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Table of contents
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Abstract
Drawings, patterns, and business records relating to Jess William Bair's cabinetmaking and furniture repair shop in Hanover,
Pennsylvania.
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Added entries
Subjects
Antiques - Conservation and restoration.
Business records - Pennsylvania - Hanover (York County)
Colonial revival (Art)
Furniture - Repairing.
Furniture - Styles.
Furniture design.
Furniture finishing.
Furniture industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Hanover (York County)
Furniture, Early American.
Income tax - Accounting.
Kendig, Joe.
Sales tax - Accounting.
Stuart, Robert S.
Genre terms
Account books.
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Drawings.
Ledgers.
Patterns (design elements).
Receipts.
Functions and occupations
Cabinetmakers.
Furniture makers.
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Patterns [an index available at this repository gives more details about what is found in some of these folders]
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Box 1 |
birds
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Folders 1-2
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chairs
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Folder 3
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hairy paw carving, rubbings
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Folder 4
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brackets and moldings
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Folder 5
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legs and miscellaneous carvings
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Folders 6-7
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finials and low-boy drops
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Folder 8
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proposed card table carvings, rubbings
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Folder 9
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Lewis chair rubbings
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Folder 10
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frets, brackets
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Folder 11
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teapot handles and dimensions; jewel box; pipe box
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Folder 12
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mirrors
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Folders 13-16
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aprons
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Folder 17
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scroll board carving
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Folder 18
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low boy shell, Prince of Wales feathers, other designs
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Folder 19
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Patterns and business papers [index available at this repository gives more details about what is found in some of these folders]
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Box 2 |
pie-crust tables, tilt-top stems
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Folder 1
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rosettes and mirror rosettes
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Folder 2
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shells, streamers, and chair crests
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Folder 3
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cartouches and urns
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Folders 4-5
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marquetry patterns; Hepplewhite urns
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Folders 6-7
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feet
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Folders 8-10
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patterns and pictures from box labeled 1959
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Folder 11
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receipts, letters, and other papers from box labeled 1959
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Folder 12
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patterns and pictures from box labeled 1960
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Folder 13
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receipts, letters, and other papers from box labeled 1960
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Folder 14
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patterns and pictures from box labeled 1961/ 1962 tax receipt
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Folder 15
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receipts, letters, and other papers from box labeled 1961/ 1962 tax receipt
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Folder 16
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auction catalogs
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Folder 17
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correspondence and photos
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Folder 18
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Record books, some with patterns
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Box 3 |
Two rolled patterns, for table legs with bell flower inlay
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3 empty boxes, the contents of which are now in Box 2, folders 11-16
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record book, March 1928 to Oct. 8, 1930
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March 1928 to Oct. 8, 1930
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records amount of time spent on specific pieces of furniture, but no prices |
Journal, records for 1930-1931
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mostly undated entries listing customer's name, what worked on, and numbers (either time or charges) spent for restoring and
refinishing the pieces |
record book, 1931-1932
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1931-1932
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contains notes about making furniture, several patterns, and a list of furniture with prices |
record book, from Jan. 18, 1940
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records time and prices |
record book, Jan. 1, 1942-1953
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Jan. 1, 1942-1953
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lists customers, pieces of furniture (sometimes noting that repairs were done), and charges; also includes some notes about
income and expenses |
record book, Jan. 1, 1943 to 1944
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Jan. 1, 1943 to 1944
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records time and prices |
"Daily Reminder, 1947," but used 1954-1960
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1954-1960
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records charges made to Kindig, Fox, Stuart, and others; specific pieces of furniture are mentioned, but no indication of
whether the charges are for repairs, refinishing, or making |
record book, Jan.-March 1960
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Jan.-March 1960
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records furniture with prices, also a list of the cost of materials used in a bureau |
record book, 1960-1961
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1960-1961
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records charges for furniture; also an account of materials bought for 1961, income and expenses, time spent on certain pieces
of furniture, and a pattern |
record book, undated
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undated
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a few entries recording work done for Mr. Kindig [in Farmers State Bank book] |
Shelf section 4: large templates and patterns:
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An index is available at this repository that briefly describes the templates found in this area. |