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Letter From Mrs. Frayne Stohler To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 11, 1956, Frayne Stohler
Letter From Mrs. Frayne Stohler To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 11, 1956, Frayne Stohler
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Mrs. Frayne Stohler of Andreas, Pennsylvania addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 11, 1956. Within, Stohler writes to provide Shoemaker with some of her old Pennsylvania Dutch weather predictions after listening to Shoemaker's radio program.
Letter From Raymond E. Hollenbach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Raymond E. Hollenbach
Letter From Raymond E. Hollenbach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Raymond E. Hollenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed letter from Raymond E. Hollenbach addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Hollenbach provides information from old account books of William Krumm and his son, detailing the prices received for pig's bristles. He also notes that bones were traded and made into fertilizer.
Letter From Linus L. Francis To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Linus L. Francis
Letter From Linus L. Francis To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Linus L. Francis
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed letter from Linus L. Francis addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Francis relates a story about selling bones to a man named Moses Brownmiller in Hamburg. He also inquires about a Bible verse that can stop nose bleeds.
Letter From Harry M. Gehris To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Harry M. Gehris
Letter From Harry M. Gehris To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Harry M. Gehris
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Harry M. Gehris addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Gehris details his trading of bones to a peddler during his youth.
Letter From Mrs. Francis Watt To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 6, 1956, Francis Watt
Letter From Mrs. Francis Watt To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 6, 1956, Francis Watt
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Mrs. Francis Watt addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 6, 1956. Within, Watt details a cure for nose bleeds that she uses on her husband by reading a Bible passage.
Letter From Howard A. G. Miller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 2, 1956, Howard A. G. Miller
Letter From Howard A. G. Miller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 2, 1956, Howard A. G. Miller
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten postcard from Howard A. G. Miller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 2, 1956. Within, Miller provides information on how to stop bleeding via a passage in the Bible.
Letter From Lizzie Brossman To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 3, 1956, Lizzie M. Brossman
Letter From Lizzie Brossman To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 3, 1956, Lizzie M. Brossman
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Lizzie M. Brossman addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 3, 1956. Within, Brossman details a story her father told her about a vendor at a Reading street market who spoke in Pennsylvania German about his products.
Letter From Mabel G. Sayer To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 1, 1956, Maybel G. Sayer
Letter From Mabel G. Sayer To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 1, 1956, Maybel G. Sayer
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
In this typed letter from October 1st, 1956, Mabel G. Sayer responds to Alfred L. Shoemaker's radio program from the previous day. She provides a Pennsylvania German verse and wishes him well.
Letter From George L. Moore To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 26, 1956, George L. Moore
Letter From George L. Moore To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 26, 1956, George L. Moore
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from George L. Moore addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 26, 1956. Within, Moore provides accounts of a Pennsylvania Dutch quadrupled birth, wagon history, and the process of using bed rope to clear snow from the top of wheat crops.
Letters From J. Daniel Roth To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 19, 1956, J. Daniel Roth
Letters From J. Daniel Roth To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 19, 1956, J. Daniel Roth
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A set of handwritten letters from J. Daniel Roth addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 19, 1956. Within, Roth writes humorous anecdotes about animals such as bulls and chickens and includes information about the proper method for clearing snow from rye plants.
Letter From Henry W. Hunsberger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 15, 1956, Henry W. Hunsberger
Letter From Henry W. Hunsberger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 15, 1956, Henry W. Hunsberger
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Henry W. Hunsberger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 15, 1956. Within, Hunsberger responds to information he heard on Shoemaker's radio program about using a bed rope to clear snow from the crops in a field.
Dieffenbach On Blue Mountain Tea, June 25, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Blue Mountain Tea, June 25, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Blue Mountain Tea", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated June 25, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details various instances of how Blue Mountain Tea and its leaves could be utilized by the Pennsylvania Dutch community.
Dieffenbach On Candy, May 8, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Candy, May 8, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Candy", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 8, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details some traditional Pennsylvania Dutch candies that were made, specifically hore-hound and birch drops.
Dieffenbach On Diapers: "Die Windla," April 10th, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Diapers: "Die Windla," April 10th, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten manuscript entitled "Diapers: die Windla," written by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 10, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details superstitions about diapers and their effects on children later in life, as well as omens and tales related to witchcraft and pow-wowing cures.
Letter From D. W. Thompson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 3, 1956, D. W. Thompson
Letter From D. W. Thompson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 3, 1956, D. W. Thompson
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed letter from D. W. Thompson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 3, 1956. Within, Thompson provides a recipe for "Scotch Cake," discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch term for taffy and speculates about sugar rings.
Advertisement And News Release For A Constantine Kermes Art Exhibition, April 2, 1956, Jacques Seligmann Galleries
Advertisement And News Release For A Constantine Kermes Art Exhibition, April 2, 1956, Jacques Seligmann Galleries
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A printed advertisement and news release from Jacques Seligmann Galleries announcing an art exhibition of paintings by Constantine Kermes, dated April 2, 1956. The one-man-show, entitled "Icons and American Saints," features Kermes' paintings of New England Shaker and Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired art as well as Byzantine iconography.
Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1956, Helen Moser
Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1956, Helen Moser
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Helen Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 1, 1956. Within, Moser writes on a number of Pennsylvania-Dutch sayings, but asks Shoemaker, in particular, to not read one of them on his radio program as it is an insult to Catholics.
Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 16, 1956, Raymond E. Kiebach
Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 16, 1956, Raymond E. Kiebach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed letter from Raymond E. Kiebach addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 16, 1956. Within, Kiebach responds to Shoemaker's inquiries about itching ("Der Gretz") and grave robbing.
Letter From George E. Bagenstose To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 10, 1956, George E. Bagenstose
Letter From George E. Bagenstose To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 10, 1956, George E. Bagenstose
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from George E. Bagenstose addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 10, 1956. Within, Bagenstose recounts a folktale involving a stopped waterwheel and a talking bullfrog.