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Order of the United American Mechanics. Founded July 8th, 1845. Honesty, industry & sobriety. [membership certificate] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A63464
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Contributor
Patton, William, printer.
Title
Order of the United American Mechanics. Founded July 8th, 1845. Honesty, industry & sobriety. [membership certificate] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Published by Bro. Wm. Patton S.E. cor. 3rd & Dock Sts
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph, hand-colored; 50 x 40 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Description
Membership certificate for the fraternal, nativist organization containing patriotic vignettes and pictorial details adorning and bordering an ornamented arch. Includes portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in addition to state seals, the figures of Liberty and Justice, American flags, and the American eagle and shield. OUAM, founded in Philadelphia in 1845 as the Union of Workers, was an anti-immigration, anti-Catholic benevolent society that provided its white, native-born members with sick and funeral funds.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Issued to Brother A. H. Alexander on January 23, 1872. Signed by Geo. H. Kidder, Councillor and Wm. B. [Pierez?], Secretary.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 159
Patton worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1852-ca. 1897.
American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Patt Hone
See "Order of the United Daughters of America." HSP Bc 052 U58.
Subject
Order of the United American Mechanics.
Nativism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Patriotism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Membership certificates -- 1860-1870.
Location
American Antiquarian Society | AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Patt Hone
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
American Antiquarian Society Collections
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