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United States Agriculture Society membership certificate

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1855-03

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 311-320

GUSN

GUSN-250810

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Description

Certificate to Franklin Haven for life membership in the United State Agriculture Society, March 1855. The certificate has an engraved border depicting allegorical agricultural scenes and animals.

Details

Descriptive Terms

members
societies
agriculture
certificates
engravings (prints)

Physical Description

1 certificate

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1938-07-21

Reference Code

GC002.02.314

Acquisition Type

Estate

Image Dimensions

15.5 x 20.25 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift Est. of Mrs. W.O. Ross, 1938

Places

Washington (DC)

Record Details

Originator

Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874 (Delineator)
Gould, N. D. (Designer)
L.H. Bradford & Co. (Lithographer)

Material Type

certificates
engravings (prints)

Other People

Haven, Franklin, 1804-1893

Other Organizations

United States Agriculture Society

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 311-320

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