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Heritage Center Cultural Collections Highlights

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Heritage Center Cultural Collections Highlights

A brown wooden chest sits on the ground. On the front of the chest are three faded white and black 6-pointed stars and two birds. There is text in German script. The translation can be found in the object caption.

A framed document sits in front of a wooden background. The document is is German script, and has a yellow and red decorative border.

A framed document which features red, yellow, and blue leaf, flower, and bird motifs. In the center of the document are two bordered boxes with information on Moses Dunckel in German script.

A woven basket with a lid and handle sits in front of a black background.

A framed printed document which reads "Ein Brief" in German script, and includes text of a house-blessing. This "Letter from Heaven" is described in the caption.

The title page and outside of a German Bible is shown. The top image of the title page features ornate German printed script and an image of Moses. The bottom view shows the outside of the Bible. It is a weathered brown cover with clasps, a gold 8-pointed star in the center, and a gold corner piece on each corner.

A carved wooden paddle sits on top of a red, blue, and white coverlet. The paddle features two large 6-pointed rosettes with triangle borders. There are two small 6-pointed rosettes between them. At the top of the paddle are two swirl patterns. The whole paddle is bordered with a sawtooth pattern.

A metal lamp sits on a turned wooden stand. The lap is made up of a reservoir, a hanging hook, and an advancing pin.

Cast Iron Hearth Griddle: Berks County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1815

Dengelschtock & Dengelhammer: Pennsylvania, ca. 1800 & 1840

G. Rohrbach Goosewing Axe: Kutztown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1790

Moravian Brettschtuhl: Oley Valley, Berks County, late 18th-century

This pair of certificates show the same printed artwork of two angels, 5 birds, and multiple floral arrangements. They are all colored with red and yellow ink. In some areas the yellow and red are layered to make orange. The document on the left is in German and the one on the right is in English.

German ABC-Book: Philadelphia: Shaefer & Koradi, ca. 1840

A yellow circular fish mold sits on blue velvet. The mold shows a fish with it's tail near it's mouth. There are details of an eye, fins, and scales.

17 - Jacob Yoder Bookplate 1821 01

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