Gebeth und Belehrungsbuch fur junge Personen des weiblichen Geschlechts [Prayer and instruction book for young people of the feminine gender]
Gebeth und Belehrungsbuch fur junge Personen des weiblichen Geschlechts [Prayer and instruction book for young people of the feminine gender]
Gebeth und Belehrungsbuch fur junge Personen des weiblichen Geschlechts [Prayer and instruction book for young people of the feminine gender]

Gebeth und Belehrungsbuch fur junge Personen des weiblichen Geschlechts [Prayer and instruction book for young people of the feminine gender]

Object number2017.41.4
Manufacturer
Datebefore 1875
OriginVienna, Austria
MediumPaper; Velvet; Brass; Ink; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Phyllis Tomko
DescriptionRectangular prayer book covered in dark purple velvet. Brass Latin crossed affixed to front center of book. Both covers have brass border. Interior paper pages are printed with black religious text in German and illustrations. Handwritten German text in ink on third page and back pastedown endpaper.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 5.5 × 3.75 × 1.25 in. (14 × 9.5 × 3.2 cm)
InscriptionsHandwritten German text in ink on third page and back pastedown endpaper.
MarksTitle page has printed German text including “Gebeth / und / Belehrungsbuch / fur / junge Personen des weiblichen / Geschlechts / von / J.R. ZAPPE / ehemaligen Gymnafialprofeffor / Achte vermehrte und verbefserte Auflage. / WIEN / bei Jgnaz Lienhart / im Schottenhofe No 136. / Fischer…”
Translation:
“Prayer and instruction book for young people of the feminine gender by J.R. Zappe former… eighth increased and improved edition. Vienna…”

Historical NotesPrayer book owned by Barbara Zoglmann. Her daughter Francis brought it with her to Pittsburgh in 1899. Barbara's son Wolfgang came to Pittsburgh in 1893, and opened Zoglmann’s Saloon at 601 Carson Street. Her daughter Francis came to Pittsburgh in 1899, at the age of 15 after her mother died. The Zoglmann’s had a brother Anton who stayed in Germany. Francis worked at her brother’s business and the family lived above. She met her future husband, Mathias Lorson, who was employed at A.M. Byers, when he would come in to the bar to cash his checks. Francis and Mathias were married in 1911. They had four children, but Mathias died of a brain tumor when their oldest child was 18. According to donor Phyllis Tomko, Francis worked on and off at the bar into her old age, she remembers her going in on Tuesdays to clean.
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