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Title: [Schuylkill Navigation Company stock certificate]
Description: Shows canal, lock, and bridge., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Philadelphia on Stone
Date: Feb. 14, 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Philadelphia Certificates - Transportation [P.9408.12]

Title: Washington Hose Company of Philadelphia
Description: Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters arriving at a fire at J.F. [i.e. J.E.] Caldwell & Company's store at 902 Chestnut Street (burned January 14, 1869); the company fire station on Lombard Street, east of 11th Street; and fire fighters pulling a fire engine past University of Pennsylvania buildings on 9th Street. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a bullhorn and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of George Washington adorns the top., Not in Wainwright., Issued to William G. Myers on April 6, 1871. Signed by David B. Baker, president, and [Joseph J. Ryan], secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 820/821, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., lithographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Certificates - Fires and fire fighting [P.9303.11]

Title: The United States Centennial International Exhibition
Description: Share certificate issued by the Centennial Board of Finance containing a series of historical and allegorical vignettes, scenes, and figures. Vignettes depict a view on a coastline showing a white man, attired in colonial dress, reaping with a sickle beside a white man driving a plow in front of a steer-drawn conestoga wagon, a moving train, and sailing ships; the signing of the Declaration of Independence; and a scene depicting a Native American man, attired in pants and moccasins with a feather in his hair and a quiver of arrows on his back, covering his face from the sight of a dilapidated windmill near rows of industrial buildings spewing smoke. Along the sides figures include: tradesmen; laborers; soldiers; frontiersmen; inventors, including Benjamin Franklin; Native Americans; and an African American man reading. In the top center, allegorical figures of Liberty, Art, and Peace, portrayed as white women, accept offerings from representations of people from across the world, including African women; a woman attired in a turban, a person with a parrot on their shoulder, and an Asian man with a queue. Also contains: busts of George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant; an eagle holding an American flag; views of the State House and Capitol; and the printed seal of the Centennial Board of Finance. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from item., P.2002.67.77 issued to Margaret R. Bringhurst for one share on October 20, 1875. Signed by Fred. Fraley, Treasurer; and John Welsh, President., 5788.F.10 issued to Mary Norris Logan for one share on November 10, 1876. Signed by Fred. Fraley, Treasurer; and John Welsh, President., Printed on recto: Shares $10. Each. Capital $10,000,000., P.2002.67.66 poor condition., Gift of Helen Beitler, 2002 [P.2002.67.66]., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Centennial and Columbian Exposition views [5758.F.10. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, 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.
Creator: United States, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Centennial [P.2002.67.77], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Philadelphia certificates - Centennial [5758.F.10]

Title: Church of St. Charles Borremeo. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Certificate showing the interior of the Roman Catholic Church built 1868-1876 in a High Victorian baroque style after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang at 900 S. 20th Street. View looks toward the ornate rectangular chancel, with sculptural details, including angels, and a crucifix icon. Side altars include religious icons and sculptural details. Also shows a crucifix adorning a side wall, low-hanging chandelier in front of the altar, stained glass windows, pews, and balconies. Image contains ornamented cornices, including one containing "IHS.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 34, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo

Title: Diploma of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Description: Fair certificate containing vignettes and scenes related to agriculture, horticulture, and industrial arts. At the top, a female allegorical figure, sits upon a rug-covered throne with her arms outstretched. She is flanked by symbols of agriculture, including wheat, farm produce, and livestock. On the sides, vignettes depict tools and products of the book arts and fine arts, a threshing machine, a steam locomotive, and stems of flowers, and a grape vine. At the bottom, a historical scene of Egyptians slaves, in front of the pyramids and under the view of an overseer, cutting wheat with sickles is contrasted to a farmer harvesting his field with a horse-drawn reaper. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual exhibition of the society was held the same year., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Henry Disston & Sons, Phila. on Sept. 30, 1885 for improved carpenter tools. A. W. Seiler, Secretary. A. Wilhelm, President., Seal of the society with ribbon pasted on the recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 56, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania State, Inscribed on verso: Wm. D. Disston, Feb. 19, 1956., Left side water stained and torn.
Creator: Faber, Harman, 1832-1913, artist
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania State

Title: The Young Men's Christian Association [certificate]
Description: Life membership certificate containing an exterior view of the YMCA building building erected 1875-1877 after the designs of Addison Hutton at the southeast corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets for the branch of the Christian voluntary organization founded in 1854. View contains street and pedestrian traffic. Also contains a border shaped like a frame with ornamented cornices, and banners inscribed with Bible quotations referring to young men, wisdom, and love. Quotes include I John 2:14; Prov. 11.30; Zech. 2.4; and John 13:35., Not in Wainwright., Issued to John R. Whitney on October 23, 1878. Signed Frances W. Kennedy, Treas. and John Wanamaker, Prest., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 869, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Young
Date: [ca. 1877]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Certificates - Young

Title: Interior of St. Mary's Church Philadelphia Penna
Description: Confirmation and Holy Commmunion certificate containing an interior view showing the ornate altar of the Roman Catholic church built 1763 and enlarged 1810-1811 (Charles Johnson, master carpenter) at 242-250 S. 4th Street. Includes a large crucifix carved circa 1810 by William Rush behind the altar; the baptismal font; alcoves with holy figure sculptures; a ceiling mural of the Virgin Mary; and the pews and balconies. St. Marys served as the city's first Catholic Cathedral 1810-1837., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 121, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Old St. Mary
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Old St. Mary

Title: Interior of Holy Trinity Church. Philadelphia Penna
Description: Confirmation and Holy Commmunion certificate containing an interior view of the German Roman Catholic church built 1789 at 601-613 Spruce Street. View looks toward the recessed altar of the ornately decorated church. Several candles line the altar in front of an altarpiece showing Christ on the cross. Interior includes a frescoed ceiling, religious statuary, a raised pulpit, smaller altars, pews adorned with lamps, and framed artwork. Also contains fan details in the lower corners of the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 119, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 H 748, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Holy Trinity
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 H 748

Title: Interior of St. Malachy's Church, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Confirmation and Holy Commmunion certificate containing an interior view of the Roman Catholic church built 1851 after the designs of Joseph D. Koecker in North Philadelphia. View looks toward the altar of the ornately decorated church and shows a large painting of the crucifixion behind the altar; other religious paintings; pews; small altars adorned with several candles; a frescoed ceiling; and religious statuary. Founded by Irish immigrants and the Sisters of Mercy in 1850, the church was nicknamed the "Church in the woods.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 120, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Malachy
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Malachy

Title: Interior of St. Philip Neri Church. Philadelphia, Penna
Description: Confirmation and Holy Communion certificate containing an interior view of the Roman Catholic church built in 1840 after designs by architect Eugene Napoleon Le Brun. View looks toward the nave of the ornately decorated church and shows boys and girls kneeling in a long row in front of the chancel rail during their Holy Communion ceremony. Two priests flank the bishop as he addresses the children from within the chancel. Murals and statuary of religious icons and angels adorn the sanctuary, frescoed ceiling, and alcoves of the church. Damaged during the Nativist Riots in the spring of 1844, the church maintained most of its original appearance., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri interior
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri interior

Title: Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company [certificate]
Description: Fire company certificate containing six vignettes: views of the company's three fire stations (dating 1805, 1848, and 1865) including fire fighting vehicles and fire fighters in uniform; fire fighters pulling fire hoses on a sled; "Hope" depicted as a woman holding an anchor; and the sailing ship "Ariel." Architectural elements including columns and arches frame the scenes., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Robt. T. Gill on January 1, 1871., Contains seal of the company (blue) pasted on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 358/359, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen C. Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874., Gift of Maxwell Whiteman.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., lithographer
Date: ca. 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Fires and fire fighting [6528.F]

Title: Good Intent Hose, Hook & Ladder Company of Philadelphia
Description: Fire company certificate containing a large central vignette of fire fighters with fire fighting vehicles in front of the State House in Philadelphia surrounded by six smaller vignettes depicting the company's three fire stations (dating 1804, 1848, and 1860); fire fighters battling blazes at T. Morris Perot's drug store (located on 600 block of Market Street, burned December 3, 1868) and at a block of rowhouses; and fire engines. Different era company firemen in uniform stand to either side of the central scene. At the top an eagle holds an empty oval frame and a bundle of fire fighting equipment including ladders, axes, and a bullhorn., Issued to Thaddeus L.Butcher [who] was duly elected a member...April 5th, 1859. Signed by W.B.R. Selly, president, and Frank Gallen, secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 318/319, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen C. Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874., Gift of Maxwell Whiteman., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies. FLP copy contains portrait photograph.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Certificates - Fires and fire fighting [6532.F]

Title: Washington Hose Company of Philadelphia [certificate]
Description: Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters arriving at a fire at J.F. [i.e. J.E.] Caldwell & Company's store at 902 Chestnut Street (burned January 14, 1869); the company fire station on Lombard Street, east of 11th Street; and fire fighters pulling a fire engine past University of Pennsylvania buildings on 9th Street. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a bullhorn and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval photographic portrait of a fireman is pasted above the text., Not in Wainwright., Issued to William H. Taylor on January 6, 1871. Signed by David B. Baker, president, and Joseph J. Ryan, secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 820/821, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874., Gift of Maxwell Whiteman.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., lithographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelpia certificates - Fires and fire fighting [6530.F]

Title: Mechanic Fire Engine Company
Description: Fire company certificate containing five vignettes: "The Old Engine House"; "View of Steamer" illustrating a steam-powered fire engine; "Race By Moonlight" depicting two groups of fire fighters pulling fire equipment racing down a city street; the new fire house located on Brown Street, east of 15th Street; and "Burning of Maguire's Mill" depicting fire fighters extinguishing a blaze at Maguire's planing mill on Ridge Road (burned October 12, 1870). Additional decorative elements include an eagle grasping a bundle of fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, ladders, and an axe; and two company fire hats., Not in Wainwright., Issued to John A. Supplee on April 6, 1871. Signed by Daniel R. Erdmann, president, and Edwin J. Cress, secretary., Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 464
Date: ca. 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Philadelphia Certificates - Fires and fire fighting [P.9303.12]

Title: Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company
Description: Fire company certificate containing six vignettes: views of the three company fire stations (dating 1805, 1848, and 1865) including fire fighting vehicles and fire fighters in uniform; fire fighters pulling fire hoses on a sled; "Hope" depicted as a woman holding an anchor; and the sailing ship "Ariel." Architectural elements including columns and arches frame the scenes., Not in Wainwright., Contains seal of the company (red) pasted on recto., Issued to Ben. Franklin, Jr. on March 15, 1871., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 358/359, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen C. Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies. FLP copy in poor condition.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., lithographer
Date: ca. 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Philadelphia certificates - Fires and fire fighting [P.9289]

Title: Gambrinus Unterstutzungus Gesellschaft [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate probably for a German brewing society. Includes a decorative border containing a portrait of King Gambrinus, the parton saint of beer and a universal symbol of beer and brewing; female allegorical figures representing hops and barley; a fermenter flanked by lions; and urns of flowers. Gambrinus portrait shows the king seated in front of a row of kegs and holding a goblet of beer. Allegorical figures shown as peasant girls holding a bale of barley and a stalk of hops., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 88, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 356
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 356

Title: Charter of the Pennsylvania Deutsche Gesellschaft [membership certificate] "Justice, integrity and mercy"
Description: Membership certificate for the German Society of Pennsylvania, the oldest organization of its kind in the United States. Text printed over a vignette of an eagle and surrounded by the outline of a keystone., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 27, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 357
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 357

Title: Teutonia Sänger Bund [membership certificate] Gegründet den 13ten Januar 1863
Description: Membership certificate for the German-American choral society. Includes an ornamental masthead containing a harp, laurel leaves, and a scroll. Also includes the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 249, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 358
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 358

Title: [Proof of membership certificate for a choral society, probably German- American society]
Description: Contains an ornamental border of greenery and vignettes of musical iconography. Includes the female allegorical figure of music holding a harp, laurel wreath, and attended by a cherub displaying a sheet of music on a pillow; a harp and scroll; and bust portraits of Mozart and Beethoven. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 191, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: **NB 1 75 - 402
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP **NB 1 75 - 402

Title: Germantown Maennerchor [membership certificate] Gegründet den 6ten Oktober 1867
Description: Membership certificate for the German-American choral society. Includes an ornamental masthead containing a harp, laurel leaves, and a scroll. Also includes the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 92, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 359
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 359

Title: Junger Maennerchor [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate for the German-American choral society founded in 1852. Includes an ornamental border and vignettes. Vignettes depict a Grecian-attired female with harp; an American eagle grasping a harp and a banner marked with the establishment date of the society; the female allegorical figure of music holding a harp, laurel wreath, and attended by a cherub displaying a sheet of music on a pillow; and a view of the society's hall at the N.W. corner of Sixth and Vine streets. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 128, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: **NB 1 75 - 403
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP **NB 1 75 - 403

Title: Die Deutsche Gesellschaft des staates Pennsylvanien [membership certificate] Gegründet am 26ten December 1764
Description: Membership certificate for the German Society of Pennsylvania, the oldest organization of its kind in the United States. Contains a vignette showing the Pennsylvania coat of arms, and an ornamental border., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 51, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 354
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 354

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with green ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 129, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 2005e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 2005e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with blue ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 130, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 2006e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 2006e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during military acts of an ambush and onthe march and acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains a vignette with and details of emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with blue ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 131, Library of Congress: LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with green ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 132, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: The Philadelphia & Chester Valley Railroad Company
Description: Stock certificate for the railroad chartered in 1850 as the Chester Valley Railroad Company. Contains central vignette showing a train, including a "U.S. Mail" car, traveling through countryside. A steamboat travels on a river in the background. Company reincorporated as Philadelphia and Chester Valley Railroad company in 1888. The train operated between Philadelphia and Downingtown., Pictorial details printed above title labeled "Number 191" and "Shares.", Contains ornamental border. Printed within border: Shares $50 Each., Transfer agreement printed in letterpress on verso. Includes monogram "L.S.", Reissue statements dated "188_" printed on flap., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Allen, Lane & Scott partnered by 1875.
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.180]

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 133, Library of Congress: PGA - Hunter, T.--Knights of... (D size) [P&P]
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Hunter, T.--Knights of... (D size) [P&P]

Title: Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society [certificate]
Description: Diploma depicting six vignettes and graphic elements symbolizing agriculture and horticulture separated into distinct scenes by borders designed as trees and foliage. At the top, a winged, female allegorical figure, attired in a robe and laurel wreath, sits with her arms outstretched over a shield surmounted by an eagle. She holds a bugle in her left hand and a laurel wreath in her right, and she reaches in the direction of two horses that flank the shield. Images of a railroad locomotive crossing a stone arch bridge (left) and a waterfront industrial complex (right) flank the winged figure. On the sides, scenes depict cattle and sheep grazing, men harvesting a field with a horse-drawn reaper, and a man feeding horses near a large bale of hay. At the bottom, tools and agricultural products surround the society's blind stamp, and include farm produce, scythes, pitchforks and wheelbarrows. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual exhibition of the society was held the same year., Not in Wainwright., Awarded to S.M. Mertzler for display of wines etc. at the exhibition of said society held at Lancaster in 1875, signed D.W. Seiler, secretary, and George Scott, president., Society's blind stamp on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 166, Gift of David Doret., Edward Herline and Howard B. Hamilton, the proprietors of Herline & Co., moved their lithographic operations from 630 Chestnut Street to 39 South Tenth Street in 1871.
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Agriculture [P.2003.37.1]

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