelina Louise Tyson Bowman/ (Mrs. Israel D. Bowman). The image is printed as an oval with a white frame. ...

      A black-and-white reproduction photographic print showing a family of seven people. A label on the back reads: Noah S. and Susannah (Cassel) Shantz and family ca. 1912. The family members are Noah S. and Susannah and their five children Laura, Eden, Mary Ann, Lincoln and Walter.

      A small embossed white card printed with a picture of flowers and a swan. The verse reads: My peace I give unto you. / John 14:27. Handwritten on the back is: Mathilda Snyder.

      A marriage certificate, in German, printed in black on plain paper with handwritten entries in black. The marriage between Christian Hallmann of Dumfries Township and Leah Bechtell of Wilmot Township, District of Wellington and Province of Ontario, witnessed by Wendell Clemens and Wendell Hallmann, Benjamin Eby, Minister, March 4, 1845.