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Art
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Bilder un Gedanke,
Book of Pennsylvania German Verse |
196 |
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- Gilbert, Russell
W; Lyric poetry written by Russell W. Gilbert in Pennsylvania German. In
1943 he wrote his first |
$14.00 |
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dialect poem. After
the poems comes a literal translation, or summary, or glossary of words
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the English translation.;
1975; 119 pp; HCB |
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Care & ID of
19th Century Photographic Prints |
483 |
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- Reilly, James M.;
Nineteenth-century print processes needs to be subjected to scientific investigation,
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$29.95 |
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which specific preservations
recommendations can be derived. The impetus for this book was provided by
just |
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such an intensive investigation
of the albumen print. Also an attempt was made to summarize the available
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preservation information
for other important 19th-century print materials.; 1986; 188 pp; HCB |
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Folk & Decorative
Art of the Shenandoah Valley |
513 |
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- Shenandoah Valley
Folklore Society; Includes Limners and artists, Fraktur and Calligraphy,
wood, textiles, |
$29.95 |
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colored plates and
photos.; 1993; 127 pp; SCB |
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Fraktur Writings
& Folk Art Drawings; Schwenkfelder Library |
781 |
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- Moyer, Dennis K.;
This book looks at original examples of Pennsylvania German folk art in
an area of |
$70.00 |
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southeastern Pennsylvania
where a small religious denomination known as Schwenkfelders settled. It
is an |
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introduction to the
art, the area, the people and friends and relatives who received it.; 1997;
301 pp; HCB |
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- Zieber, Eugene;
An aid for the understanding of Heraldry. A collection of material gathered
from the use of royal |
$36.50 |
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and other seals upon
Colonial documents and individual coats of armor upon tombstones, wills,
deeds, tablets, etc. |
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showing an early practice
of heraldry in the United States. It includes insignia of orders and societies.;
1997; 427 |
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Hex Signs &
other Barn Decorations |
537 |
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- Smith, Elmer; Printer
1965; fifteenth printing 1993. Photographs taken in counties of Pennsylvania,
Virginia and |
$3.50 |
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West Virginia of various
Hex Signs along with explanations and "How to Make Your Own Hex Sign.;
1993; 42 pp; |
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Pennsylvania German
Fraktur of Free Library of Philadelphia. (2 vol. set) |
837 |
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- Weiser, Frederick;
Illustrated catalogues along with text. One of the first forms of Pennsylvania
German folk art |
$60.00 |
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to be recognized and
studied was the paper work the world has come to call Fraktur. Volume I
is colored Fraktur |
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and Volume II is black
and white Fraktur.; 1976; 200 pp; HCB |
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