The Boalsburg Heritage Museum Acquisitions Committee has accepted the following recent offerings to add to our collection:
SLEIGH CHIMES - Four brass bells on a leather strap for horses. Donated by Ilene Glenn via Barbara Kasales of Lemont. Per Miss Glenn, these bells were used on her family's horse sleigh which she rode between Oak Hall and Boalsburg and surrounding areas. Ilene Glenn died in 2009 at the age of 98 and lived in the area her whole life.
TICKETS TO ROAST CHICKEN SUPPER - 3 small orange paper tickets to the Reformed Sunday School supper dated, November 23, 1946. Donated by James Sorensen.
MULTIPLE ITEMS FROM MRS. ELEANOR ADDLEMAN - Numerous booklets regarding local activities: 150th Anniversary Zion Lutheran Church,
Boalsburg Sesquicentennial 1808-1958, 85th Anniversary of Memorial Day 1949, Boalsburg High School Banquet Bicentennial Celebration 1976, The Harris Township Community Bicentennial Pageant: at the Foot of the Mountain, Paper with schedule of events and map for a Day in Town per above; Boalsburg: An American Village tan cover, 1st edition of history booklet; Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, some of Boalsburg and museum; Postcards of Boalsburg village: 2 from 1976 and 1 from 1975; Receipt from the Pittsburgh Carriage Hardware and Trimmings to Wieland Bros &Co.
WOODEN AND LEATHER HAND BELLOWS FROM READING PA: HARVARD LOCK CO -
Donated by Dottie Hicks, formerly of Boalsburg.
LEDGER OF THOMAS DALE OF DALES MILLS, 1859 TO 1890 - extensive listing of local men and
women of the area: their relationships, their occupations, and items purchased or services rendered for them by Thomas Dale. Found in used book store in Selinsgrove. Purchased and donated to the Boalsburg
Heritage Museum by Dee Wallace, Pat Morgan, Phyllis High, Susan Evans, and Barbara Grignano. |
