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The Union Business College [certificate] [graphic].
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Contributor
Leonhardt, Theo. (Theodore), 1818-1877, printer.
Title
The Union Business College [certificate] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Theo. Leonhardt, 114 S. Third St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1868
Date
[ca. 1868]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 23 x 33 cm. (9 x 13 in.)
Description
Receipt certificate for the Philadelphia business school, later renamed Peirce Business College, containing a vignette depicting the allegorical figure of Columbia. She holds a fasces and laurel wreath. Also contains a blank space (for a stamp) framed with an ornate border and a pictorial detail designed as a medal engraving.
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Leonhardt relocated his establishment to 114 South Third Street in 1868.
Subject
Union Business College (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Business schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Columbia (Symbolic character)
Genre
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Certificates -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.216b]
Accession number
P.9349.216b
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Stein & Jones Specimens Album
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