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Richter, Wilmer S.

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Wilmer Siegfried Richter (1891-1993) was a commercial artist. He lived on Pennsylvania Avenue in Haverford Township, Delaware County. Pa.. from 1919 to the early 1960s. He did magazine illustrations for Colliers, McCalls, Ladies Home Journal and others. He was later on-staff at a business magazine and taught oil painting. In 1963 he donated many charcoal drawings of historical locations in the area to the Haverford Township Historical Society. By 1973 he had moved to Sarasota, Florida.

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Drawing - Llanerch Quarry (1933)
Drawing, watercolor, 18" w x 19" h on 19 1/2" x 22" mat. Description on front by artist reads "Presented to Historical / Llanerch Quarry / Painted on Site 1933" with artist's signature. Printed label on mat adds "A32 DiFrancesco's Quarry" and "Haverford Township, DiFrancesco's Quarry on Township Line Road in Llanerch." *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Nitre Hall - Karakung Drive (1932)
Sketch, charcoal, 11" h x 16" w on 13" x 17 1/2" mat. Signed and dated by artist, but without a description. Printed label on mat adds "A28" and "Nitre Hall - Karakung Drive." *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks [#1] (late 1930s)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17 1/4" w on 16" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist reads "Oaks." Printed label on mat adds "A49" and "[Drawn] from color slide." Drawing shows road or driveway on left side leading to house on its right side. *NOT BE BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks? [#1] (late 1930s)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17 1/4" w on 16" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist reads "Oaks?" (One of four different drawings so labelled.) Printed label on mat adds "A46" and "[Drawn] from color slide." Sketch shows cluster of buildings in edge of woods, with large tree center-right. *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks [#2] (late 1930s)
Oaks - charcoal sketch from color slide.

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks? [#2] (late 1930s)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17 1/4" w on 15" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist reads "Oaks?" (One of four different drawings so labelled.) Printed label on mat adds "A47" and "[Drawn] from color slide." Sketch shows a house to left and another to right behind tree. *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks? [#3] (late 1930s)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17 1/4" w on 16" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist reads "Oaks?" (One of four different drawings so labelled.) Printed label on mat adds "A48" and "[Drawn] from color slide." Sketch shows tall farmhouse, with other buildings behind and to left, with trees beyond. *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks? [#4] (late 1930s)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17 1/4" w on 16" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist reads "Oaks?" (One of four different drawings so labelled.) Printed label on mat adds "A50" and "[Drawn] from color slide." Sketch shows two farmhouses, center and right with wood slat fence in front. *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks - Up Stream [#1] (late 1930s)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17 1/4" w on 16" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist reads "Oaks - Up Stream." Printed label on mat adds "A44" and "[Drawn] from color slide." Sketch shows a cluster of buildings among trees, in snow. *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Oaks - Up Stream [#2] (late 1930s)
Sketch, charcoal and pastel, 12" h. x 17 1/4" w. Description on front by artist reads "Oaks - Up Stream." Printed label on mat adds "A45" and "[Drawn] from color slide." Sketch shows (left to right) a small bridge, a barn, a house and a small outbuilding at the base of a hillside. The ground, likely covered in snow, is accented with light blue pastel shading. *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Old Farmhouse on Hill - Lawrence Road (1945)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 18" w on 16" x 20" mat. Pencilled description by artist reads "G - Old Farmhouse on Hill - Lawrence Road." Printed label on mat adds "A57" and "Home of Dr. Mordecai Lawrence, Lawrence Rd., [in area now] between Mt. Pleasant [and Tyson roads], razed.) *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Old House on Opposite Side of Road near Ford (1930)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17" w on 15" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist in pencil reads "Old house on opposite side of road near ford." Printed label on mat adds "A25" and "Old House on east side of Cobb's Creek near the old ford." *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - On West Side near Penfield Station (1930)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17" w on 16" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist in pencil reads "On West Side Penfield Station." Printed label on mat adds "A27" and "West Side of Cobb's Creek near Penfield Station." (Drawing shows a road curving around the left side of a small building with flat gable on front roof.) *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Penfield, May 31 '42, Morning, at Ford (1942)
Sketch, pencil, 11 1/4" h x 14 1/4" w on 14" x 17" mat. Description on front by artist in pencil reads "Penfield, May 31, '42, Morning, at Ford." Printed label on mat adds "A30" and "Cobb's Creek at ford (half way between Manoa and Mill Roads)." (Shows view looking along the creek.) *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Quarry Buildings (1924)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17" w on 13" x 18 1/2" mat. Description on front in pencil by artist below his signature reads "From w/color painted 1924." Printed label on mat reads " A21 Quarry Buildings Charcoal 12 x 17 1924 / Quarry buildings, upper Karakung Drive near Haverford Road. Charcoal sketch from Watercolor." *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Road to Bridge Crossing Cobb's Creek, Beechwood (1932)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 18" w on a 16" x 20" mat. Description on front in pencil by artist reads "Road to Bridge Crossing Cobb's Creek, Beechwood." Printed label on mat adds "A51" and "Karakung Drive just south of intersection with Haverford Road. House demolished 1964." Later note: "Picture shows Love's house, which was torn down in 1963; site is now the Karakung Swim Club parking lot." *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Somewhere along the Powder Mill Creek (1930)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 17" w on 15" x 20" mat. Description on front by artist in pencil reads "Somewhere along the Powder Mill Creek." Printed label on mat adds "A26" and "Somewhere along Cobb's Creek, Powder Mill Valley." *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Sycamore Mills (1930's)
Sketch, charcoal, 11" h x 17" w on 13" x 19" mat. Description on front by artist in pencil reads "Sycamore Mills." Printed label on mat adds "A34." (Drawing shows 3 buildings on hillside above what appears to be a stream, believed to be in the vicinity of today's eastern entry point to Ridley Creek State Park in Delaware County, Pa., where Ridley Creek is crossed by bridge for Chapel Hill Rd. / Barren Rd.) *NOT TO BE COPIED OR SOLD*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Turn in Road near Nitre Hall - Penfield (1942)
Sketch, cahrcoal, 11 1/4" h x 14 1/4" w on 13" x 17" mat. Descriptions on front by artist in pencil read "Turn in Road near Nitre Hall" and "Penfield." Printed label on mat adds "A29" and "Karakung Drive just beyond Nitre Hall." *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object
Drawing - Weaver Farm (1924)
Sketch, charcoal, 12" h x 18" w on 16" x 20" mat. Description on front in pencil by artist reads "Weaver Farm." Printed label on mat adds "A16" and "Lawrence Homestead, corner of Lawrence & Darby Creek Roads. Charcoal sketch from a watercolor original." *NOT TO BE SOLD OR COPIED*

Record Type: Object