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Three-pages of short articles from Volume II, No. 5 (February , 1974) issue of "American Folklife," a monthly newspaper devoted to the American culture published by the American Folklife Society. First article, appearing entirely on page 2 and titled "Nicles Keim, Merchant," gives a brief history of Nicles Keim, third son of John Keim by his first wife
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Northwest perspective view of the c. 1753 Jacob Keim house from Historic American Buildings Survey Photograph. Description: This view from photo, HABS PA #1039, shows: the pent roof on its original cantilevered “outlooker” supports on the northern eaves wall, with projecting “flashing course” protecting joint between shingles and house-wall [left]; the ga
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Color photographic print showing details of the south elevation view of the Keim House and southwest gable wall of ancillary structure. Details include: brick relieving arch, chevron door, portion of 1930s porch.
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Color photographic print showing detail of the south elevation view of the Keim House. Note that portions of the Keim Cabin, Keim Barn, and Keim Outhouse (right) can be seen in this photo. Details include: chevron door, brick relieving arch, 1930s porch.
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Color photographic print showing detail of a southwest perspective view of the Keim House. Note that the re-tiled roof of the Keim ancillary building can be seen along the right margin of the photo. Details include: 1930s porch on south eaves wall and west gable wall, both grossly distorting the original proportions, massing, fenestration, and concealing
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Frame # 15 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. East gable elevation of Keim house with 20th-century Victorian-style porch on south eaves wall [left edge of photo], capped and parged chimney, and alternating "quoin" stone corner pier. This gable wall terminates the early addition to the 1
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Frame #5 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, Keim ancillary building, ground-floor gable-end "Dutch" door, from a set of various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Keim ancillary building gable-end doorway. Details include: random-rubble masonry, brick relieving arch, brick infill, two-leaf (Dutch) door, oak jambs and lintel.
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Digital image of Keim Barn from original photographic print showing gable-hooded doorway. Details include: non-period door and hardware, gabled doorway hood. Origianl HABS caption for the image is as follows: "DETAIL VIEW OF HOODED DOOR." Data sheets for HABS images (KBPH1--1002.01.029 & KBPH2--1002.01.030) associated with the Keim Barn appear in
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Frame # 6 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Southeast perspective view of Keim house and ancillary building (cabin). 20th-century Victorian-style porch on house. Record Updated February, 2021, Laurence Ward
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Frame # 2 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, Farmhouse and Cabin, from a set of various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Southwest perspective view of Keim house and ancillary building; 1930s Victorian-style porch on house; southern gable-end and re-tiled roof of ancillary multi-function structure (right). The porch and overgrown s
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Keim House 1/2 page halftone image from photo, with paragraph of descriptive caption; published in "The Dutchman," Winter 1954, page 22. The 2d story doorway did not open to a 2d story porch, as suggested in the photo caption, but led to a balcony or “gallery”, which was reproduced in the 2012-2013 restoration campaign. Issue also contains similar entry
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Frame # 9 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Southwest perspective view of Keim house and ancillary building; 1930s Pagoda-style roofed porch on house. The porch, from the 1930s until removed in 2011, concealed a rare set of architectural details: a cellar-vent and welled-window in the g
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Frame # 13 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Northeast perspective view of Keim house with unceiled pent roof [with original framing] on north eaves wall [right third of photo]. Other details include: non-period chevron-pattern Dutch door in original (western) bays [right third of phot
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Frame # 14 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. View of Keim house (right half of photo); ancillary building (formerly called a "cabin"), elevation view of the north gable-end, left third of photo; and Barn, left background. Details include: Sod-covered arched ["barrel-vaulted"] root ["c
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Image #1, Frame # 10 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Northwest perspective view of Keim house with 20th-century Victorian-style porch on gable end [SEE KHPH13--1002.01.057, and KHPH9--1002.01.044, showing the west gable wall in the late 19th century and very early 20th century without
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Series of 19 images showing perspective views of the Keim House and other dwellings, detail views depicting evidence of an early plastered cove cornice on the Keim house, and other related photos, including images of houses built during the same quarter-century period as the Keim house and earlier English antecedents displaying plastered cove cornices. I
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Series of 50 digital photographs depicting the removal of the c. 1930s porch from the Keim House {q}. 1. {q} Image #47 is a panoramic view of the Keim farmstead, a c. 1930, photo taken by Amandus D. Moyer, and is used with the generous permission of the photographer's granddaughter Susan Harvin. Note the absence of a porch on the west gable wall. The
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Series of 71 digital photographs showing restoration and reconstruction of stone steps and wooden cellar cap ("bulkhead") and doors for the Keim House cellar entry. Thus far no evidence has been found for the existence of timber framing for an early door, or a "pintle"(a) attachment sites in the mortar joints, or other structure sheltering the stone-arche
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Series of 6 digital photos showing restoration of the early grade south of the Jacob Keim House; a field notes drawing of the elevations of this area before re-grading, with commentary, appears in record KR11FN1--1002.01.087. Removal of the 20th-century porch [see archive record KR11PH3] uncovered a mixture of soil and gravel in-fill between the stone pie
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Image #1 is from Frame # 12 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. This view of Keim house ("quoin" corner detail, right in photo), sod-covered vaulted "root cellar", center-foreground, and gabled ancillary building, which included a wood turner's shop in the 18th century. Image #4, photo KH4,
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Digital image of Keim House from original photographic print showing south elevation. Original structure includes two 2d story windows at left, balcony door above original kitchen door [center], chimney, and other original architectural details concealed by 1930s porch. Original HABS caption for the image is as follows: "Historic American Buildings Surv
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Digital image from original photographic print showing a southwest perspective view of the Keim House and the ancillary building to the right, which housed a wood turner’s shop and other activity associated with the farmstead; Victorian-style porch shown along house wall range, wrapping along west gable wall and south eaves wall and set on stone piers butted
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Frame # 7 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Southwest perspective view of Keim ancillary building showing west eaves wall and re-tiled roof. Detail of 1930s Victorian-style porch on house [left]. Updated February, 2021, Laurence Ward
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Frame #8 of 16 (2-17) from 35mm color negatives, all various views of the buildings on the Jacob Keim Farmstead. Southwest perspective view of Keim house with 20th-century Victorian-style porch on house [SEE KHPH13--1002.01.057, and KHPH9--1002.01.044, showing the west gable wall in the late 19th century and very early 20th century without a porch. KH
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