Details
Contributor P.S. Duval & Co., printer.
Title The Oakland Female Institute. [diploma] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Lith. of P.S. Duval & Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1856
Date [ca. 1856]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; overall 49 x 40 cm. (19.25 x 15.5 in.)
Description Diploma depicting an exterior view of the institute building and grounds from the Delaware River. Students stroll on the lawn. A passenger train of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norrristown (later Philadelphia & Reading) Railroad passes in the foreground and a boat is moored on the riverbank. The institute was established in 1845. View depicts the enlarged building following a major renovation and enlargement 1852-1855.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Issued to Ella J. Snodgrass on August 7, 1868. Signed by J. Grier Ralston; Mary L. Ralston; Lizzie J. Greir; Amelia G. Halsey; Agnes C. Ralston; L.M. Schneidre; Thos. O'Neill; Sarah E. Broughton; Anna L. Ralston; and O.P. Spang.
Contains a blue ribbon and the Oakland Female Institute's embossed seal.
Frederick Bourquin and P.S. Duval partnered in the firm known as P. S. Duval & Co. from about 1852 through 1857.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 156
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Oakland Female Institute (Norristown, Pa.)
Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Rail Road Company.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Young women -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Genre Diplomas -- 1850-1860.
Certificates -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Philadelphia Certificates - Education - Oakland [P.2009.24.1]
Accession number P.2009.24.1