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Black & white photographic print showing aftermath of flooding from hurricane Agnes in 1972. Image depicts area surrounding Mouns Jones House. Note on verso in black pen reads "Agnes 1972 Flood Mouns Jones Hse" See MVPH4 thru MVPH24--1003.01.009 thru 1003.01.029 for additional images of hurricane Agnes flooding.
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Black & white photographic print showing stone access ramp to covered bridge before its removal. Note written in blue pen on verso reads, "Stone Ramp to the Covered Bridge at the Mouns Jones House--Douglassville, Pa. facing River Picture taken 1968"
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Black & white photographic print showing stone access ramp to covered bridge before its removal. Note written in blue pen on verso reads, "Mouns Jones House Showing Ramp to Covered Bridge and Schuylkill River -- Douglassville, Pa"
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Two page article (pages 10 & 11) with photos describing the White Horse Tavern, Bridge Keeper's House, and Mouns Jones House and the historical heritage these buildings represent. Second page also features a photograph of Theresa Beard (Mrs. John A. Beard), then president of HPTBC, in front of the Mouns Jones House. Article appears in a softcover book tit
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A c. 1966 surveyor's line drawing of the boundaries of the Mouns Jones tract and the adjoining parcel with a "stone dwelling house" now identified as the Michael Fulp House, c. 1784, with courses and distances between found corners. This land and the 2 stone dwellings had been conveyed to the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County in the mid-1960s. The
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Series of three digital images depicting a 5-page section from the book ”The Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania (1638-1800),” Vol. I, by Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, D.D., Lancaster, PA, The Pennsylvania German Society (1902). The section herein is featured on pages 235-239. The excerpt gives a brief history of the church at Morlatton (in text referred to as Mo
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Digital image of an east perspective view of the covered bridge and Michael Fulp (Bridge Keeper's) House. This photo is from "The Passing Scene," vol. 3, page 202, by George Meiser, IX and Gloria Meiser published in Reading, 1984, and is included here with the generous permission of George Meiser IX. Image #2 is another early 20th century
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Series of 7 black & white photographic prints showing areas surrounding Mouns Jones House & Bridge Keeper's House during flea market sponsored by the Trust to raise funds for restoration of the buildings. The masonry wall segment and chimney along the left side of image #4 are the standing remains of the north gable wall of the Mouns Jones House. See a
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A application for receiving military pension for Samual Jones. Application is dated 1833. Samuel Jones's application was rejected for reasons of "not serving at least the required amount of time of six months," according to the ruling. Included: manuscript documents in support of the Application and Supporting Documents [image#1]{n} {n}Five page ma
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Map appearing in the booklet "Anthony Sadowski: Polish Pioneer" by Edward Pinkowski. Booklet was issued in connection with the dedication of the Anthony Sadowski historical marker in Douglassville, PA. Dedication ceremony for the marker occured on Sept. 18, 1966. Map was drawn by Henry Archacki using old survey maps and shows early 18th-century land owne
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Article with one photo from page W9 of the Reading Eagle/Times, May 16, 1997 edition. Article is titled "Old Morlatton is Site of 1700s Militia Muster" and written by news staff (photo of re-enactors by Tony Florini). Article mainly focuses on listing the activities surrounding the re-enactment of an 18th-century militia muster held at Morlatton villag
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Series of seven images illustrating the variations in the place-names describing the area in which Mouns Jones settled in 1704 and which the Trust now calls Old Morlatton Village, situated between the Village of Douglassville and the Schuylkill River in southeastern Amity Township, Berks County, PA. More toponyms and variant spellings will be added to this r
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Article from the May 29, 2013 (Volume 39 Issue 20) edition of "The Southern Berks News" that documents the Muster Day at Morlatton Village hevent held by the Trust on May 18, 2013. The article is approximately 1 and a quarter pages long, beginning with a quarter page in section A1 (front page) and ending with nearly a full page in section A3. Six pictur
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Article from the May 23, 2013 edition of "The Mercury" that documents the Muster Day at Morlatton Village event held by the Trust on May 18, 2013. The article is approximately a quarter page long, containing three pictures with captions on page A1 (front page). Text is uncredited; however, photos were taken by John Strickler.
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Morlatton Village Pathways Stabilized Screenings Top Dressing Mixer Procedure 1. Thoroughly dry aggregate before mixing with stabilizer; 2. Mix dry stabilizer with dry aggregate at ratio of 15 ibs. stabilizer to ton of aggregate ,complete blending mechanically with closed paddle mixer to avoid loss of fines from both stabilizer [all fines] and aggregate; m
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35MM color slide of Mouns Jones House and Bridge Keeper's House taken from the southwest. Mouns Jones house pictured on left, Bridge Keeper's House on right. Photo taken after stabilization and construction of roofs, prior to installation of windows and exterior trim.
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Black & white photographic print showing (from left to right) Mary Anna Oberholtzer, Eleanor Shaner, Tex Johnson, and Jane Levan standing in front of the Mouns Jones House (southeast perspective view, detail) while preparing for the Country Fair. See additional image for note written in blue pen on verso.
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Black & white photographic print showing removal and regrading of access ramp to covered bridge. See additional image for note written in blue pen on verso.
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Black & white photographic print showing removal and regrading of access ramp to covered bridge. Note written in blue pen on verso reads, "REMOVING RAMP."
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Black & white photographic print showing removal and regrading of access ramp to covered bridge. Note written in blue pen on verso reads, "Ramp being removed at Mouns Jones Hse showing the House 1970" Note stamped in black ink on verso reads, "Photography by John A. Beard XXXX [street address withheld] Douglassville, Pa. 19518 Reproduction Prohibit
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Black & white photographic print showing removal of access ramp to covered bridge. Masonry along right edge of photo is the northwest corner-pier of Bridge Keeper’s House, standing after the April, 1970 collapse of the roof and its framing, and portions of the eaves and gable walls. This photo was taken from a short distance to the south of the vantage point
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Black & white photographic print showing removal of access ramp to covered bridge. Details include: surviving portions of the north gable wall and west eaves wall of the Bridge Keeper’s House [top of photo, above and behind wooden barricade]; to the left of the large tree trunk is the off-center chimney in the south gable wall; the interior frame of the o
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Black & white photographic print showing removal and regrading of access ramp to covered bridge. Note written in red pen on verso reads, "Taking the ramp away--Mouns Jones"
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Black & white photographic print showing removal and regrading of access ramp to covered bridge. Note written in blue pen on verso reads, "REMOVING STONES FROM RAMP APPROACH TO COVERED BRIDGE"
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