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Board of Education of the City of Camden of the State of New Jersey second class certificate [graphic] / M.H. Traubel, Lith. 409 Chestnut St. Phila.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A57
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Creator
Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, lithographer.
Title
Board of Education of the City of Camden of the State of New Jersey second class certificate [graphic] / M.H. Traubel, Lith. 409 Chestnut St. Phila.
Publisher
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1874
Date
[ca. 1874]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 19 x 26 cm (7.5 x 10 in.)
Description
Teacher's certificate illustrated with three allegorical vignettes: the New Jersey state seal with Liberty and Prosperity, portrayed as white women; a group of objects representing knowledge including books, a globe, a protractor, and a beaker; and a group of objects representing the arts including musical instruments, an artist's palette, a painting on an easel, sculpture, and a camera.
Notes
Title from item.
Date from manuscript written on recto.
Issued to Mary S. Bunday, who qualified as a "first assistant in a grammar school," on September 25th, 1874. Bunday, an African American woman, was issued a second class certificate awarded to Black teachers.
Manuscript note on frame backing: second class certificate meant Black for a Black Teacher.
Unframed 1993.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
New Jersey. Board of Education.
Allegories.
African American women teachers -- New Jersey -- Camden.
Liberty.
Teachers -- Certification.
Genre
Diplomas -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *albums (flat) [P.9427] - Dickerson Family Collection - Miscellaneous
Accession number
P.9427
In Collections
Dickerson Family Cased Portrait Collection
African American History Photographs
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