1890s Scrapbook. Berks County PA. Strausstown Bernville

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A Scrapbook from Berks County, Pennsylvania

Created in the late 1800s

With Dozens of Berks County Calling Cards and Business Trade Cards

Apparently Created by Someone in the Hiester Family, of Strausstown and Bernville, Berks County

19 Pages

Size: 13.50 x 11.25 inches

Above: In the Original Cover

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With Dozens of Calling Cards from Families of Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Above:  Includes Many Items Related to the Hiester Family of Strausstown and Bernville, Berks County

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Above:  Includes Many Berks County Trade Cards

This scrapbook was created by someone in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the late 1800s.  Apparently this person was someone in the Hiester family of Strausstown and Bernville, Berks County, PA, or a relative of the Hiester family.

The 47 calling cards in this scrapbook are:

Howard B. Hiester, Adam W. Hiester (a jeweler in Strausstown, and son of Moses Hiester), Benjamin H. Hiester (4 cards),  Monroe Hiester, William H. Dietrich, Miss Lizzie S. Schaum (two cards), Annie H. Griem, Clara A. Schrack (Clara A. Schrack Kenney, 1873-1948 buried in Haag's Cemetery in Bernville, Berks County), John F. Henne (of Strausstown), Milton J. Bail, Lillie M. Reber (two cards), Willie S. Reber, Diana F. Schaum (a hand-drawn calling card, signed in ink), Miss Mary A. Kershner, Ivy Bare, Charles H. Long, M. S. Yensel, Kate Gerhard, Irwin M. Mengel, Alfred E. Roth, William R. H. Ney Jr., Katie R. Degler, Elmer S. Diffenbach (3 cards), Harvey Diefffenbach, Harry Himmelberger, John H. Bare, John J. Mcalles, Levi H. Minnich, Claudia N. Fehr, Daniel N. Roth, Amy L. Risser, William Spangler, F. H. Richardson, Malenda Schrack, Willie F. Schellhammer, William Rentchler, Lillia R. Wenrich, Lizzie Rentshlel, Sallie J. Luckenbill, Sophia S. Bickel, Sally K. Kantner, John A. Bickel, Eddie D. Miller, John Zechman.

The trade cards in this album include:  Henry Heilman Boot and Shoe Store of Reading, Pennsylvania,  Dunkle's Loan Office of Reading, J. Dubson the Flour Man of Reading,  H. Loeb Lion Clothing House of Reading, Brown's House of Mt Aetna, Leinbach and Brothers Overcoats of Reading, J. B. Miller Store of Bernville, Knorr and Ruth Shoe Store of Reading, C. A. Jackson & Co of Petersburg, Virginia, Willimantic Thread, Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton, Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, Hoyt German Cologne of Lowell Massachusetts, Chicago Corset Company, etc.

Plus there are chromolithograph color advertisements for Burpee Fordhook Farm, Cow Brand Soda, William Henry Maule seeds, Dingee and Conard Company of West Grove, etc.

I purchased this scrap book from an antiques dealer here in Pennsylvania.

Condition:   Nice Condition.    No library or institution markings.  Pages are clean with no foxing or damp stains.  The cover's spine lacks most of the spine's surface although the covers are securely attached.

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