May 21, 2009 - Sale 2181

Sale 2181 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-1977) VISIT HISTORIC EPHRATA / PENNSYLVANIA. Rare, uncut proof. Circa 1936.
30x22 1/2 inches, 76x57 cm.
Condition B+ / B: losses and tears at edges; staining and creases in margins and image. Paper.
In 1732, Conrad Beissel began an experiment in faith in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, a splinter group of the German Baptist Brethren, winning over many followers. The spiritual community which lasted until Beissel's death in 1768, built eight major structures and several smaller ones. In 1941 the site was taken over by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Posters for the People p. 74.