Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

Pennsylvania Long Rifle on Exhibit at Landis Valley

"A new exhibit featuring historic long rifles will open March 11 at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster County."

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Long Rifle Exhibit at Landis Valley Museum

"Patrick Hornberger, president of Eastwind Publishing in Trappe, was chosen as guest curator of the Lancaster County Long Rifle Exhibit to be held at the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pa."

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Researching Lebanon Gunsmiths

"Little is known about the local gunsmiths. However, their guns tell us something of their skills. John Beck's firearms feature sturdy, wide butt stocks with a high and wide butt plate, according to authors Beverly Manbeck and Bruce R. Reed, who co-wrote 'Pennsylvania/Kentucky Longrifles and its Lebanon County Connection.'"

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Enthusiasm for the Elgin Collection

"Eugene and Dorothy Elgin were well-known, discerning collectors of Pennsylvania German folk art. Most everything in their collection came from country auctions or private homes in York, Adams and Cumberland counties."

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Turning Sewing Machines into Tractors in Oley

"Dave, a retired Wheel Horse dealer, painted his model Wheel Horse red."

"Jim, 77, a retired contractor, adorned his tractor with a couple coats of John Deere green - yellow wheels, of course."

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Pennsylvania German Exhibit at Allentown's Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum

"Visitors to a local museum might want to brush up on their Pennsylvania Dutch language skills."

"The Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in Allentown is getting ready for a big exhibit on the influence of Old World Germans who settled here."

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Pennsylvania German Arts on Exhibit at Reading Public Museum

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 "A Cultural Celebration: Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans," from a Berks County private collection, opens at the Reading Public Museum on Saturday, June 12, and will be on view through Sunday, Sept. 26."

"The works are in a variety of media, dating largely from the 18th and 19th centuries."

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Kutztown University Group to Restore Conestoga Wagon

 

Image: Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy

"The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University has undertaken the restoration of a rare 175-year-old Conestoga wagon, the type used by generations of Berks County farmers dating to before the American Revolution."

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Don and Trish Herr: Their New Website

Lancaster County's Don and Trish Herr have a new website up and running.

The site showcases terrific Pennsylania German arts and antiques.  And it's all available for purchase.  So now you can create an instant collection.

Their website is Here.

You'll need some rare daylily cultivars to go with your new collection of Pennsylvania German objets d'art.

You can get those daylilies from Don at his website Here.  Don creates stunningly-beauteous Hemerocallis hybrids.  So now you can have exceptional Pennsylvania daylilies to go with your exceptional Pennsylvania art.

"Holy Picasso!" Barnes' Pennsylvania German Iron (and other Art)

"Visit the Barnes and you will be struck by the oddity of its hang. Paintings sit in tight rectangles or 'ensembles', perhaps five wide and three deep. These are arranged by size, form and colour – 'rhythm' was the favoured word – rather than period or artist. A Cézanne with a road receding to the right may form one corner of an ensemble, a van Gogh with a road receding to the left another. Interspersed will be Pennsylvania Dutch ironmongery or carved spoons."

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