Lydia Meyer Fraktur, (painting).

Lydia Meyer Fraktur, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Lydia Meyer Fraktur, (painting).

Fraktur picture of a large heart with flowers and branches coming out of it. The colors are red, yellow, black, and brown. The text reads: "Das Bild gehort mir Lydia Meyer in Obermilford Taunschip, Lecha Caunty. Geschrieben din Zltein Februar, A.D. 1829 und so weiter." The translation reads: This picture belongs to me Lydia Meyer in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County.

Primitive -- Fractur

Homage -- Meyer, Lydia

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 87-42-1

Gift of Geissinger, Armand M., Mr. & Mrs., Harleysville, Pennsylvania Jan. 22, 1982.

The fraktur was made for Lydia Meyer probably by her school teacher in Upper Milford Township in 1829. Lydia Meyer was the daughter of Henry Schleiffer Meyer (b. 1780) and Fannie Schantz Meyer of Upper Milford Township. Lydia married Abraham Geissinger, and this piece was handed down in the family to Armand Geissinger, the donor.

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1988.

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