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Landis Valley and the collectors who saved it
1925
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Two brothers spent their lives buying up the tools, wagons, redware and furniture their Pennsylvania German neighbours were throwing out as farming mechanised, and filled buildings on the family farm with it. The state took the collection on, and it is now the largest holding of Pennsylvania German material culture anywhere.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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