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2018.143.0004 - Magazine
2 copies of the magazine "Harper's Bazar, A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure and Instruction." January 17, 1874 and November 2, 1872. From unknown local Edinboro resident.

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2018.145.0001 - Flag
A 4 x 6 foot American Flag with 50 stars and a 12 foot pole (in two parts). Made by Everwear Bunting. Flew in front of Jolley's Pharmacy, 105-107 Erie Street. Frank H. Jolley (1891-1973) operated Jolley's Pharmacy from 1928-1963. He sold it to Ken Cathcart who hired John Hromyak. Hromyak later bought the store and changed the name to Edinboro Pharmacy. It operated until the early 1980's.

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2018.145.0002 - License, Occupational
A 15 x 17 inch framed pharmaceutical license for Frank H. Jolley (1891-1973), dated June 17, 1913. Jolly's Pharmacy, 105-107 Erie Street, operated from 1928-1963..

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2018.145.0003 - License, Occupational
A 4 x 4 inch pharmacy license issued by the state of Pennsylvania to F H Jolley, Erie and Meadville Sts. Expired in 1966.

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2018.145.0004 - License, Occupational
A 4 x 4 inch license issued by the state of Pennsylvania to F H Jolley, Erie and Meadville Sts. Expired in 1970. This was his last license as the store was sold in 1963. Jolley's Pharmacy then became Edinboro Pharmacy.

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2018.146.0001 - Postcard
A 5 x 3 inch colored postcard showing a canoe on water. Labeled "Edinboro Lake from the Outlet, Edinboro, Pa." Dated February 8, 1923. It is addressed to David Swanson at Allegheny College in Meadville from his mother. She hasn't heard from him since he went back to school and is worried.

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2018.146.0002 - Postcard
A colored 3 x 5 inch postcard showing a horse-drawn wagon of hay coming down a tree-lined road. Labeled "Beauty Spot near Edinboro PA." It is dated August, 1935. It is to David Swanson in Indianna from Lu. Lu writes, "This scene will give you an idea of the idyllic beauty of the country around this dear little town." They are camping in a tent.

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2018.146.0004 - Postcard
A 3 x 5 inch sepia postcard dated 1930. It shows the Methodist Church in Edinboro. The postcard is written to Gertrude McKee in Erie from Ruth.

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2018.148.0001 - Book, Instruction
A 7 x 4 x 1 inch book with a faded red cover. The title is "English Grammar." Inside the front cover is written "Mis Lucinda Phelph's Book" and a paper pasted on the next page reading, "Mis Lucinda Phelph's Book, Washington, Erie, Co, Pa April 28, 1845." Lucinda was born in 1829. She was a school teacher. She, along with two of her friends, drowned in Conneauttee Creek, June 24, 1849, when coming home from church, their buggy went off a brid...

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2018.151.0001 - Announcement, Graduation
A 1935 Graduation announcement for Helen Haynes later Johnson. Included are lists of graduates from reunions.

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2018.171.0001 - Frame, Picture
A 5 x 4 inch heart-shaped picture frame made from cork stitched together with black thread. The picture inside is cut from a colored postcard of a canoe on a lake, possibly Edinboro Lake. Parts of orange stitching can be seen at the sides. Perhaps a souvenir bought here or a craft made at the camps.

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2018.172.0001 - Postcard
A Thanksgiving postcard with apples and a pilgrim girl from Della Perry in Erie to Mrs. Geo. McClelland, Edinboro Pa, 1914.

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2018.172.0002 - Postcard
A sepia postcard showing a trolley with a flatbed holding a piece of large equipment. It is labeled "Unloading Transformer, New Trolley Station, Edinboro, PA. March 2nd, 1914." No writing is on the back.

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2018.172.0003 - Postcard
A Kupper postcard (black and white) of a man holding a large fish with two hands.

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2018.172.0004 - Postcard
A postcard (black and white) showing the Cutler House, circa 1900. It was located on the corner of 6N and Erie Street. It was demolished in the 1940's after becoming a "community eyesore." A gas station replaced it.

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2018.172.0005 - Postcard
A sepia postcard showing Meadville Street, 1900-1926. The street is dirt and the trolley tracks are visible. Writing on the front says "This is a view from our house." (The donor was Barb Baron so supposedly from her Hanson family home.) Marked with symbols are the Stanford Block, a bank, Gerrish Block and the Post Office. Signs for a bakery and a drug store are also visible.

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2018.172.0006 - Newspaper
A circa 1960 newspaper clipping showing a fire pumper used by Edinboro until 1909. It took two teams of horses to pull it. It was located at the lower end of Erie Street near the old Keystone Mill.

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2018.173.0001 - Postcard
Three postcards written to Mr. George McLellan of Edinboro from Erie and New York City. Dated 1908, 1914 and 1917. One is addressed to "Aunt and Uncle."

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2018.176.0001 - Newspaper
An Erie Times News paper from November, 2011, with an ariticle about the Crossroads Dinor for sale. The Dinor opened in a trolley car in 1929. It closed in 2009. The building and parking lot are scheduled to be auctioned at a sheriff's sale.

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2018.181.0001 - Book Cover
A brown paper, 9 x 14 inches, made to cover a medium schoolbook. The front has lines for title, name and school along with the pledge of allegiance. The back has a picture of a soldier and reads, "For Victory Buy United States War Bonds and Stamps." Used during WWII, 1940's.

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