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Tompkins County. Agricultural Society

Description: Image of two women in flowing garments sitting with a cornucopia full of produce and a sword with scales of justice at the center of a certificate from the Tompkins County Agricultural Society of New York; the women sit on either side of an eagle resting atop a shield emblazoned with Niagara Falls; farmer plowing his fields with a team of horses at right; cattle drawing a wagon full of hay at left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1868
Call number: priJLC_AGR_001799
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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The Seneca County. Agricultural Society

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Image of two women in flowing garments sitting with a cornucopia full of produce and a sword with scales of justice at the center of a certificate from the Seneca County Agricultural Society of New York; the women sit on either side of an eagle resting atop a shield emblazoned with a waterfall; farmer plowing his fields with a team of horses at right; cattle drawing a wagon full of hay at left.

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Diploma awarded by the Agricultural Society of Queens County, New York

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Image of a diploma certificate from the Agricultural Society of Queens County, New York, featuring five agriculture and livestock related vignettes; men with horses, farmers pitching hay or plowing assisted by oxen, and a woman on a riverbank tending her cows and goat form a decorative border with scrolling vines, arches, and eagles.

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Speed the plough. Norfolk Agricultural Society

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Image of agriculture and livestock-related scenes on a certificate from the Norfolk Agricultural Society of Massachusetts; farmer milking a cow, man with horses, farm workers plowing fields near cattle and sheep, birdhouses and beehives in foliage, and grain sheaves make a decorative border for certificate text; embossed "Norfolk Agricultural Society 1849" seal at bottom left.

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New Hampshire State Agricultural Society

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Image of a field full of livestock and agricultural tools and equipment flanked by two women representing Liberty and the harvest on a certificate from the New Hampshire State Agricultural Society; "Western Elm" tree, town buildings, train, and mountains in background.

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Awarded to Robert Crane by the Sonoma County Agricultural and Mechanical Society

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Image of a certificate from the Sonoma County Agricultural and Mechanical Society of California with three farming and labor vignettes depicting cattle in a field, smiths working at an anvil, and women and girls with fruit baskets harvesting in an orchard; arch of flowers, fruit, vegetables, and grain topped with an eagle on a globe makes a decorative border for the certificate text.

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Be it known that Louis Prang, lithographer

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Image of a certificate issued to lithographer Louis Prang on April 23, 1884, in Boston, Massachusetts, certifying his admittance as a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; various symbolic emblems of the association surround the central text, including a muscled arm holding a hammer between balanced scales, Archimedes standing with drafting tools in hand, a beehive, a cornucopia, hooks an pulleys, and the prow of a ship waving a flag for "Massachusetts;" M.C.M.A. seal with motto "Be just and fear not," at bottom center.

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Tompkins County. Agricultural Society

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