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2019.199.0001 - Card, Greeting
A 4 x 6 inch copy of a Christmas card sent by Dr. Florian Florek when he was in Guam (Air Force, WW II) to his sister, 1945.
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2019.200.0001 - Set, Salt & Pepper
Set of 3 inch red glass salt and pepper shakers. The bottom of each has an inch of clear etched glass. No tops. Each has written in gold "N. White Edinboro Fair." Presumed to have belonged to Nathaniel White, 1826-1916, and gotten at the first Edinboro Fair that started in 1885 and ran until 1906.
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2019.201.0001 - Sign, Trade
A 5 foot by 2 foot green wooden sign with white letters advertising the Village Gift Shop. Hanging under the sign are two smaller green signs advertising Jewelry and Imports. The Village Gift Shoppe was in the Hopkins House. It was built by Nathaniel Austin for L.B. Goodell. In 1868 Dr. Terry bought it, followed by Gillaspies. In 1930 Grant Hopkins got the house and sold it in 1946 to his daughter-in-law, Leita Hopkins, who ran the shop from...
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2019.201.0002 - Sign, Trade
A 3 by 2 foot white wooden sign with red letters advertising The Village Gift Shop. It was run by Leita Hopkins from 1947 through the mid-1960's. The Hopkins House was the original home of the stone dogs. It was torn down to make way for a telephone building.
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2019.202.0001 - Newspaper
March 23, 1928, newspaper page from the Erie Dispatch Herald. The article titled, "New Roosevelt Highway Will Run Via Edinboro," describes the new highway, now 6N. Found under the kitchen linoleum in a house on High Street.
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2019.203.0001 - Book, Instruction
An 8 x 5 inch faded green book titled "Spell-to-Write." Published in 1924 for 5th and 6th Grade. Inside the cover is stamped, "Edinboro Public School."
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2019.204.0001 - Bottle
A 14 inch oil spout on a blue mason jar used to put oil into a car, early 1900's.
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2019.205.0001 - Case, Instrument
A 4 foot x 1 foot black case for holding a musical instrument. Labeled "Edinboro High School"
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2019.209.0001 - Ticket
A tan 3.5 x 1 inch ticket. Label states in black letters, "Edinboro Fair, Gate Check, Wednesday, August 16, 1905." There is some unreadable pencil markings on front and back.
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2019.210.0001 - Map
A 9x9 inch black and white map showing the buildings destroyed in the Fire of 1909.
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2019.211.0001 - Newspaper
Copied article from the Edinboro Independent dated August 16, 1917. It tells about a fire at the Edinboro Hotel owned by Mr and Mrs. Clow. They have decided to close the hotel after this fire.
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2019.212.0001 - Newspaper
"The Weekly Sentinel" newspaper with article and photo of the the 1965 Undefeated Lancers.
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2019.214.0001 - Papers, Personal
2 typed written papers about growing up in Edinboro. One by Catherine Florek Chamberlain (1940's) and Marilyn Hollenbeck Free.
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2019.215.0001 - Ad, Magazine
A copied advertisement for J. A. Tarbell Groceries and Provisions from the 1859-1860 Erie County Directory. The store was on the corner of Erie and Market Streets.
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2019.218.0001 - Magazine
Magaziine article, 1980, and picure about the Drakes Mill.
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2019.224.0002 - Hatchel
An 18 inch x 5 inch wooden base with wide spaced teeth. Called a hetchel, hackle or hatchel. Used to comb flax fibers.
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2019.224.0003 - Hatchel
An 18 inch x 5 inch wooden base with metal teeth close together. A hetchel, hackle, or hatchel. This flax comb was used to help make flax into linen. A bundle of flax fibers are flipped over the teeth and pulled through.
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2019.226.0001 - Booklet
A 9 x 11 inch booklet titled "Square Roots" by Leonard S. Hogenboom. It tells his family history.
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2019.227.0001 - Roster
Attached to black paper is a roster of the students at Gibson Hill School, No. 7 from 1907-08. Henry McCamman is the teacher. Students include Millspaw, Pulling, Alward, Terry, Randall, Jervis, Stewart, Herbert famililes. 19 names in all.
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