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Potters and Firebrick Makers of Cecil County, Maryland and Nearby 1750-1950
AuthorKoterski, James R.DescriptionEarly potters and firebrick makers of Cecil Co., Md., fashioned and fired wheel-turned redware and stoneware, examples of which survive today and are illustrated in color. This book details the successes and failures of those who practiced these trades by integrating land and court records, newspaper reports, business documents, and family histories.Call NumberTP785PublisherISBN97816012745One hundred and fifty years of collecting by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1824-1974
AuthorWainwright, Nicholas B.Call NumberF146 .P578PublisherISBN9780910732093
The Dwellings of Colonial America
AuthorWaterman, Thomas TilestonCall NumberNA707 .W42Publisher
Damage and Deterioration of Art on Paper due to Ignorance and the Use of Faulty Materials
AuthorWeidner, Marilyn KempDescriptionStudies in ConservationCall NumberN8560PublisherHistoric Houses of Kent County: An Architectural History: 1642-1860
AuthorBourne, Michael OwenDescriptionLarge volume on Kent County history. Detailed architectural survey of individual historic houses in Kent County. Chapter on the African-American community in early Kent County. Martinet maps (1860) of Kent County. K-Files inventory. Index. Many photos of historic houses.Call NumberF176American Maps and Mapmakers: Commecial Cartography in the Nineteenth Century
AuthorRistow, WalterDescriptionDiscusses the work of such American cartographers as Abel Buell and John Melish and the impact of the rise of lithography, which made possible the low-cost map.Call NumberGA405 .R57 1985PublisherISBN9780814317686
The Farmer's Market Guide with Identification Guide and Recipes
AuthorLoustau, JenniferDescriptionFilled with lots of traditional, time-tested, and delicious recipes for everything from corn and Brussels sprouts to tomatoes and rtabaga.Call NumberTX741 .L668 2012PublisherISBN9780764340772
The Chippendale Period in English Furniture
AuthorClouston, K. WarrenDescriptionManual of the period of English History containing Chippendale furniture. Illustrations are from the original books of design from national and private collections.Call NumberNK2529 .C5Publisher
The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A Comprehensive History
AuthorSiebert, Wilbur H.Call NumberE450 .S57 2006PublisherISBN9780486450391Handwriting by George Rules 1-27 To Draw & Write
DescriptionA popular homeschool penmanship workbook. It features the first 27 of George Washingtonís famous Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company & Conversation. Students practice writing by copying the classic etiquette maxims, and draw illustrations to match themCall NumberE39PublisherISBN9781882514366Liberty and Independence The Delaware State During the American Revolution
AuthorHancock, Harold B.Call NumberE263.D3 H36Paint in America: The Color of Historic Buildings
AuthorMoss, Robert W. (editor)Call NumberTP934 .P317
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works November 2011Vol. 36, No. 6
DescriptionConnecting to Conservation: Outreach and Advocy - A New Approach to the Annual MeetingCall NumberN8554 .A53aAmerican Spoons: Souvenir and Historical
AuthorRainwater, Dorothy & Felger, DonnaCall NumberNK7235 .R3 1990PublisherISBN9780887402661Antique maps (Christie's collectors guides)
AuthorMoreland, David Bannister, CarlDescriptionGeneral historical background, details of all the major map-makers and practical advice on collecting old maps.Call NumberGA231PublisherISBN9780714880648
Sharp and Allied Families
AuthorGeorge Valentine Massey IICall NumberCT3200Kirk silver in United States museums
AuthorS. Kirk & SonDescriptionBegins with two pages of Kirk Assayer and Maker's Marks, followed by alphabetical list of form and within each form, the detailed object, its Kirk catalog number (where relevant), and the museum holding the object, and concludes with two pages on the U.S.S. Maryland Silver Service. 6 objects are illustrated along with two illustrations of objects in the U.S.S. Maryland Silver Service.Call NumberNK7112PublisherRecords of the Court of New Castle on Delaware Vol.II 1681 1699 Land and Probate Abstract Only
Call NumberF174Reminiscence of a Town That Thought It Would Be a Metropolis: Delaware City, Delaware
AuthorWingate, William O.Call NumberF174.D45 W56PublisherISBN9780924117046Fanny Pierson Crane : Her Receipts 1796
AuthorHatrak, Amy; Mills, Frances; Shull, Elizabeth; Williams, SallyCall NumberTX715 .F195PublisherTwo Centuries of Prints in America 1680 1880: A Selective Catalogue of the Wintherthur Museum Collection
AuthorFowble, E. McSherryCall NumberNE625 .H46 1987PublisherISBN9780813911243The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum The Winterthur Story
Call NumberNK460Planning Historical Buildings and Areas: A Comprehensive Study of New Castle County Delaware
Call NumberNA730The Care of Historical Collections, A Conservation Handbook for the Nonspecialist
AuthorGuldbeck, Per E.DescriptionAppproaches the subject of conservation in three parts - health and safety of the total collection, documentation of the nature and composition of the artifacts, and specific problems and methods in the conservation of artifacts and first aidCall NumberNK1127.5 .G8ISBN9780910050074The Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg
AuthorHeuvel, Johannes (Interpreter)Call NumberNK2500Stretch America's First Family of Clockmakers
AuthorFerrimore, Donald L.Hohmann, Frank, L IIIDescriptionDefinitive history of the UK-born Stretch family of clock-makers who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1703 and played an influential role in the city's early clock-making, civic, and Quaker communities. and cultural contributions to the city.Call NumberNK7497.S77 F46 2013ISBN9780912724706
Melrose 1826
AuthorHood, D.M. EditorDescriptionDocuments the architecture, streetscapes, and community layout of the town of Melrose, Scotland during the early 19th century.Call NumberDA890PublisherA History of Pencader Presbyterian Church, Glasgow DE
AuthorWelbon, Rev. Henry G.DescriptionA History of Pencader Presbyterian Church, Glasgow DECall NumberBX9211.G6 P4Island Life
AuthorFleming, JayDescriptionA visual narrative of the environment, communities, and commercial fisheries of Smith Island, Maryland, and Tangier Island, Virginiaóthe last inhabited offshore islands in the Chesapeake Bay. Although less than 15 miles of water separate Smith and Tangier from the mainland, centuries of isolation have preserved these island communities' unique way of life, making them feel worlds apart from the life most of us know.Call NumberF187PublisherISBN9780997746815A. Cardon and Co, Brandywine Tanners, 1815 1826 with notes on early history of tanning in De.
AuthorWelsh,Peter C.Call NumberTS965The Magazine Antiques Index 1952-1971
DescriptionBound copies of Indices 1952-1971
Call NumberNK1125 .A3Publisher
Domestic Manners of the Americans
AuthorTrollope, FrancesDescriptionFirst published in 1839Call NumberE165 .T84 1984PublisherISBN9780192814647The Mansions of Virginia 1706 1776
AuthorWaterman, Thomas TilestonCall NumberNA7235.V5 W35Publisher
