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Annual Fair of the Moravia Agricultural Society. Diploma

Description: Image of fields, grain, farm implements, and livestock at center of a certificate issued by the Moravia Agricultural Society of New York; four images of men and women with grain or farm implements at left and right, including a Native American Indian; seal with women in flowing garments on either side of an eagle on a shield with the motto "Excelsior" underneath at bottom center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1861
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001798
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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Exhibition of 1871. This diploma awarded to Mrs. Elizabeth Shaffer by the Highland Agricultural Society

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Image of an American bald eagle with flags, Union shield, and farming implements in a field on a certificate issued by the Highland Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania; vignettes of farming and agriculture scenes, including a smithy, woman spinning at a wheel, horses, livestock, and grain harvest surround the certificate text; Highland Agricultural Society seal at bottom left.

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Diploma awarded by the New-York State Agricultural Society

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Image of a farm with livestock, farmhouse, barn, and farm workers on a diploma issued by the New York State Agricultural Society; sheaves of wheat, livestock, and farm scenes including a man with plow and horses, a man harvesting grain, workers pulling a wagon full of hay, and a woman watering flowers form a border.

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Image of a woman with a bouquet of flowers and a man holding a scythe flanking a statue of a woman in flowing garments representing bounty and harvest on a certificate issued by the St. Lawrence County Agricultural Society of New York; farm fields, workers, farming implements, livestock, barn, farmhouse, grain, and produce surrounding farmers and in background.

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Essex Agricultural Society, of Massachusetts

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California State Board of Agriculture awards this diploma

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Annual Fair of the Moravia Agricultural Society. Diploma

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