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Elmer Lewis Smith

Author of Household Tool & Tasks

46 Works 351 Members 11 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Elmer L. Smith, Elmer L. Smith, Elmer L. Smith,, Ed. Elmer L. Smith, compiled by Elmer L. Smith

Works by Elmer Lewis Smith

Household Tool & Tasks (1979) 28 copies

Early Tools and Equipment (1973) 20 copies

The Amish - An Illustrated Essay (1966) 20 copies

Early Lighting (1975) 20 copies

Tinware: Yesterday and Today (1974) 18 copies

Hex Signs and Other Barn Decorations (1965) 17 copies

Meet the Mennonites, in Pennsylvania Dutchland. Photos. by Mel Horst (1961) 16 copies

Pottery a Utilitarian Folk Craft (1972) 15 copies

Among the Amish (1959) 15 copies

Early American Home Remedies (Americana Books Series) (1968) 15 copies

The Lancaster County Farm Cook Book (1967) 15 copies

Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore (1960) 14 copies

Early Country Furniture (1970) 13 copies

Early American Grave Stone Designs (1968) 11 copies

Early Iron Ware (1974) 11 copies

Country Cooking (1975) 10 copies

Covered Bridges of Pennsylvania Dutchland (1960) 10 copies

American Proverbs, Maxims and Folk Sayings (1968) 9 copies

Grist Mills of Early America and Today: Together with Recipes Using Their Products, Notes & Illustrations of Other… (1978) 8 copies

Antiques in Pennsylvania Dutchland (1963) 7 copies

Woodcarving: Yesterday and Today in America (1976) 6 copies

Early American butter prints; [a collection of rural folk art, designs illustrated from hand carved wooden butter molds… (1972) 5 copies

Shenandoah Valley cooking;: Recipes and kitchen lore (1970) 5 copies

Weather: Lore and legend 4 copies

The Country Store: The General Store of Yesterday (1977) 4 copies

Arts and crafts of the Shenandoah Valley; [a pictorial presentation] (1968) 3 copies

Bundling Among the Amish: A Curious Courtship Custom (1961) 3 copies

The Amish Today. Analysis of Their Beliefs, Behavior and Contemporary Problems (Volume 24). (1961) 3 copies

Antiques in Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania Dutch Books Ser.) (1967) 3 copies

The Pennsylvania Germans of the Shenandoah Valley 3 copies

Fire Fighting at the Turn of Century (1971) 2 copies

Logging in the Pennsylvania North Woods: A Collection of Turn of the Century Photographs (1969) 2 copies

The folk art of Pennsylvania Dutchland 2 copies

Trash to Treasure (1979) 2 copies

Lancaster County Farm Cook Book, a Collection of Nearly Three Hundred Popular Recipes Gathered From Amish, Mennonite… (1973) 1 copy

Bottles...A Sampler of the Collectibles (1973) 1 copy

Consumer classics: Pioneers of American business, featuring popular consumer products that survived (1980) 1 copy

Bottles ... A Sampler of the Collections 1 copy

Early American Broadsides & Ballads 1 copy

The Almanac of Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore (1960) 1 copy

Early Tools and Equipment (Americana Books Series) 1 copy

Amish People, The. (1958) 1 copy

The Amish People: Seventeenth-Century Tradition In Modern America (2011) 1 copy

Cookie Cutters 1 copy

Here Comes the Tin Peddler 1 copy

household tools and tracks 1 copy

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American (3) American history (7) Americana (8) Amish (13) antiques (14) army (3) art (4) barns (3) candles (3) collectibles (6) cookbook (7) cookbooks (4) cookery (3) cooking (8) crafts (3) Early American (3) folk art (4) Folk Art -- United States (3) folklore (10) furniture (4) hex signs (6) history (14) home economics (4) lamps (6) Left Family Room Bookcase (3) lighting (4) NF (3) non-fiction (6) oil lamps (3) Pennsylvania (10) Pennsylvania Dutch (14) photographs (4) pottery (4) recipes (4) reference (4) religion (12) tinware (5) to-read (3) tools (7) woodworking (3)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Smith, Elmer Lewis
Birthdate: 1920
Gender: male

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Antiques of the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Pictorial… by Elmer L. Smith

Antiques from molded glass to printing

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SHCG | Jun 12, 2018 |

Early Iron Ware by Elmer L. Smith

early lamps, toys, flat irons

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SHCG | Jun 12, 2018 |

Early lighting: From tallow to oil in early America by Elmer Lewis Smith

candles to lamps history

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SHCG | Jun 12, 2018 |

Covered Bridges of Pennsylvania Dutchland: A… by Elmer L. Smith

Topics: The Covered Bridge Capital of the World. The Soudersburg Bridge. The Bridge Builders, Structures and Designs. Profile Portraits. Kissing and Wishing Bridges. Covered Bridge Commercials. Lancaster Bridge Lore. Covered Bridges are an Attraction. Portraits of Pennsylvania Portals. Portal Announcements. Chester County Crossings. Why Did They Cover the Bridges. A Load of Hay High and Wide. Picturesque Pequea Crossings. Hershey's Sand Beach Bridge. The Youngest Covered Bridge. Death of the Old Bridges. Neglect and Fire.

Many photographs.

Index includes names of 73 Pennsylvania covered bridges, county where located, and page number.… (more)

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PAHistorian | Mar 12, 2013 |

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Works: 46
Members: 351
Popularity: #68,159
Rating: ½ 3.3

Reviews: 11
ISBNs: 24

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