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295:, guns, pottery, and quilts. Following their retirement in 1924 from their respective careers as a mining and construction/sanitary engineer, the Landis brothers combined their respective collections at the Landis family's farm in Lancaster and, in 1925, officially opened many of their collected items to public viewing. As their holdings continued to grow and their educational attraction increased in popularity, they sought funding from the Carl Shurz Foundation to turn their buildings and collections into an official museum. The cultural attraction was then formally incorporated as the Landis Valley Museum in 1941, and a professional curator was hired to catalogue and display the brothers' collection. The foundation also facilitated the construction of a farm implement barn, gunsmith's shop, tavern, and wagon shed. 854: 302:, which transformed the operation into a living history museum by reconstructing historic structures on adjacent properties purchased by the state in order to develop educational programs that would show groups of teachers and school children, families, tour groups, and other visitors, firsthand, how Pennsylvania Germans lived, farmed and operated their manufacturing businesses during the 18th century. Guides who were specially trained in the performance of period tasks and making of period crafts, and then dressed in period costumes, were also then added as curators and staff continued to refine the museum's educational offerings. 878: 1394: 90: 842: 121: 866: 335:(also known as the Kentucky longrifle). Visitors are able to learn how Conestoga Wagons were made, including the critical process of making spoked wheels, and how 18th-century gunsmiths manufactured rifle barrels. In addition, guides dressed in period costumes explain the traditions and folklore of Pennsylvania Germans who resided in the area between 1740 and 1940 while specially trained artisans demonstrate the procedures for craftmaking and open-hearth cooking. 73: 1304: 1881: 1891: 811:(1829–1906), a poster boy for American-German relations. Learning about the collection of the Landis brothers, the Oberlaender Trust incorporated the Landis Valley Museum in 1940, paying for the construction of new exhibition buildings. The museum opened in 1941. With the Oberlaender Trust facing money troubles and the advanced age of the Landis brothers, the museum was acquired by the 1401: 128: 97: 311:
replant select seeds from year to year, ensuring that these strains of vegetables and other plants remain free from the impacts of modern hybridization. The museum also maintains records which document where each seed originated, and makes select varieties of seed available for sale each year to the general public at the museum's Herb & Garden Faire.
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and George Landis, who had grown up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the 1870s and 1880s. With a shared interest in Pennsylvania history, and more specifically in Pennsylvania German history, they became active collectors of a range of historic artifacts, including antique furniture, arrowheads and
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After several decades in New York City, Landis retired, returning to the family farm where his parents and unmarried siblings had lived for most of their lives. Landis and his brother George began collecting, packing their buildings with farming implements and the domestic artifacts of the culture
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During the mid-1980s, museum staff launched an initiative to preserve the purity of heirloom seeds, which were grown and harvested on Pennsylvania German homesteads and small farms prior to 1940. As of 2019, three production plots, six display gardens, and two hoop houses are being used to save and
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In 1888, Landis took a canoe trip on the Juniata River in Pennsylvania with his brother George and H. Justin Roddy (1856-1943). A transcription of his Landis's diary entries about the trip, along with the photographs he took of the trip, were published in 1993 by the Pennsylvania Historical and
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The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum receives significant financial and volunteer assistance from the Landis Valley Associates, a 3,000-member non-profit community support organization. Members of the LVA receive complimentary museum admission and discounted admission to various special
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with Landis as the main guide. Establishing a reputation among the Pennsylvania German community, the Landis brothers were rescued as money and age threatened their museum and ultimately the security of their extensive collection. Gustav Oberlaender (1867–1936), a wealthy German-born
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and President of the Berkshire Knitting Mills, founded and headed the Oberlaender Trust for Better Understanding Between Citizens of the United States and Germany. Oberlaender was also a Trustee of the Carl Schurz Memorial Association—an organization to honor
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in a rather tumultuous environment of domestic strife. He attended local schools, and was eventually sent to Lititz Academy as a boarding student with his brother George. Afterwards, the two Landis brothers both matriculated at
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Plant Materials Used by Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th and 19th Centuries Relating to Textile Production and Dyeing: A research paper to support the design and implementation of a textile garden at the Landis Valley
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Pennsylvania German Fraktur and color drawings: Exhibited at Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May 19-June 30, 1969
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Crago, Carol, Chuck Greeholt, Mike Pengra, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and Pennsylvania Commonwealth Media Services.
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other Native American relics, bullets, buttons, coins, Conestoga Wagons, dishes and glassware, farm equipment and tools, fossils,
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Richman, Irwin. Pennsylvania German Farms, Gardens, and Seeds: Landis Valley in Four Centuries. Schiffer Books, 2007.
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Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum preserves Pennsylvania German culture through its Heirloom Seed Project.
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to Henry Harrison Landis (1838–1926), a farmer, and Emma Caroline Diller (1842–1929), daughter of a prosperous
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Planning for the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum was undertaken during the early 1920s by brothers
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where he worked as an editor of technical journals such as The Gas Age, a publication dedicated to the
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Richman, Irwin. The Landis Family: A Pennsylvania German Family Album. Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
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of their family home, retained some rights to the collections, and remained a lifetime
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Landis’ photography involved a wide range of subject matter including New York City
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Landis House & Stable (life during the Victorian Era, between 1870 and 1890)
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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and George Landis in 1925 and incorporated in 1941, it is now operated by the
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Manuscript Group 447: Landis Valley Farm Museum Collection (ca. 1749-1982)
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developed at some point during college, but his picture snapping ripened.
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industry. Weekends were dedicated to photography whether in and around
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In 1953, the aging Landis brothers deeded the museum and property to the
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National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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for several years after he graduated (in the west?). His interest in
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folk with the earliest Landis antecedent living twelve miles south of
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vessel. He occasionally returned for vacations in Lancaster County.
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The Landis Valley Museum, the Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania Folk Art
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The Landis Valley Cookbook: Pennsylvania German Foods and Traditions
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museum located on the site of a former rural crossroads village in
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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Herr, Patricia T., Stephen S. Miller, and Landis Valley Museum.
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material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940.
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Landis Valley Farm Museum hosts holiday events December 13-15
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Henry K. Landis (1865–1955) was raised on multi-generational
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that revolved around farming. They established an informal
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US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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Landis Valley: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1750-1940
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Staff.
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The Tavern, a recreation of one from the early 1800s
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events, as well as discounts at the museum's store.
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Landis Valley Museum is located in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Landis Valley Museum is located in the United States
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
40°5′36″N 76°16′48″W / 40.09333°N 76.28000°W / 40.09333; -76.28000
99001578
living history
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Henry K. Landis
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania German
Henry K. Landis
Fraktur
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
living history museum
Lancaster County
Conestoga wagon
Pennsylvania longrifle
bonfire
holiday caroling
Landis Valley: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1750-1940
OCLC
48664960
Heirloom Seed Reference Guide
OCLC
37617829

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