Charles Wiand
Charles Wiand was born in Pennsylvania circa 1818. He is known to have woven coverlets in Trexlertown, circa 1839-1840, before moving to Allentown and continuing to weave coverlets until 1859.
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C. Boden C. Boden was a native of Woodbourne, Ohio, a small village – now lost to development – in southern Montgomery County. David Beil (circa 1811-1882) David Beil was born in Pennsylvania circa 1811. His known coverlets range from 1849 to 1853 and contain his name, location and date, also occasionally the client’s name. Andrew Kump (1811-1868) Andrew Kump was a weaver who worked in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. His known coverlets date from 1834 to 1853. In August, 1845, he had an advertisement in the “Hanover Spectator” that he was still weaving damask coverlets for $2.00. He usually wove his clients’ names or initials upside and backwards in the corner blocks. Mr. Kump also did business in Carroll County, Maryland, by advertising in the “Carroll County Democrat”. Michael Weand Michael Weand was born circa 1780-1790 and worked in the boroughs of Pottstown and New Hanover in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. His known coverlets are dated 1838 and contain his and his clients’s names, the location and date. Megalethoscope A room-sized viewing device, the Megalethoscope was invented circa 1860 by Venetian optician and photographer Carlo Ponti. Up to five feet wide, the device showed travel and other photographs using daylight magnified by a large lens. The views were up to twelve inches in width. Early Bicycles Bicycle enthusiasts join the ranks of other collectors with their unending fascination for the minutiae of the evolution, design and history of their chosen passion. Today’s cool aerodynamic road bikes and sturdy mountain bikes with their lightweight space age tubular frames, spoke wheels, low friction ball bearings and pneumatic tires owe their development over the last 200 years, not to a single person, but to a legion of devoted tinkerers. An [...] Click here to continue reading. Chief Little Wolf Historians believe Little Wolf was probably involved in the disastrous Fetterman Massacre of 1866, in which the Cheyenne cleverly lured a force of 80 American soldiers out of their Wyoming fort, killing them all. After Cheyenne attacks had finally forced the U.S. military to abandon Fort Phil Kearney along the Bozeman Trail, Little Wolf is believed to have led the torching of the fort. He was also a leading participant in [...] Click here to continue reading. James Everett Stuart (1852-1941) Working in California, Stuart studied with well-known artists William Keith and Thomas Hill. He painted over 5,000 works, some of which are included in the collections of Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles Art Association, Reno Arts & Crafts Society, de Young Museum (San Francisco), and the Golden Gate State Park Museum. Samuel Rothbort (1882-1971) Samuel Rothbort was born in Wolkovisk, White Russia in 1882. He was born to a family where the father was a scholar and the mother was a breadwinner operating a flour and grain facility. During his youth he worked as a cantor and traveled to various towns and villages, gaining many impressions of life in that era. Poverty as well as the political unrest of the times led to his immigration [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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