Details
Title Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women. [membership certificate] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1868]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 43 x 36 cm.(16.75 x 14.25 in.)
Description Membership certificate containing a biblical scene in an oval frame embellished with filigree. Depicts the New Testament passage John 9:6 under the verse "For the Lord God Giveth them light. Rev. XXII. 5.V." Shows Jesus laying his hands upon a blind man in a lush setting. A village is visible in the distant background. The Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women, established 1868, provided housing and paid work for blind women, who performed handicrafts including basket weaving, chair caning, and lacemaking.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Issued to Mr. & Mrs. John F. Smith on April 1, 1881. Signed Fannie K. Atwood, Secretary and Susan P. Lloyd, President.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 559
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania Industrial
Inscribed on verso: Smith 1250 N. Broad.
Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John F. Combs Feb. 12, 1912.
Subject Jesus Christ.
Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women.
Bible N.T. John.
Blind -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Charitable organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Animals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1870.
Certificates -- 1860-1870.
Coats of arms -- 1860-1870.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania| Print Department| HSP at LCP| HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania Industrial