Author: Emily Miller

A President’s Razor & The Tragedy at Lafayette Square

From Object Lessons

Article written by Patrick Clarke Edited by Emily Miller John Henry William Bonitz was born in Germany ca. 1840.  He immigrated to the United States in 1850 and by 1856, at the age of 16, he landed a job as a messenger clerk for the Secretary of War, Mr. Jefferson Davis. William’s son, Frederich, would […]

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Meet LancasterHistory’s Summer Intern Class of 2023

From LancasterHistory News

This summer, LancasterHistory welcomed five undergraduate students into our NEH Summer Internship Program. We also welcomed two students who worked exclusively on projects relating to the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History & Democracy. Starting in early June, the interns worked on various individual projects, participated in workshops, and travelled to other […]

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The Life & Accomplishments of Hong Neok Woo

From Archives Blog

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The month celebrates and recognizes the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and the rich history of AAPI individuals in the United States. In 2021, Lancaster County officially recognized May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month through a county proclamation. This was the first time […]

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Meet Our NEH Summer Intern Class of 2022

From Notes From The Library

This summer, LancasterHistory welcomed six students from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania into our NEH Summer Internship Program. Starting in early June, the interns worked on various individual projects as well as participating in workshops and traveling to other museums throughout the region. In this post, you’ll get to meet each intern and learn about […]

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Teeny Tiny Book, Big Imagination

From Archives Blog

  Ten year old Charles Jacob Swarr had quite the vivid imagination. Or so it would seem from his colorful and creative self-published picture book. It’s truly – and literally – one of a kind. The book was hand drawn and has stitched binding, though it’s no bigger than a matchbook. Created by Swarr in […]

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Looking For a Date | Save Your Photos Month

From PhotoBlog

This entry is the last part of a series celebrating of September’s Save Your Photos Month. We hope you enjoyed this series! While organizing family photographs, it’s totally par for the course to find undated, unidentified, or just plain unknown images. Don’t worry. There are various ways of giving these pictures a time frame that […]

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All About Albums | Save Your Photos Month

From PhotoBlog

This entry is a part of a series celebrating of September’s Save Your Photos Month. Stay tuned for more! As photography began to take off as an industry in the 1860s, people began to accumulate collections of images of families and friends. The photograph album was introduced as a way to store and present them. […]

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Putting It On Paper | Save Your Photos Month

From PhotoBlog

This entry is a part of a series celebrating of September’s Save Your Photos Month. Stay tuned for more! Images produced on metal and glass, though revolutionary, were also often costly and difficult to produce. They were direct positive images that required no negative, but they were fragile and needed to be cased. In 1855, […]

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Just In Case | Save Your Photos Month

From PhotoBlog

This entry is a part of a series celebrating of September’s Save Your Photos Month. Stay tuned for more! Perhaps the most delicate and difficult to care for among historic photographic images are what are often referred to as “cased images” – Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes. They’re also some of the oldest types of photographic […]

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