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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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