Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

Welcome to My Blog about Pennsylvania Dutch Stuff

Hello from Lititz, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

I hope you will visit my pages here often, to see what's happening in the world of Pennsylvania German folk art, antiques, and folklife.

Come back again, soon.  I will leave the porch light on.

P.S. That fraktur above was made in 1799 by Mennonite farmer Hans Jacob Brubacher of Lancaster County, PA .

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Clarke Hess

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Keith Brintzenhoff to Lecture on Pennsylvania German Music

"Brintzenhoff plays autoharp, dulcimer, guitar and banjo. He is a member of the Toad Creek Ramblers and musical adviser to the Kutztown Pennsylvania German Festival."

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Pennsylvania German Quilts on Exhibit at Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum

"A public exhibition of rare Pennsylvania German quilts never before displayed will open at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum today. The opening event will feature Carol Heppe, Director of the Quilt Barn at the Kutztown Folk Festival."

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Canada's Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Meeting

"Members of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society (PGFSO) are invited to attend the organization’s upcoming 59th annual spring meeting in Vineland, on Sunday, May 5."

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Springtime at the Wentz Farmstead

"Many of the trades and crafts of the late 18th through early 19th centuries in a rural community will be highlighted Saturday when the Peter Wentz Farmstead, off Route 363, Worcester Township holds its annual shearing of sheep."

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Historic Pennsylvania Potters in Berks-Mont News

"At first, antiquarians assumed these were imported until they realized the inscriptions were in Pennsylvania Dutch and not High German."

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