…William Wagner (1800-1869). Wagner was a nationally known engraver and die-sinker. Some of his other occupations included banker, printer and druggist. Wagner held several civic offices, including Chief Burgess of…
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…die sinker and creator of seals, William Wagner. YCHT has a large file on Wagner, as well as some of his original seals and casts of seals, plates for engraving…
Daguerreotype of William Wagner In I recent post on multi-talented Yorker William Wagner, I mentioned that besides being a nationally known engraver and maker of seals, artist, banker, and municipal…
…Wagner map on their website, the Library of Congress also has the original request for registration, written by William Wagner and signed by him and by Small. It reads: [Printed…
…remnant seems to have been saved. The doorframe, including the glazed transom, at YCHC pretty well matches the courthouse doorframe depicted by artists Lewis Miller (1796-1882) and William Wagner (1800-1869)….
…Dauguerre’s process, announced in 1839, produced a sharp image on a polished silver plated copper sheet and quickly spread throughout the world. As a young man York native William Wagner…
From William Wagner’s Views in the Borough of York & Vicinity, 1830 I have read that one reason for tearing down the two later market sheds in York’s Center Square…
William Gibson came from a talented York family. His great-grandfather, Dr. David Jameson, was a colonel during Revolutionary times. Grandfather Horatio Gates Jameson was a distinguished physician and surgeon. Mother…
William Adams is next in my continuing series on York County Militia members who served as guards at Camp Security. Adams was born in Ireland on February 4, 1748 and…
…front (south) door, but a window was placed there instead. It is difficult to know exactly how the courthouse looked in 1777-78. William Wagner (b. 1800) did meticulous water colors…